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Get free exercise tips from these articles for aerobic exercises, abdominal exercises, stretching exercises and other work outs to bolster your daily exercise routine. There is information on leg exercises – like step-ups, squats and the leg press – as well as arm exercises from the complex down to the classic press up… To browse our library of free sports training articles, browse using the categories on the left or use the search box.

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Ladder Drill Hopping Two Forward One Back

Ladder Drill Hopping Two Forward One Back

This drill is great for developing uni-lateral (one foot) coordination as it challenges the movement skills of athletes. Hopping drills are also great for developing lower leg strength and power.

Strength training: physical, technical and psychological preparation

The strength preparation phase of training

Core training using exercise ball workouts

Improve your core stability with a fitball!

Gym exercise: squats can increase power and strength

Certain squat variations have much to offer power and strength athletes

Fat Burning: using body fat instead of carbohydrates as fuel

Fat oxidation through intense exercise

Fitness Training for Rugby Union

Rugby conditioning: the fitness standards rugby players and coaches should be aiming for

Sports psychology: Post-game recovery for rugby players

Is exercise better than rest for psychological recovery after a game of rugby?

Increase Vertical Leap and Improve Jumping Ability with Plyometrics

Plyometric Exercises to Make You Jump Higher and Further

The Drop Depth Jump: A plyometric exercise to increase vertical leap and improve jumping ability

Plyometrics Training: The drop depth jump

Constructing a Sports-specific Training Circuit - Part One

How to Construct a Training Circuit for your Sport - Rowing example

Sandbag Shoulder Press Throw

Sandbag Shoulder Press Throw

Sandbags are an effective low cost alternative to medicine ball.

Fitness training survey results

Peak Performance fitness training survey shows you don’t need the gym for sports training

Understand the body's use of oxygen during exercise

Oxygen kinetics – start smart for a mean finish!

Tennis conditioning programmes should be adapted to surface

Tennis surfaces and energy demands

Side effects of CLA supplement

CLA may increase oxidative stress in athletes

Can Vibration Training Enhance Sports Performance?

All Shook Up

Running and Swimming compared with Rowing exercise?

Power output and lean body mass – how do rowers compare with other athletes?

Health and Fitness: Heart Disease

How much exercise protects against heart disease?

Strength Exercises: Squats

Squats – new research on an old favourite

Sports Nutrition information: Energy Drinks

Sports drinks – can you have too much of a good thing?

Exhaustive Exercise and Ginseng benefits

Effects of Panax ginseng extract on exercise-induced oxidative stress

Children, Exercise, and Injury

How sport leads to concussion in children

Improve Rowing Performance

Power to the people – maximising your 2,000m rowing performance

Chronobiology and the Internal Clock

Chronobiology – how timing could give you the edge

Diabetes - how it affects sports and how to combat it

diabetes and sports performance

Body Fat and Running Performance

Optimum Running Performance and Body Fat Levels

Heart Vitality Training and Heart Rate Monitors as Aids to Athletic Performance

Athletic Performance - keeping your cardiovascular system in shape

Managing Pain in Athletes

What are the best ways to cope with sports pain? And how do different people react to the same injury?

Altitude Training: big help?

Can altitude training help endurance athletes reach new heights?

Press-Ups, A New Take On An Old Favourite

Press-Ups - varying approaches to ensure you get the most

split squat

The split squat

Sports Science Glossary Part 4

Sports Science Glossary Part 4

dumbbell exercises

Dumbbell Exercises : Supine dumbbell straight arm pullover

Pre-competition

Pre-competition: Pre-competition exercise: does timing matter?

Downward dog

Downward Dog

Sports Science Glossary Part 8

Sports Science Glossary Part 8

standing calf raise

Standing Calf Raise : Standing machine calf raise

step-ups

The step-up

Sports Science Glossary Part 10

Sports Science Glossary Part 10

mental effects exercise

Mental Effects Of Exercise: Prolonged exercise and mental function

core strength exercises

Core strength exercises: The side raise

exercise infection

Exercise infection: Gender divide after exercise stress

leg press machine

Machine leg press

single leg squat exercises

Single leg squat exercises

hamstring exercise

Hamstring exercise for hamstrings of steel

exercise research

Exercise research -What influences exercise in adulthood?

ab exercise | ab curl-up

Ab exercise - The ab curl-up

blood pressure | exercise

Good news about exercise and blood pressure

exercise related death

Exercise related death - Disturbing findings on exercise-related death

deadlift | romanian deadlift exercise

Deadlift: The single-legged Romanian deadlift

exercise-induced cardiac fatigue

Is exercise-induced cardiac fatigue caused by damage to the heart muscle?

golf warm up exercises

Golf warm up exercises

Plyometric Exercise | Power Training

Plyometric Exercise and Power Training

Food, Drink and Exercise: Why Timing is Everything

Food, Drink and Exercise: Why Timing is Everything

The Borg Scale: how accurately does it measure an athlete's training intensity?

How Valid Is the Borg Scale?

Nasal Strips: do breathing techniques improve performance?

Nasal strips: improving your breathing rate

Arthritis: how sufferers can still regularly exercise

Cautious exercise can be beneficial for arthritis sufferers

Training intensity: understanding your VO2max will enable you to produce a more effective training programme

Training intensity - To find out which level of intensity is right for you, first work out your intensity 'domains'

Leg strengthening exercises

Leg strengthening exercises - These one-leg strengthening exercises spell greater power, but you have to do them fast!

Strength training: trunk exercises to improve core stability

Improving your core stability using twists, raises, pushes and chops!

Strength training: partial squat exercises improve your strength, stability and efficiency

Partial squats: an outstanding exercise for improving your strength, stability and efficiency

Pregnancy and exercise: how women can safely exercise without endangering their baby

Unborn babies cope well with intensive workouts

How exercise protects and strengthens your heart (1)

How exercise protects your heart: 1

How exercise protects and strengthens your heart (2)

How exercise protects your heart: 2

Running efficiency: increase your running speed and power by reducing the energy cost of your movement

Running Efficiency

Sports training: choosing the right exercise workout

The True Effects of Various Workouts - and How to Answer that Key Question: What Do I Do on Monday?

Sports training drills: how they improve your performance

The True Effects of Various Workouts - and How to Answer that Key Question: What Do I Do on Monday?

fat burning zone

Fat burning zone - Why athletes, fitness enthusiasts and slimmers should steer clear of the fat burning zone

Fighting depression: aerobic exercise is proven to be more effective than antidepressants

Aerobic exercise is more effective than drugs in fighting depression

Osteoporosis: maximising bone mass will protect your bones

Adolescent exercise offers long-term protection for bones

Exercise equipment: what is the best fitness machine in the gym?

The best exercise machines to improve your fitness.

Abs workout: the truth behind the exercises

Abs workouts

Exercise equipment

Exercise Equipment: Is treadmill training a help or hindrance for the serious athlete?

Exercise equipment

Exercise Equipment: Is treadmill training a help or hindrance for the serious athlete?

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