How Exercise Can Improve Your Soccer Game

Soccer is a game that is very demanding and requires a lot of training and conditioning. Not many sports are played on such a large field and lasts as long with few rest periods as soccer does. In a single match, the average soccer player covers about 5-8 miles, that...

NFL Scouting Combine

Operated and organized by National Football Scouting (NFS), the NFL Scouting Combine is perhaps the most exciting sporting event that happens every year. The NFL Combine, sometimes referred to as the National Invitational Camp, is a showplace that occurs every spring...

Boxing Your Way to Fitness

Stepping into the ring and boxing an opponent is a risky choice for even the boxer who emerges as the victor. Blows to the head and sensitive body zones such as the kidneys and liver can cause serious injury. But by mimicking the physical movements of a boxer in an...

How to Become an Athlete

The first rule of thumb to know about how to become an athlete is to know that it takes a tremendous amount of work and dedication to become an athlete. If you are not willing to learn the skills needed to become and athlete, which will require a lot of physical and...

How Exercise Can Improve Your Golf Game

If you ask some folks, they will tell you that they get all of the exercise they need playing golf. How surprised some of these people are to learn that other forms of exercise can actually help to improve a golfer’s game. Picture how much better your golf game...

Introduction to Basketball

Invented by Canadian, James Naismith in 1891, who was living in the United States, basketball is definitely an athletically challenging sport, as it exercises all of the muscles in the body. The arms are exercised through the passing and shooting of the basketball...

Weight Training is Important for Women Too

The benefits of lifting weights — also called weight training, strength training or resistance training — include stronger muscles, a stronger heart, a leaner physique, and a body better able to support your everyday needs and activities. Women, however, still tend to...

The History of Weight Training

Weight training, strength training and resistance training are all methods adapted to improve the resistance and size of the skeletal muscles. Weight training involves the application of a variety of equipments to target specific muscle groups and types of movement,...

The Real Deal Behind Power Lifting Exercises

Not many people know that power lifting exercises are different from bodybuilding exercises. At a glance, they may both look basically the same, but upon further inspection, you will find that power lifting exercises and bodybuilding exercises are two different forms...