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Young Athletes Overuse Their Bodies and Strike Out Too Early
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- Written by Lisa Weisenberger
Healthcare, Business Leaders and Professional Athletes Join Forces to Help Young Athletes Play Safe and Stay Healthy
Today, leaders in healthcare, wellness, safety and fitness came together to launch the STOP Sports Injuries campaign. The campaign will educate athletes, parents, trainers, coaches and healthcare providers about the rapid increase in youth sports injuries, the necessary steps to help reverse the trend and the need to keep young athletes healthy.
Fitness for People Who Completely Detest, Despise, Hate Exercise!
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- Written by Joe Stankowski
“A Beginner’s Guide to Creating the Fitness Habit”
Loathe it or hate it, in some form or another, exercise is one of life’s necessary ‘evils’. It doesn’t matter where you live, how much money you have in the bank or who you know – Your body is your responsibility… and you only get one.
Some think of exercise as pure hell. Others simply refer to it as the “E-word”. And then there are those who have found ways to completely eliminate all thoughts of physical activity from their minds (and have less-than-stellar medical records to prove it). But on the positive side, exercise doesn’t mean you have to join a gym or spend a ton of money on high-tech moisture wicking clothing. Exercise is supposed to be fun. It’s what our bodies are meant to do. Hard to believe, huh?
Avoiding injury from sustained aerobic training
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- Written by Jim Menz
There are several approaches to reducing impact injuries common to sustained aerobic training. This entry will focus on a strategem used by trainers in a variety of settings. Virtually every training situation, from rehab to sports training, can benefit from interval training. Generally defined, an interval is a short period of time during which exercise intensity is increased. To a jogger, an interval is a short sprint mixed in before returning to normal pace. A walker on a treadmill might increase speed or elevation for a few seconds, then return to their sustained speed. Any temporary increase in intensity constitutes an interval. There are many uses and benefits to this approach, but the first task is to clarify the term intensity.
