Sports Conditioning

Eating properly during cold weather will keep you warmer and give you more energy.

Before starting marathon training, you should be at a certain level of physical fitness and running experience. If you're starting from scratch, this 10-week regimen is for you.

Chiseled abs, shapely legs, toned arms - these can be yours when you increase your lean body mass and decrease your body fat percentage. Rev up your metabolism, improve your stamina and create the...

Strengthening your legs and their fast-twitch muscle fibers can add inches to your vertical jump. Increasing your jump can help you in a number of sports including basketball, volleyball or...

Running downhill is part of a ski racer's off-season, dry-land training program, and it's effective for recreational skiers, too.

Alpine ski simulators consist of a base, a platform that slides laterally on a track, and perhaps ski poles or a support bar. Preseason conditioning using such a machine to train ski-specific...

Even on a professional level where athletes have equal skills, it is most often those with the mental fortitude who emerge victorious. Here are tips on optimizing the power of the mind in youth...

Sometimes there's a tendency for coaches and others to push youth athletes, or for these athletes to push themselves. But it's important for them to stay within age-appropriate capabilities.

In-line skating helps you refine your balance and also take the "intermediate skid" out of your skiing turns.

A combination of good cardiovascular, strength and flexibility training will prepare you for just about anything a heli-skiing trip can throw at you.

Two-time Olympic weight lifter Wes Barnett is training in Colorado Springs, working toward making the Sydney Olympics. Here's his regimen.

To be the absolute best in the world--it's a dream that drives Olympic hopefuls around the world. Every kid swimming her first 100-meter freestyle or kicking his first shot into the goal imagines...

If you've broken free of the 10K masses and have your heart set on competing in a major race, you'll need to create a solid plan and be prepared--mentally and physically--for a lot of hard work....

A sports conditioning specialist is a person trained to develop conditioning or training programs for athletes. Also known as sports and strength conditioning or health/fitness specialists, these...

A sports conditioning coach is a person who works closely with athletic teams and departments at the high school, college and professional-athlete level. He or she develops effective training...

Tennis players must possess a variety of skills: accuracy, power, strength, endurance and agility. Players who follow a sports conditioning program, specifically designed for the rigors of this...

Track is not just a single sport, but many sports rolled into one. Distance running, sprinting and hurdling fall under the umbrella of track. Field events include throwing and jumping, requiring...

Everyone who watches ice hockey knows that it is one of the more brutal contact sports. It is also a sport that requires excellent balance and coordination and can be very graceful. A conditioning...

Basketball is an exciting sport to watch--the action is fast-paced and does not stop until the final buzzer, keeping fans on the edges of their seats. To keep up with the pace, a basketball player...

Summertime makes us think of the beach, ice-cold lemonade and America's favorite pastime--baseball. Baseball is a largely anaerobic sport, meaning the heart rate is not raised much during play....

Many of us have fond memories of attending high school and college football games, cheering for the home team. Not as many of us know how hard football players train to improve their moves on the...

At first glance, golf looks like a relaxing, soothing sport. In reality, the game takes an abundance of muscle control, strength and accuracy. Players are at risk of straining their hips and lower...

Shin splints, or medial tibial stress syndrome, is a painful inflammation of muscle, tendon and bone of the shins caused by intensive exercise like running. Shin splints aren't just painful; they...

To be well-rounded, your exercise routine should commit to four basic principles of fitness. These elements are aerobic, muscular, flexibility and stability. Follow these steps to get the results...

Archery seems like an easy sport, but it requires a fit body and a keen mind. Warming up and stretching before shooting reduces tension in the body and prevents injury. The following steps will...

The number known as your VO2max is actually derived from a pretty complicated formula. Fortunately, we don't have to delve into calculus to find it. Doing a simple workout and then plugging some...

The value of knowing your VO2max is limited. It won't tell you how well you're going to do in a race against someone else with a higher or lower VO2max than you have. What it will give you,...

A slide board is a great training tool traditionally used by hockey players and skaters but can be beneficial to any athlete. It's designed to enhance lateral movement and strengthen leg power all...

If you have become frustrated with the lack of efficacy of regular gym equipment while training for an arm wrestling tournament, you will be happy to know that there is a simple, effective method...

If you're a runner, cyclist or other endurance athlete, knowing your lactate threshold can help you train to better increase your performance. Like calculating VO2Max, determining your lactate...

Along with your VO2Max, your lactate threshold is the main physical factor that limits running speed and endurance. It is essentially the limit of your body's ability to deal with the lactic acid...

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Being in good physical shape can enhance your skiing skills, prevent fatigue and injury, and help you enjoy a great day on the slopes. However, certain forms of fitness training are more “ski...

These are strength workouts that you can do with about $20 in equipment in your own back yard or local park. The ranges are set from beginners to advanced. Work in the range that you can do safely...

Everyone enjoys a long hot stint in the sauna. Due to the personal nature of bodies in close proximity with little or no clothing, certain sauna etiquette is required. You know the rules, but a...

Mountaineers have dreamt about Mount Everest ever since Sir George Everest recorded its elevation in 1841. Known as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Chomolungma in Tibet, climbing Mount Everest will always...

Gymnastics demands intensive stretching. By the time a gymnast reaches elite levels, she will spend at least half an hour stretching before she begins to practice her routines. Always beginning...

Stretching after gymnastics class maintains your flexibility, loosens your muscles and fends off soreness. Since gymnastics is a total body workout, most of your muscles will need stretching when...

The long jump, a popular track and field event in high school and college demands the skill of a well-rounded athlete. A competitor must be fast, strong and agile enough to catapult through the...

The argument has raged for decades: What determines the greatness or lack thereof of a particular sport? Most sports feature drama, especially to their fans. Excelling in any sport commands a high...

Increasing range of motion can be difficult after an sprain or strain, especially if you don't go to a doctor. These small steps can increase your range of motion to an extent, but are not to be...

One of the smelliest things in the world is boxing or martial arts gear. If you don’t take care of it, you won’t even want to put on your own gloves for training because they’ll smell terrible. If...

Electrolytes are generally a measure of sodium, potassium and other minerals needed by the body for proper functioning of nerves and muscles. During exercise, the body loses electrolytes through...

You don't need any fancy equipment to get blazing speed. Here are simple and free exercises to get faster.

Here I'm going to go through the 20 yard shuttle and how it can be used for a variety of sports to help you increase you field speed.

Everyone in sports knows you need speed to succeed. In order to be fast, you have to work at it.

A fitness calendar will support your committment to a workout program. This monthly calendar tracks your progress and documents your activity.

To get the most out of physical training, you should keep the right intakes of protein, vitamins, carbohydrates and minerals. This isn't easy and it is something that must be tailored to each...

Create a template for your body to undergo an extreme makeover. You can make significant improvements in strength and mobility while augmenting your endurance. Follow these simple steps to...

Suicides (also called Blood and Guts or Ladders) focus on fast-twitch muscle fibers and explosive movements. Speed is a big part of a suicide-agility training exercise. You can undertake suicides...