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Three Burning Questions
Our team of experts answers your most pressing questions around a variety of performance topics, including training and nutrition.
Three Burning Questions
Training for the Great Outdoors
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As an outdoor athlete, you don't have the benefit of a waxed hardwood floor or a manicured field. Your playing surface is the elements, and when your opponent is unpredictable and unstable, you need to be fully prepared. Build strength and increase your resistance to injury with tips from our performance specialists on everything from rock climbing to surfing.
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Fueling for Your Run
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You may not need to update your running gear. Your stride technique may be fine. But if you're not fueling for your run—eating properly and hydrating—then you're not optimizing your performance.
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Expert Advice for Endurance Athletes
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Improve your performance and push your limits with the help of our resident experts. We asked our team for advice on three endurance-boosting questions. Use their tips to start training, prepare for a race, and finish strong.
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Knowing Your Limits
If you like to push your limits in your workout, beware of signs that you're overdoing it, which can actually reverse your progress and raise your risk for injury. Learn the four signs of overtraining in this video with metabolic specialist Paul Robbins. Then check out the common questions below to determine if you're pushing yourself hard enough or just wasting your efforts.
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Weight Loss Myths
With all the misinformation out there, sometimes it's hard to know if the weight loss advice you're getting has any value. Below, our experts have answered three common weight loss questions so you don't have to sift through the myths to find a strategy that works.
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The New Fitness Resolution
Exercising more often and eating better are both good choices, but as far as resolutions go, they're so cliche and broad.
Do you know why most people fail at their exercise resolutions? Because it hurts. This year, make it a resolution to include recovery techniques into your daily routine. Uncomplicated and efficient, using proper rest and regeneration, like foam rolling, tennis ball trigger therapy, and post-workout nutrition, will help you avoid the hurt, or at least feel better faster, plus you'll bounce back better from all your hard work.
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Make Your Return to the Hardwood
Whether you're a pro, college or pick-up basketball star, nothing stands in the way of your on-court performance more than an injury. Although there is little you can do to stop the other team's center from hacking you in the lane, there are steps you can take to reduce the chances you'll be knocked out of the game for good.
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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".
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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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