by Gatorade Sports Science Institute How often should you drink fluids? Staying hydrated is very important for athletic performance so it is important to drink fluids on a regular basis ? before, during and after exercise. Drink on a schedule not just when you?re thirsty because by the time you?re thirsty, you?re already dehydrated. Before [...]
Powered by the Cleveland Clinic Make your vitamin D supplement work even harder. Taking it with your biggest meal of the day boosts the vitamin’s absorption. Not getting enough vitamin D? Instead of taking it on an empty stomach or with a light meal, down your vitamin D supplement with the biggest meal of the [...]
SportsOneSource Media The percentage of obese girls in the United States increased more than twice as much as the percentage of obese boys from 2003 to 2007, according to a study by researchers at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The study, Changes in State-Specific Childhood Obesity and Overweight Prevalence in the United States [...]
BY: NOAH ROBISCHON April 30, 2010 What’s the difference between a CEO with a management background and one with a design DNA? Nike’s president and CEO Mark Parker is the answer. He began his career as a designer inside the company, where he would often modify and customize shoes for himself (a practice he continues [...]
Most lifters vary their workouts after a month because they know muscles adapt to stress. But two recent studies at Arizona State University show that when and how you vary your workouts is what determines whether you improve strength or endurance. In the first study, men who changed to fewer repetitions using more weight at [...]
SportsOneSource Media Among the 39 sports surveyed by the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA), exercise walking, swimming and exercising with equipment attracted the greatest number of female participants seven years of age and older in 2008, according to data in the Association’s Sports Participation reports. Exercise walking attracted 59.3 million females; swimming, 33.3 million; and [...]
SportsOneSource Media Two-thirds of Division I college football linemen studied were obese, putting them at significant risk for metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance compared with players at other positions, according to new research from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). High levels of physical activity—shown to help prevent obesity, diabetes and other chronic [...]
SportsOneSource Media The American Council on Exercise (ACE) released the results of a study questioning the benefits of Nintendo’s Wii Fit. Researchers found the energy expended from Wii Fit exercises fell below physical activity guidelines set by the American College of Sports Medicine. The exercises also resulted in fewer calories burned compared to [...]
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