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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.
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.
Acupuncture: is there any point?
Sports therapy: What athletes should know about using acupuncture to improve sport performance
Endurance training: building a strong base is the key to achieving optimum running fitness
Specialist running journalist Andy Barber talks to top endurance coach Nick Anderson
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
The aerobic and anaerobic energy systems
Training the right energy system in relation to your sport will ensure optimum performance. By John Shepherd.
Concurrent training: how to simultaneously train upper and lower body strength, muscular endurance and flexibility
Research suggests that concurrent training can train several aspects of fitness at once
The ‘slow component’ of VO2 – understand it to go faster!
Practical recommendations for reducing the impact of the VO2 slow component
Fitness Training: VO2 Kinetics and Oxygen Kinetics to Enhance Exercise Performance
The concepts of VO2 kinetics and the O2 deficit
Fitness Training for Rugby Union
Rugby conditioning: the fitness standards rugby players and coaches should be aiming for
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: Aerobic and Anaerobic exercise
Chronobiology – how timing could give you the edge
Heart Vitality Training and Heart Rate Monitors as Aids to Athletic Performance
Athletic Performance - keeping your cardiovascular system in shape
detraining
Detraining - why a change really is better than a rest
deep water running
Deep Water Running : Getting into deep water - why it can be good for fitness
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
Cardiovascular Endurance: respiratory training can improve performance
Will training your breathing muscles boost your performance?
Lactic Acid: a fitness assessment to measure your lactate levels
How to keep an eye on your lactate acid levels
Ergogenic Aids: can increasing oxygen levels improve sports performance?
When supplementation with oxygen really helps performance.
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
Cardiovascular Fitness: will increasing oxygen levels improve performance?
Ergogenic Aids - Oxygen Supplementation
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'
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
Cycling training: endurance cyclists can improve their VO2 max by increasing their exercise intensity
These simple workouts will help cyclists boost their VO2max.
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