Heart Rate Monitor Reviews - Warning: reliance on a heart monitor can seriously damage your performance

Cycling Uphill: Should uphill cyclists stand or sit?

Freestyle swimming techniques: Only the development of swimming flumes in the 1970s allowed tests to be performed which compared to those being carried out on such activities as cycling and running.

Conditioning: Next to cross-country skiing, running is the best type of fitness training for all sports.

Portable Lactate Analyzer: If you want to work out your blood-lactate level, this palm-size American gizmo is surprisingly accurate.

Endurance Athletes Immune Systems: Endurance athletes who swill a carbohydrate drink are not only helping their muscles but also their immune systems.

Tapering Programme: Using science to help design a tapering programme for cyclists.

Glycaemic Index: Things mother forgot to tell you about the glycaemic index of your food - and how it influences your training

Personal Best Training Program: Moderate starts, consistent pacing, and negative splits can carry you to new PBs.

Creatine side effects: are we to believe the latest scare stories about creatine?

Strength training can enhance economy and trim time from race efforts

Tapering And Performance: In order to be the best in whatever swimming discipline, competitive athletes and their coaches are constantly seeking new and effective methods to improve performance.

Cross Training Workouts

For endurance athletes, two of the key problems associated with getting older are a gradual decline in muscle mass and a potential loss of bone density. The missing muscle makes it more difficult to run, cycle or swim powerfully, and the shrinking bones increase the likelihood of injury and osteoporosis.

Tapering 2: What form of tapering works best in which sports? Here's a critical review of the research

Tendinitis (inflammation of a muscle tendon) is without doubt the most common cause of lower-leg pain.

Increasing Speed: Short Intervals: Athletes use short intervals to increase speed, add variety to their workouts, and improve anaerobic power and lactic-acid tolerance, but short-interval sessions aren't without problems.

Overtraining Effects On Performance: If you want to prevent staleness and overtraining, keep a record of your quality of sleep and levels of fatigue!

Sport By Sport Diet Guide: Whatever your sport, nutrition should be an integral part of your training and competition strategy. Although the emphasis will vary according to the activity you're involved in, there is a consensus among sports scientists on guidelines that athletes should be aiming for.

Sports Drinks: When sports drinks don't work

Breathing Techniques In Running: If you let your mind control your heart, you can improve your performances