Flexibility and range of motion aren’t exactly the same thing, but they’re pretty closely related. It’s helpful to know the difference and how they affect each other. Range of motion is the distance and direction your joints can move naturally and without pain. Flexibility involves other parts of the body: tendons, ligaments and muscles, and […]
1. Sports performance is a complicated area covering all sorts of different disciplines. Biology, environment and psychology all have a part to play. Trying to improve means having some understanding of all of these areas and being able to figure out how it all fits together. 2. Biology includes physical size, muscle mass, body fat,
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1. Sometimes, the importance of mobility exercises can be overshadowed by the more dramatic strength and cardio training. Don’t forget that mobility is just as essential as the other aspects of fitness. 2. It might help to have a definition of what we mean by mobility. It generally refers to how flexible you are and
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It’s one of the great challenges of education: How do you keep students (mostly children, but sometimes adults, too) focused and performing at their best? If you’re going to school every day, generally for hours at a time, it gets pretty tiring. No one’s going to put in their best performance in every single class.
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Everyone should try to avoid becoming dehydrated. Not getting enough water causes serious problems, and in its worst cases, it can even be fatal. For some people, however, the risk is greater than others. Dehydration isn’t just caused by not drinking enough; it can be underpinned by other conditions. If you have one of those
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1. Overtraining can be as bad as or worse than undertraining. That’s why recovery is so important. If you are still rehabilitating from an injury, recovery should be an even greater focus. 2. Recovery can take many forms. Sometimes it just means taking a day or two of rest between exercises to allow your body
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1. When it comes to health, there are two pieces of advice that will always top any list. Make sure you have a balanced diet, and make sure you exercise regularly. These two things are the most basic principles for improving both body and mind. 2. It’s not a case of diet or exercise –
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1. To understand how to improve flexibility, first you need to be able to define it. Flexibility is the ability to move a joint through its complete range of motion without pain or stiffness. An example would be being able to reach your toes when you bend down. 2. Everyone has their own natural range
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If you were to stand Muhammad Ali and Simone Biles next to each other, you’d think they had nothing in common. The first was a heavyweight boxer standing at 6’3″. The second is a gymnast of just 4’8″. Yet both changed the face of their respective sports. When it comes to sports performance, there are
You probably know by now that stretching is important for maintaining or even improving your mobility. There are several forms of exercise, such as Pilates, that have a particular focus on these kinds of movements. Yoga may be one of the most famous. The history of yoga dates back thousands of years to ancient India.
