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Denver’s Edge: How Altitude Provides Their Teams With The Greatest Home-Field Advantage in Sports
Denver. The Mile High City. Sitting exactly 5,280 feet above sea level, Denver has the highest elevation of any major U.S. city. This gives the professional sports teams who call [...]
How Smoking Ruins Your Sports Performance
how smoking affects workouts Young athletes, running the gamut of youth, high school, and collegiate athletes at some point may mull the consequences of...
Do Altitude Training Masks Actually Work?
Does an elevation training masks do more harm than good? Athletes are always looking for an edge, something that will give them a tactical advantage on...
Salad Showdown: Which Greens Are the Healthiest?
Healthy Salad Whenever we think of salads we might associate them with the healthiest choice for dining out or the perfect lunch option when we are...
Performance Benefits of High-Altitude Training
The desire to get a step ahead of the competition always prompts athletes to seek the latest and greatest advancements in training. One unorthodox method, known as high-altitude training, is [...]
Keep Iron Levels High for Optimum Performance
Low iron levels are fairly common among distance runners, but what does this really mean? Iron deficiency, or anemia, is a condition is which the body is unable to replace [...]
What’s Missing From the Female Athlete’s Diet, Part 2: Iron
In 2010, Paula Findley became the only female triathlete to win consecutive ITU World Championship Series events. However in the 2012 London Olympics, her undiagnosed case of anemia caused [...]
Run Longer, Work Harder and Recover Faster With Oatmeal
Have just a few minutes for a morning meal? Try making a bowl of oatmeal. By adding this super food to your daily menu, you'll reap numerous benefits. Read on [...]