1. Your Head Is Pounding Your body is constantly using up the liquid in your body, consisting not just of water, but essential mineral salts such as sodium and potassium. When your hydration levels drop, a chemical reaction occurs in your blood which your brain is highly sensitive to. Your brain reacts by triggering a [...]
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By now, even if you haven't tried one, you should be well aware that there are shakes out there that are packed with all the nutrients of the whole foods you eat daily. It means that instead of actually making a meal or weighing up calories before engorging yourself you can just as easily get [...]
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Not meeting your goals? You probably haven't tried interval running yet. Running doesn’t have to always be about logging as many miles as possible. More and more people are discovering the real benefits of interval training and are making the switch from running far to running fast. The best news? In many ways, interval training [...]
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Pick up one endurance sports magazine - there is not one that had at least one article on how to train like a professional {insert sport} athlete. This is likely for good reason - who wouldn't want to run like Sara Hall, ride like Wout Van Aert, swim like Katie Ledecky or do all three [...]
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Treat your mask like your underwear: Wash it well and often, and replace it when it shows signs of wear. Like any piece of safety equipment, it's important to check your face mask regularly to make sure it's still doing its job to protect you. After all, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for [...]
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The benefits from fitness and sports have been so much more than just physical. Through fitness and sports one can learn to be more courageous, gain confidence to do hard things, and find more meaning and purpose in life than one ever dreamed was possible. Parents and teachers intuitively know how sport-related activities can help [...]
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Don’t confuse strength training with weightlifting. These activities are driven by competition, with participants vying to lift heavier weights or build bigger muscles than those of other athletes. This can put too much strain on young muscles, tendons and areas of cartilage that haven’t yet turned to bone (growth plates) — especially when proper technique [...]
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Are you caffeinating your workouts? What exactly is caffeine? How does it work in the body? How does it affect training? And are there any side effects? Early morning, the alarm clock rings. You sleepily rub the sand from your eyes and start mentally preparing for your workout. But before you do anything…a cup of [...]
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Picking the right plan is less about finding “the one approach that works” and more about finding “the right approach for you.” It’s a lot easier to accomplish if you avoid all of the garbage information that will lead you farther from your goals. Health can feel like an overwhelming checklist of foods to eat, [...]
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Strength is a complicated topic. It's not something that can be easily explained in one sentence but it's also important to know what it means and how to get stronger. What is strength The definition of strength can vary depending on the person. It refers to the force or power that enables someone or something [...]
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