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Sports Massage Helps Performance
Why Sports Massage is a Necessity and who uses it? “Ouch” you say as you hit your elbow on the counter. Then instinctively your other hand comes over and massages the banged area. Many people think of massage as just a way to relax and spoil themselves. When in...
A Diet to Boost Testosterone in Men
How Men Produce Testosterone The purpose of this article is to provide a brief description on how men produce testosterone and what foods contain the nutrients that help in the testosterone production process. The impact of lifestyle on testosterone...
Yoga Helps Improve Mental Focus and Athletic Performance
Yoga Enhances Fitness and Improves Athletic Performance with Increased Mental Focus and Awareness Yoga offers many benefits in a variety of domains for healthy, clinical, and, more recently, athletic populations. Athletes often undertake yoga as a complement to...
Kidney Health, Red Blood Cell Production, Increased Blood Count and Peak Performance for Athletes
Kidneys Play an Important Role in Athletic Performance This article is intended to provide you with (i) an appreciation of the critical role our kidneys play cleansing our blood and in the development of red blood cells, (ii) a list of nutrients, natural food sources...
Hunter Games – Fit, Fast and Running into Trouble!
Mind Games at Christchurch Sri Chinmoy Half Marathon "it became a small mission for me to find what it was that I needed to do to 'finish strong'." I was certain it was going to be a good day. I was running fast and mentally I felt stronger than I normally did going...
Athlete Strategies to Maintain Healthy Joints
Tips to Maintain Healthy Joints A joint is the connection between two bones. Smooth tissue called cartilage and synovium and a lubricant called synovial fluid cushion the joints so bones do not rub together. Pain happens when joints become damaged or worn. Knee pain....
Raw Milk – Most Effective Sports Training and Recovery Drink!
Raw Milk gives Athletes a Competitive Advantage Raw Milk is by far the most effective and nutritious drink for athletes for training and recovery. Raw (unpasteurized) milk is more nutritious than pasteurized milk as some of the nurtients in raw milk are killed or...
How Mental Imagery Can Improve Skills and Athletic Performance
"Regularly visualize yourself winning matches by running powerful, vivid and emotional images of success through your mind, seeing yourself playing brilliantly in every department of the game", by Roger Federer Imagery can be a powerful tool for improving...
Mental Toughness and Mental Strength
Mental toughness and strength is an important characteristic for athletes to acquire on the journey to reaching their Ideal Performance State and peak performance in sports. Mental Fitness is the result of mental fitness training. It is a characteristic that...
Natural Food Sources of Glucose – Our Body’s Key Source of Energy
Glucose is the Primary Source of Energy for Cells Glucose is the human body's key source of energy as it provides energy to all the cells in our body. Glucose also is critical in the production of proteins, lipid metabolism and is a precursor for vitamin C...
Ideal Performance State and Peak Performance for Athletes and Everyone
The Ideal Performance State (IPS) in sports or Peak Performance for athletes is the optimal physiological and psychological level of arousal measured by muscular tension, heart rate, blood pressure, brain wave patterns and breathing composure that results in peak...
Key Nutrients for Red Blood Cell Production
Sufficient production of red blood cells essential to peak athletic performance As red blood cells are the vehicle that delivers oxygen to our cells, sufficient production of red blood cells is necessary for good health and essential for athletic peak performance....