| 31 | Why Count Strokes When Swimming Freestyle? Preview: You may have had coaches that make you count strokes throughout the workout, either by mixing it into drill sets, the main set, or at the end of workout. Some coaches recommend making a habit of always keeping track of your stroke count. As a coach of distance swimmers and triathletes, I believe stroke counting is a necessary part of most swimming... (more) Published By: Kevin Koskella Submitted: 20 June,2005 |
| 32 | Learning to Swim Freestyle on your Side Preview: When we learned to swim freestyle as children, most of us swim flat in the water, with little or no hip rotation as our arms are doing the majority of the work. Many triathletes and open water swimmers have found it necessary to change their stroke and swim more on their sides in order to conserve energy, swim faster, and get through potential rou... (more) Published By: Kevin Koskella Submitted: 20 June,2005 |
| 33 | Bilateral Breathing: Should you Breathe to Both Sides in Freestyle Swimming? Preview: One of the most common wonders of the swimming world is, should you use alternate-side, or bilateral breathing? Throughout my swimming career, I had always breathed to my right side only until a year ago. Why? Because breathing on my left side felt awkward and uncomfortable! This is the reason why most swimmers will breathe only on one side. Last... (more) Published By: Kevin Koskella Submitted: 20 June,2005 |
| 34 | 8 Tips to Open Water Swimming Preview: So you're ready to get out there and do some open water swimming to prepare for your next triathlon? Before you go dipping into your local body of water, keep these tips in mind: 1. Never swim alone. For safety purposes, always swim with a group or bring along a friend. Given the unknown elements, a dangerous situation may arise such as fog, curr... (more) Published By: Kevin Koskella Submitted: 20 June,2005 |
| 35 | 10 Steps to Improving Your Triathlon Swim Preview: As technical as the sport of swimming can be, it is tough to narrow down the answer to the often-asked question, “what should I concentrate on?” So, I came up with a “top ten” list of steps to improving your swim for a triathlon. These aren’t necessarily in any order, but should go a long way in helping you achieve your goals, whether you are a be... (more) Published By: Kevin Koskella Submitted: 20 June,2005 |
| 36 | Do You Have Milk Allergies? Preview: Copyright 2005 Log Cabin Rustics As a nation, we have been raised with milk on our breakfast cereal, ice cream as a reward, sour cream on our potatoes, and milkshakes at the local fast food restaurant. Dairy products are in the majority of our recipes, served in our school lunch programs, and a part of American life. MY STORY When my daughter s... (more) Published By: Cari Haus Submitted: 20 June,2005 |
| 37 | How To Get Incredible Gains If You Aren’t Getting Them Already... And... How To Get Them Fast! Preview: The key to rapid muscle growth, is to perform all your exercises well outside your comfort zone. If you had performed the barbell curl to the point of complete and momentary exhaustion, instead of “copping out” at the tenth. Then your bicep muscles would be forced to work harder than normal. Much harder. As a result, they would grow and build siz... (more) Published By: Trent Brook Submitted: 21 June,2005 |
| 38 | The Secret Of The Perfect Program! Preview: Another critical factor to be aware of, is the efficient use of time. If a routine is performed in approximately one hour, the muscle gains will be much less than if the exact same routine was performed in half and hour. This aspect is a “secret” to most. Time is one of the most effective ways to increase intensity of effort. When performing a wo... (more) Published By: Trent Brook Submitted: 21 June,2005 |
| 39 | How To Avoid Injury From Poor Exercise Performance! Preview: Another key secret is your exercise form. Perfect form is critical when performing any specific exercise in your own routine. Look at it this way. The amount of energy you expend will be the same, regardless of your “style” of performance. However, your muscle gains will be greatly reduced. Performing a series of exercises in poor form produces di... (more) Published By: Trent Brook Submitted: 21 June,2005 |
| 40 | An Amazing Technique That Can Make Your Gains Skyrocket While Others Have Reached A Sticking Point! Preview: If you clearly understand and apply the principles involved in natural bodybuilding, you will experience very rapid muscle gains. However, over a long term, eventually a ‘sticking point’ or plateau in your training may be reached. It is at this point in training that further muscle gains can sometimes appear almost impossible. Sticking points are... (more) Published By: Trent Brook Submitted: 21 June,2005 |
