Image via Wikipedia Whether you are training for a professional sport or are just looking to get back into shape it is important to find the right trainer for you. If have a membership to a gym then chances are you have seen trainers working with people. Every trainer has a different style of training [...]
[Continue reading…]Extreme Sports and Training
Extreme sports push the body to its very limits. This type of sporting activity is becoming popular with teens and others who are looking for ways to challenge themselves outside the normal arena of sports. However, before you enroll in these sports, or get started in them, you need to train properly for them. This [...]
[Continue reading…]Remaining Safe While Playing Extreme Sports
Image by Getty Images via @daylife Extreme sports are meant to offer that extra edge of excitement. But even the professional extreme sports athletes take safety very seriously. If you are getting ready to engage in skateboarding, snowboarding, mountain climbing or any extreme activity, then there are certain safety precautions you must take before you [...]
[Continue reading…]Biological Passport Keeping Tabs on Clean Athletes
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 was a very important date for sports history. For the first time, a new program aimed at protecting athletes from steroid use was upheld by a judge in The Court of Arbitration for Sport (viewed as the Supreme Court of sports). Italian cyclists Franco Pellizotti and Pietro Caucchioli were deemed guilty [...]
[Continue reading…]College Staff Blurs Boundary Lines
Stanford University has been found to be offering ‘easy’ classes to their athletes to make sure they can pass and stay active on the team. The list of classes is closely guarded and only offered to athletes and not the rest of the student body. Other coaches and school staff say they’ve never heard of [...]
[Continue reading…]Coaches Enjoy Job Security by Paying Fines
There’s trouble in Gamesville, USA. Ohio State coach Jim Tressel was caught red-handed keeping information to himself and it could bring disciplinary actions to the team. As it stands, he was suspended from the first two 2011 games and he got a hefty $250,000 fine. What he did doesn’t seem so bad; heck, the cover-up [...]
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