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If you need fitness tips for getting in shape, these fitness articles will help you reach goals you have set for yourself. How can you overcome muscle soreness? Here is a wealth of health and fitness research provided by experts who place physical fitness as a top priority. 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 and fitness training: how using a weighted sled can improve your performance
Sled training provides a number of training opportunities to develop performance
Strength and fitness training: the weighted sled
The weighted sled provides a number of training opportunities to develop numerous facets of fitness. It is versatile enough to develop anaerobic and aerobic fitness and is therefore a suitable means of training for many athletes.
Fitness training for female athletes
Female game players need high fitness levels as well as technical and tactical skills in order to reach the top
Energy systems: aerobic and anaerobic training
Training the right energy system in relation to your sport will ensure optimum performance
Rugby Training: Secrets of the Rugby World Cup Players
Scotland's Rugby Fitness Coach shares his rugby training tips
Fitness Training for Rugby Union
Rugby conditioning: the fitness standards rugby players and coaches should be aiming for
Increase Vertical Leap and Improve Jumping Ability with Plyometrics
Plyometric Exercises to Make You Jump Higher and Further
Sandbag Shoulder Press Throw
Sandbags are an effective low cost alternative to medicine ball. This drill is alternative to the conventional shoulder press with a barbell, expect you accelerate through the movement allowing for greater power development. You can adjust the weight of the sandbag to suit your strength goals.
Ladder Drill: Two Feet in Each Rung
A progression from the One Foot in Each Rung drill, challenges the speed of co-ordination of the athlete. Have the athlete perform the drill correctly by asking them to start off slowly to get a feel of the movement.
Fitness training survey results
Peak Performance fitness training survey shows you don’t need the gym for sports training
Asthma in athletes
Beta(2)-agonists used to treat asthma do not confer any performance advantage in athletes
Health and Fitness: Heart Disease
How much exercise protects against heart disease?
Preventing Osteoarthritis
Does sport set us up for arthritis in later life? And can anything be done?
Reduce Muscle Fatigue with Probiotic Supplements
Probiotics combat fatigue problems in athletes
Physiology performance parameters
Athleticogenomics – the gene genie is out of his bottle
Low-intensity workouts lead to weight loss
Exercise intensity and weight loss
Half-time nutrition – what’s best for maximising fulltime performance?
Half-Time Training for Team Sports
Diabetes - how it affects sports and how to combat it
diabetes and sports performance
Vibration Training and Performance
Can vibration training enhance Sports Performance?
Half Time Strategy - Temperature
Coping With The Effects of Temperature on The Pitch
Cycling Training: Aerodynamics and Stamina
Don't Let Drag Interfere With Your Cycling Training
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
Research Round-Up: endurance, ergogenic drugs, hydration and vibration
endurance, ergogenic drugs, hydration and vibration
Building Speed and Endurance
Building Speed Before Endurance: time to turn convention on the head?
Sports News: Injury Treatment Evidence?
Injury research and clinical practice
Stretching, Performance and Injury Prevention
Pre-exercise stretching - is it time to tear up the old rule book?
Sports Science Glossary Part 8
Sports Science Glossary Part 8
child protection in sport
Child protection in sport
football fitness
Football fitness - The role of personal fitness in team success
soccer fitness training
Soccer fitness training: Endurance training boosts performance in the field
Aerobic Training vs. Strength Training: do they cancel each other out?
Concurrent Training, interference effect
Running: the importance of race pacing
Race Pacing
Periodisation training ensures athletes experience regular fitness and performance improvements
If you want to improve your performance, you can’t train in the same way all the time
Musicians and exercise: how to avoid stage fright
Physically fit musicians may cope better with stage fright
Fitness training: how to design a sports-specific fitness programme
The principles behind designing a sports specific programme and the training methods that should be employed
Preparing for competition: tapering produces positive competition results
Tapering - pre-competition training
Fitness workouts: how to increase your VO2max
New vVO2max workouts lead to impressive gains in fitness
fat burning zone
Fat burning zone - Why athletes, fitness enthusiasts and slimmers should steer clear of the fat burning zone
Anxiety before a competition can lead to insomnia
How crucial is a good night's sleep before a major event?
