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Chinese Sport : The Rise and Rise of Chinese Athletes

Chinese Sport : The future's not orange - it's Chinese

Strength Training Program Part 1: Competition Preparation

The best Weight Training Exercises to prepare for competition

Increase Vertical Leap and Improve Jumping Ability with Plyometrics

Plyometric Exercises to Make You Jump Higher and Further

Dynamic stretching exercises increase jumping ability

Basketball Warm-ups to Increase Vertical Leap

Caring For Your Spine

Core strengthening to keep your spine in good shape

periodisation models

Periodisation models: sport-specific requirements for skill acquisition and competition readiness

upper body workout

Upper body workouts: Standing stiff arm pull-down

osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis: What happens when you hang up your sports kit - for good?

sport specific weight training

Sport specific weight training

400m workouts | marathon workouts

These are the 'golden' workouts for the key distances from 400m to the marathon

Fitness programmes

How to design a sports-specific fitness programme

fitness program

Fitness program - How to design a sports-specific fitness program

The javelin: how Finland dominate the most limb-taxing event in athletics

The Javelin: The throwing Finns: are they made or born?

Athletes who throw

Athletes who throw things should alternate between heavy and light.

sports injuries benefits

You may not appreciate it at the time, but an injury can teach you a lot about how your body works

weight training vests | ankle weights

Weight training vests and ankle weights: wearing ankle weights and a weight training vests can help you run faster - but do it slowly

Longevity

Longevity: Exercise helps you to live longer, but how important is intensity?

Olympics Sex test

Olympics Sex Test: Why the Olympic sex test is outmoded, unnecessary and even harmful.

sports vision

Sports Vision: In most sports, you'll never achieve your true potential if your eyes aren't up to it. Here's a special report on how they can be trained.

knee injuries symptoms 2

Knee Injuries Symptoms 2: Do your knees sometimes give you the blues? If so, you're in good company: knee injuries are the curse of many athletes, especially runners

Report on blood lactate 2

Report On Blood Lactate 2: Things your mother forgot to tell you about blood lactate

Running economy 2

Running Economy 2: A brief history of the strengthening of the economy, and why it matters

Running economy 2

Running Economy 2: Here are some of the things your mum forgot to tell you about putting one foot in front of the other

overtraining | illness

Overtraining: Can adaptogens help athletes reduce their risk of infections and overtraining?

Running economy

It's now official: strength training can improve your running economy.

running shoes

Running shoes research - Do men and women run with completely different gait styles? If so, are those differences so great that female runners need their own distinctive running shoes?