Proprioceptive Training: A Key To Sports Success Let’s talk a little bit about proprioception for a minute That’s a $3 SAT word that means your body’s ability to react properly to external forces For example: if you ride bulls for fun, you must have the ability to react to gravity and the changing forces of the bull to keep from being thrown off That’s proprioception But proprioception is also your ability to walk across a room without falling downOne of ...

Heart Health: Five Things You Need To Know About Your Heart The heart is one of the most important organs in your body, and in some ways the most familiar; we know we have to keep it healthy to live well, most of us know someone who has had a heart problem or even a heart attack, and it’s one of the few organs that we can actually feel as it functions (just put your hand in the middle of ...

Healthy Habits Incorporate these HEALTHY HABITS in your lifeFollowing healthy habits can statistically increase your lifespan by up to 11 years! That's a lot of extra time to get to live, and you can add it to your life by following a few simple habits:1 Never skip your breakfast Breakfast is the most important meal of the day Still, many of us skip it thinking that it will help us shed pounds When you skip breakfast your blood sugar levels, ...

Prevention Of Sports Injuries As more and more of us realize the benefits of exercise and activity, it is imperative to participate and train safely Although sports-related injuries are not totally preventable, taking relevant precautions can reduce their significance and/or severity Sports injuries are commonly associated with sudden breaking of bones, ripping of tendons or tearing of muscles but in non-contact sports most injuries come on gradually An athlete’s greatest strength can often be his greatest weakness Their competitive streak that ...

Top 10 Ways To Prevent Soccer Injuries Soccer is a growing sport among the youth in our country today Notably, more female athletes are choosing to play soccer With this added participation, it is inevitable that more injuries will occur Many of these injuries are linked to physical training and conditioningThe most common injuries in soccer typically involve the ankle, knee and hip region Such injuries include ankle sprains, knee ligament sprains, meniscus tears, and muscular strains (hip and groin) ...

Bridging The Gap: The Top 5 Fitness Secrets For Housewives And Athletes Why does the title of this article mention Housewives and Athletes? Brace yourself for the answer: Because the training protocols for both are exactly the same!"How can that be?" you ask "Is the author of this article on drugs?" "How can an athlete and a housewife train the same way?"Here is your answer: Because each of them works diligently towards their respective goals using the same time-proven training ...

Prescription Eyeglasses In today's society, not only are prescription eyeglasses a necessity, but to some people they are a fashion accessory Top designers like Giorio Armani, Eddie Bauer, Clavin Klien and even Brittany Spears have picked up this latest fashion trend Putting their name and usually a high price on designer frames and lensesA pair of prescription eyeglasses should be comfortable for your eye as well as your face There are many different frame designs and shapes that fit your ...

The Secret To Lifetime Fitness I consider myself a fit person Of course, I am not a professional, world class athlete either, but I have learned a few things about fitness and how to achieve a “feel good/look good” level that I am happy with I used to be sporadically active in my early 20s, until a few years back I decided it was time to take fitness seriously and make the necessary changes My motivation? Envy Yes, I was ...

Protein Won't Make You Fat: Myth 1 How many magazines have you read where they tell you to take in X grams of protein? How many times have you see 75g of protein per lb of bodyweight or 1g maybe 15 for the advanced athlete or better yet 2g for the guy who really wants to grow! All of those calculations may or may not be correct but it depends on YOU! FACT: The 1 protein mistake people make is: They ingest more then they need MYTH: Any ...

Tinea Ringworm Ringworm, aka Tinea, is a very contagious fungal infection that occurs in the skin Ringworm is very common, this especially true among young children Ringworm can be spread by skin-to-skin contact, just like it can with contact with contaminated items such as a hair comb Part of the thing that aids in the quick spread of ringworm is that a person can be infected before they even show any of the symptoms, which means that they are unaware, and have no chance of preventing the spread ...