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Mark Verstegen and a team of experts and writers provide useful strategies to perform great, while talking about their own goals and challenges as they practice the Core Performance tenets in their daily lives.

The Performance Life

Best Advice to Kickstart the Year

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With one month in the books, are you any closer to achieving your health and performance goals for 2010? To help, we’ve rounded up our best tips, recipes, and workouts from the past month in cased you missed any of it.

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The Performance Life

Hanging on by Her Core Strength

Amber Monson glides through the air, twenty feet from the floor, suspended from the rafters by only two long strands of fabric. There is no safety net.

She wraps herself in intricate knots, stretching and twisting into seemingly impossible positions, then plunging toward the ground in a death-defying roll with the silk curling wildly through the air.

Known as “aerial silks,” it’s a mesmerizing combination of grace, core strength, flexibility, and athleticism right out of Cirque du Soleil.

Monson, a self-described adrenaline junkie and rock climber from Atlanta, took up silks several years ago when she found it difficult to get to the mountains regularly.

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Tags: Women

The Performance Life

Rave Reviews from CES for adidas miCoach

A new coaching tool from adidas, called miCoach (pronounced “my coach”), has made a huge splash at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

miCoach is the latest—and most impressive—in an ever-expanding market of personal training gadgets. It lets you set a goal (say, run a 5K or lose weight) and then provides real-time audio coaching.

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Tags: Race, Motivation, Running, Weight Loss, Gear, Triathlon, Walking

The Performance Life

One Road Warrior’s Game Plan

Bill working on his Energy System Development at Core Performance Center in Santa Monica, CA

Bill Anderson
Age: 51
Hometown: Santa Monica, California
Occupation: Chairman and CEO, First Beverage Capital

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Tags: Skiing, Pillar strength, Shoulder, Hip, Golf, Success Story

The Performance Life

In Case You Missed It...

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With the holiday season in full swing, we know you're busier than ever. So we pulled together our top recipes, tips, and workouts from the past month to help you stay on top of your health and performance.

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The Performance Life

Fewer Miles, Better Performance

Brad Kluck
Age: 41
Hometown: Los Angeles
Occupation: Filmmaker

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Tags: Cycling, Running, Swimming, Race, Success Story, Training

The Performance Life

Mark Verstegen Talks about TRX Suspension Training

In this video, Athletes’ Performance and Core Performance founder Mark Verstegen explains why TRX suspension training is such a versatile and valuable tool. Plus: His tips for incorporating it into your training plan.

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Tags: Travel, Stability, TRX, Gear, Home, Strength, Build Muscle

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So What Exactly is VO2?

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The 120 Endurance Playlist

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Blogs

One Small Change

Fill Your Breakfast with Fiber

Increasing your fiber intake too quickly can have debilitating side effects. Our human lab rat discovers the right (and wrong) pace.

Live Better

Tis' the Season for Cocoa, Colds, and...Coronaries

Shoveling snow in frigid weather can increase the risk of a heart attack for some folks.

Play Better

Athletes Blog About NFL Combine Training

Ever wonder what it's like to train for the NFL Combine? Three athletes tell all in their own words.

The Performance Life

Best Advice to Kickstart the Year

We’ve rounded up the most popular stories from the first month of 2010 to help you stick to your healthy resolutions all year.

News

adidas and Core Performance Make You Better in 2010

Performance specialist Nick Anthony is the latest addition to the adidas team of global trainers.

Secrets to Success

Olympian Workout Tips from Angela Ruggiero

The Boston Globe interviews Angela Ruggiero about training for the Vancouver Games at Athletes' Perfomance.