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How to Run Faster: A Guide for Developing Speed and Endurance
Every athlete wants to run faster and sustain speed over a period of time. However, many athletes simply don't understand how to achieve this goal. It's common for runners to [...]
Improve Your Breathing Technique to Become a Better Athlete
Athletes spend hours in the weight room and on the field developing their strength, speed, conditioning and skills. (Read more about strength training.) What if I told you that one [...]
Rap News Rundown (Dec 28)
Much happened in the hip-hop world over the holidays. Let's jump right in. Meek Mill Disses Cassidy It took awhile to catch on, but the beef between Philadelphia rappers Meek [...]
Do You Need Workout Supplements?
Athletes are always looking for a magic supplement to get a step ahead of their competition. While some workout supplements are effective, the question remains whether you need them at [...]
The Big 3 for Losing Belly Fat
If you want to be taken seriously as an athlete, you need to lose that flabby potbelly protruding over the top of your uniform. The extra weight you're carrying impacts [...]
MMA Drills for Relentless Endurance
When they think about mixed martial arts training, people still fixate on the idea that MMA requires workouts so hardcore, they make CrossFit look like a piece of cake. Not [...]
EPOC, Your New Workout Best Friend
Ready to meet your new best friend for maximizing training and recovery? EPOC, or excess post-exercise oxygen consumption, is not just some cryptic acronym. It’s the physiological response your body [...]
The Truth About Aerobic and Anaerobic Training
Certain exercises have been classified as aerobic (with oxygen) or anaerobic (without oxygen). Typical aerobic activities include jogging, biking and any exercise that requires sustained motion for more than five [...]
Anemia and the Athlete
It is not uncommon for an endurance athlete, especially a female, to ask me about using iron to help with performance. Though it seems logical that iron, which helps carry [...]
Superfood Series A-Z: Garlic and Ginger
In this latest installment of our Superfoods Series, we feature the letter G. The 7th letter of the alphabet offered many great options, but we narrowed it down to two [...]