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How Music Can Improve Your Workouts
Music does more than provide an entertaining soundtrack in a team locker room or weight room. Synchronizing your workout to the tempo of the music distracts your mind from feelings [...]
Performance Benefits of Egg Whites: Should You Ditch the Yolk?
Eggs are both a common breakfast choice and a great source of protein for athletes. But what else is in an egg? One yolk [the yellow part] contains 210 mg [...]
3 Athlete-Friendly Foods for Energy, Health and Strength
Sore muscles? Low on energy? Feeling sick lately? All of these problems can be solved with proper nutrition. Use the following three foods to boost your athletic performance by reducing [...]
Made-to-Order Restaurant Eating: Hold the Fat
Restaurant and fast food menus are usually loaded with high-fat, calorie-rich foods and meals. Heavy creams and sauces, mile-high toppings and supersized portions can do mad damage to your body. [...]
Decoding a Nutrition Label
A food's nutrition label might seem like a maze of information. "Total fat," "serving size" and "dietary fiber"—what exactly do these terms mean? And how do they affect you as [...]
Improve Your Weak Hand Dribbling Skills
For most basketball players, the season has come to an end. But there's no better time than the off-season to work on areas of your game that need improvement. Regardless [...]
Reduce Discomfort Caused By Chaffing
Dicey situations: showing up unprepared for an Algebra exam [with only a pen in your backpack]; measuring a three-point shot [your weakest skill] with two seconds left on the clock; [...]
Why Athletes Need Vitamin D
Taking in the “sunshine vitamin” is a bright way to improve athletic performance. A study from the American College of Sports Medicine [ACSM] suggests that vitamin D can improve reaction [...]
Nike Air Max 2011+, With LIVESTRONG Colorway
In need of a running shoe for spring that's both sharp in appearance and technologically advanced? If so, you can't go wrong with Nike's performance-based Air Max runner. Sole Collector [...]
Sleek Shades for Summer
Looking for some sick sunglasses for the beach or pool, for outdoor training or competition? We’ve got you covered. Retego // adidas // $140, shopadidas.com Perfect for playing a quick [...]
