Exercise & Fitness
It’s All About Peter Hart
“The program-making career happened very suddenly. I had started putting together the first advanced teaching syllabus for the RYA. I told Phil Jones, the national coach, that video had to be the best teaching tool to accompany the written manuals but didn’t know really where to start especially since video production was crazily expensive. But then Falcon Sailing (now Neilson) got wind of the project and thought it would be a great way to promote their new centre in Vassiliki.”
Identifying Different Body Types: Suiting Fitness to Form
Ever wonder why you don’t see results even though you know you’ve spent hours on the treadmill or elliptical? Why is it that friends or other gym goers can lean down and tone up while you do the same movements, sometimes with more effort, yet you can’t manage to lose weight? You can’t expect a [...]
Greatest Sports Teams of the 2000s: 2008 Summer Olympics USA Men’s Swim Team (But Mostly Michael Phelps)
Michael Phelps is by no means a team in any sense of the word. Although his eight gold medal run in the 2008 Summer Olympics gets a lot of attention, credit has to be given to his team and coaches for making it possible. After all, three of his gold medals came in team events. [...]
Weighing In on Weight Cutting
Routine to combat sports, a significant custom in mixed martial arts is overt weight cutting by dehydration and starvation to make weight class before a fight. Though most athletes, coaches, commentators and fans agree that weight-cutting is a necessary skill, the procedure of cutting drastic percentages of weight in a matter of days, hours even, [...]
Keeping Fats in Check: Knowing What Should Go in Your Body
Diets galore, friendly fats, threatening fats, meal plans. Fat has been one of the most misunderstood and condemned food groups, and the stir of diet guidelines and buzzwords can be overwhelming and hard to remember. Amidst the turmoil of different trends and developments in research, there are some fundamental principles on fats and healthy eating. [...]
