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G Movement: Reach Higher, Fight Global Hunger
Here's a way to improve your performance and do some good at the same time. Action Against Hunger and Gatorade have created G Movement, athletic challenges designed to raise money and awareness to stop world hunger. Core Performance is proud to team up on this initiative by providing training to athletes of all levels (the competition is open to the public).
One Small Change
4 New Ways to Fit Physical Activity into Your Day
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I don’t know how true this story is but, at the risk of furthering an urban myth, I’ll pass it along because I think it’s illustrative nonetheless. Supposedly, the great British decathlete Daley Thompson, who won two Olympic gold medals and set numerous world records in the 1980s, was pitted against a four year old. Thompson had to do everything the kid did during the course of a normal day and, as it turned out, he struggled to keep up. His specialized training was no match for the kid’s naturally active lifestyle.
“It gets you thinking,” says Alwyn Cosgrove, C.S.C.S., the owner of Results Fitness in Santa Clarita, California, who told me this story. “The activities of daily living just might be the ultimate workout.”
Play Better
Returning Tricky Shots
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Hitting high, kicking shots is fun. It puts your opponent on the defensive and induces short balls to easily put away. Returning high kicking shots, on the other hand, is not fun, since you’re on the defensive and prone to hitting short balls that can easily be put away. Rather than continuing to reach up and flail about, try the following to blunt your opponent’s advantage and dictate play.
The Performance Life
Feel Like an Athlete Again
Kirsten Gross
Age: 31
Hometown: Santa Monica, Ca.
Occupation: Director of Corporate Compliance
The Challenge
Kirsten Gross always had been an elite-level tennis player, first as a competitive junior player and later at Yale. But after graduating in 2000, she became immersed in the corporate world, earning an MBA at Southern Cal in 2007. Working long hours, she soon found herself 20 pounds heavier and feeling anything but like an athlete.
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First Female Physical Therapist in MLB Playoffs
Congrats to our resident physical therapist, Sue Falsone, for supporting the Los Angeles Dodgers’ players through their playoff run for the second straight season as team physical therapist. This recent interview by Maria Serrao explores Falsone’s barrier-breaking rise to the Major Leagues.
One Small Change
It’s Time to Redefine Fitness
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If you’ve been following this blog, you know that I’m in an exercise quandary. I work out for at least an hour daily but for the rest of the time, because I’m a writer, I’m as sedentary as the late John Updike. In fact, the pedometer I’m wearing as part of this month’s One Small Change experiment confirms this on a daily basis. After talking with fitness experts, it’s become obvious that I need to stop thinking of exercise as something to squeeze into my day and instead start making my entire day one big workout. But how does an exercise Jekyll and Hyde such as I (and maybe you?) go about doing that? Here’s the three-step plan:
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Are Sports Creams Overrated?
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Ben Gay and Icy Hot may provide an intense sensation, but their power as an injury soother is actually very weak, according to a new study review in The Cochrane Library.
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"Hitting either slice or topspin will take the pressure off and will force your opponent to have to make decisions about how to handle heavy, high bounces or low, short shots."
—Brad Dancer, University of Illinois men's head tennis coach in "5 Tips to Win a Tiebreaker"
"The biggest determinant of calorie burning is your metabolism. And the biggest factor in that is your lean muscle mass. Build more lean muscle, increase your metabolism. "
— fat loss expert Alwyn Cosgrove in "5 Keys to Fat Loss".
Master the World's Greatest Stretch
Performance specialist Nick Winkelman explains why this is our favorite movement.
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"While alcohol can make you sleepy initially, it should never be used as a sedative because it disrupts your sleep cycles, especially REM. This stage is particularly important to athletes because it’s when you consolidate and commit to long-term memory what you learned during the day."
— from "6 Ways Alcohol Disrupts Performance".
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6 Ways Alcohol Disrupts Performance
Before you reach for a drink, consider how alcohol affects your muscles, metabolism, and sports performance.
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Strong Thighs, Healthy Knees
A new study found that strong thighs can decrease the likelihood of painful knee arthritis in women.
The Performance Life
How One Guy Eased Pain and Raised His Golf Game
After waking up in a world of hurt, Jay Lavender decided to finally commit to his health.
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New Core Performance Book for Women Coming Soon!
Core Performance founder Mark Verstegen and noted author Pete Williams have written a new book specifically for women.
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Tony Stewart on Taking Charge
NASCAR driver Tony Stewart shares his tips for making the jump from employee to owner.