| 41 | Two Major Training Mistakes You Must Dump Immediately! Preview: The number of myths about natural bodybuilding are too numerous to mention. For every guy who knows the principles of effective bodybuilding, there are countless others who don’t. Those lacking the knowledge to train properly will argue until their strides split open or until Frankie No-Gains asks them for a spot. I don’t argue anymore. I just fig... (more) Published By: Trent Brook Submitted: 21 June,2005 |
| 42 | How To Get The Greatest Possible Muscle Gains... And... Still Have Time Left Over To Just Goof-Off! Preview: The number one thing you need to get from this article is this. Significant increases in the muscular size of any particular muscle group, can not be achieved without similar increases throughout the entire body. Any and all exercise performed has an indirect effect on all the body’s subsystems and muscular structures. An exercise which primarily... (more) Published By: Trent Brook Submitted: 21 June,2005 |
| 43 | How These 3 Basic Elements Can Be Used To Boost Your Own Muscle Gains! Preview: The foolish idea that ‘more is better’ when it comes to bodybuilding goes directly against the basics of exercise science. When is comes to increasing your rate of muscle gains, more exercise is almost never what is needed. As I have mentioned already, once you have “stimulated” muscle gains by hitting the gym hard, any additional amount of exerci... (more) Published By: Trent Brook Submitted: 21 June,2005 |
| 44 | What the heck is BOSU? Preview: What in the World Is BOSU? You may have seen them in the gym: half of a large rubber ball that's flat on one side. They're often blue in color and look like a gigantic outtie belly button. "What are those things?" you wonder. Well they're BOSU balls (or balance trainers). It's the latest rave to hit fitness centers across America. BOSU is an ac... (more) Published By: Joe Serpico Submitted: 22 June,2005 |
| 45 | Treadmill Reviews – Helping You Find The Best Treadmill For YOU! Preview: With a multitude of different treadmills and treadmill reviews available today, it an be extremely difficult to know which one might be the best one for you – it can be so overwhelming that you simply don’t know where to start! If you go to one of the wide variety of treadmill manufacturer’s websites, you will be greeted by a whole array of diffe... (more) Published By: Peter Clark Submitted: 22 June,2005 |
| 46 | How Do I Find The Best Treadmill For Me? Preview: Treadmills are possibly the most popular type of fitness equipment available today, and this popularity has caused manufacturers to create a sometimes overwhelming choice of models – how on earth do you determine which is the best treadmill for you? While finding the best treadmill is inevitably something of an individual choice, determined by y... (more) Published By: Peter Clark Submitted: 22 June,2005 |
| 47 | Treadmill Comparison: 3 Things You Need To Know Preview: If you're purchasing a treadmill you'll probably be making several treadmill comparisons when doing your research. Here are 3 things you must know when comparing treadmills in order to find the best one for you. #1 Compare Apples To Apples Don't compare prices between treadmills online and treadmills sold at a store. They are two different mark... (more) Published By: Kathryn O'Neill Submitted: 22 June,2005 |
| 48 | Fitness is the Best Investment Preview: What if a trusted friend were to tell you about an investment where you could not possibly go wrong...what would be your reaction? And what if there was a vertitable mountain of credible information that supported the investment claims...wouldn't you be inclined to take advantage of the opportunity and not miss out on the rewards? Although the ans... (more) Published By: Joe Serpico Submitted: 22 June,2005 |
| 49 | Centenarian or Bust! Preview: Can you remember the millennium hype of 1999? Fast approaching was the coming new year – 2000! Sure, it was the mark of a 1,000 year period, but it was also the mark of the next century, which was a victory in itself and no less exciting. Periodicals, books and broadcasts would collectively take accountability for reaching another aged milestone. ... (more) Published By: Sherri L Dodd Submitted: 22 June,2005 |
| 50 | So, You’re Looking For Discount Treadmills. Decision Time. Preview: A treadmill, although one of the best pieces of indoor fitness equipment that it is possible to buy, is not cheap. A good one will set you back thousands. And discount treadmills are not easy to find. “Discount treadmills” is very often searched on the net. What options are there for these people who are searching for discount treadmills, and wha... (more) Published By: Peter Clark Submitted: 22 June,2005 |