While many athletes look to caffeine to enhance their performance and prolong their endurance during their workout routines, it can often have harmful effects. Continue Reading

Are The Best Workouts In The Morning or Evening?

If this were a perfect world, we would all be able to pick our workout times by what our bodies are telling us. Some people are very good at getting out of bed in the morning with vim, vigor, and gusto in place and others prefer their early morning hours for meditations. Continue Reading

Everyone these days seem to think that there are quicker and easier ways to achieve great abs.

You search on the internet hour upon hour looking for secret methods to get a great stomach, but honestly, there is only one not-so secret recipe to great abs. That is… drum roll please…crunches!

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There is no miraculous way of losing weight without requiring any work, but if you have the dedication and willpower there are a few easy tips you can follow to loose some pounds before summer hits:

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No matter what type, lenght, or intensity of workout you are about to do, it is essential that you keep your body properly hydrated to maximize the benefits of the workout. Continue Reading

Depends on what you want to do. Marathons? Train long. Bodybuilding, football, strength games? Train hard. Even in marathons or distance sports, there’s room for training hard. Has to do with the different muscle fibers, fast twitch and slow twitch. That’s why mixing up an exercise routine is so great for the body.

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The Ironman competition is a difficult, grueling test of your will. A 2.4 mile swim, followed by a 112 mile bike race, and then finishing up with a 26.2 mile marathon. How do you train for this?

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So you are getting ready to run a marathon and want to know what you should eat in order to obtain the correct amount of energy. Carb loading is just what you need to do, and means loading up on foods that have a high amount of carbohydrates that will provide you with extra energy.

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You are thinking about running a marathon, but don’t know where to begin when it comes to choosing which one to run. Well ask yourself this question, would you like to run a marathon in a foreign country or city, are you wanting to travel, or stay close to home?

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Training for a triathlon – even a short triathlon – requires a commitment of time and effort. Assuming that you are already at least competent at running, cycling and swimming, the most important thing is to lay out a schedule that includes all three activities performed at enough of a frequency to build up your performance level.

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