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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
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
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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