Exercise equipment: what is the best fitness machine in the gym?
The best exercise machines to improve your fitness.
Fitness for football
Fitness For Football: Endurance training boosts performance in the field
VO2 Max: can veteran athletes prevent a decline in aerobic capacity?
The role of aerobic exercise in the veteran endurance athlete
Super set training: improve your motivation and fitness levels at the same time
Super set sessions will help you run, cycle, or swim for longer and faster.
Aerobic capacity: how to boost oxygen uptake
Endurance coach Olaf Astrand states that maximum oxygen uptake can be improved by up to 20% if a work rate of above 80% is achieved
Karate v aerobic dance
Karate and aerobic dance are increasingly popular - but apparently dissimilar - activities. While the goal of aerobic dance is improved fitness, karate is usually used to increase self-confidence and one's ability to protect oneself, and the actual fitness benefits associated with karate have been considered to be fairly modest.
Vo2max
Vo2max Defined: For years V02max has been referred to as a gold standard of aerobic fitness. It is simply a physiological index that can be measured while you are exercising.
Muscle soreness
Muscle Soreness: Tough workouts promote heightened fitness, but they can also lead to so much muscle soreness that athletes are unable to train effectively during the days after a rigorous session. To promote more consistent training and to limit muscle damage, exercise scientists have searched for ways to prevent excessive post-workout soreness.
Training: altitude or sea-level
Training: Altitude Or Sea-level: In related work carried out by researchers at the University of Copenhagen, competitive rowers who trained at sea level achieved significantly greater gains in fitness, compared to rowers who trained at altitude.
Sequencing in Training 1
Sequencing In Training 1: Get your training in order: how sequencing determines your overall fitness
Sequencing in Training 2
Sequencing In Training 2: Get your training in order: how sequencing determines your overall fitness
sports injuries benefits
You may not appreciate it at the time, but an injury can teach you a lot about how your body works
Return-to-form workouts
Return-to-form Workouts: The quickest way to get your fitness back after a lay-off is to find a three-minute hill.
Fat, fitness and performance 2
Fat, Fitness And Performance 2: Let's face it. Even though carbohydrate is the key fuel for athletic performance and slimness-seeking athletes usually avoid high-fat foods as much as possible, you do need to include some fat in your diet
Methods, fitness, lung function
A critical look at recent research into training methods, fitness needs and lung function
Squash, age, fitness and risk
Squash, Age, Fitness And Risk: New research conducted by T. Reilly and D. Halsall at the Centre for Sport and Exercise at Liverpool John Moore University has shown that regular competitive squash has considerable health benefits but that older recreational players should approach the game with due care.
Conditioning
Conditioning: Next to cross-country skiing, running is the best type of fitness training for all sports.
Aerobic fitness: a training programme to boosting your VO2 Max
Improving fitness levels by boosting your VO2 Max
exercise | weight loss | fat
If the pounds come off deceptively easily, beware! It's not fat that you're losing.
running form | biomechanics | running style
Running form: How you can become a better runner without increased fitness - with the right form.
athletes diet
Athletes Diet: The triathletes who ate nearly twice as much, yet gained no weight, and improved their performance times by 8 per cent.
Aerobic system: interval training to improve fitness
Aerobic Interval Training: You can vary the intensity, the work period and the rest period but which combination is most effective?
exercise bike trianing when injured
Exercise Bike Trianing When Injured: The best workout to maintain fitness when you're injured.
Quantifying intensity
Quantifying Intensity: How to use heart rate to quantify your fitness training intensity.
Summer training
Summer Training: Training in warm weather is definitely not the same as training in cooler temperatures. There are many "tricks of the trade" - practices which can make your warm-weather workouts much more comfortable and much better for your overall fitness.
Summer training
Summer Training: Training in warm weather is definitely not the same as training in cooler temperatures. There are many "tricks of the trade" - practices which can make your warm-weather workouts much more comfortable and much better for your overall fitness.
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