This book describes how to establish and meet class objectives through the three phases of any successful water fitness class: the warm-up, the conditioning phase (for cardiorespiratory fitness or muscular strength and endurance) and the cool-down.
The spinach-eating cartoon character Popeye has much to teach us according to new research from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet.
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Referees are used to negative comments but in this case the criticism was framed by a version of masculinity which targets women as inherently incapable of understanding the rules of sport, especially football.
Practical application of knowledge and skills associated with standardized health and fitness related tests.
The UK’s first ever NBA Basketball Week will involve a series of free fan events and span across five cities between 25th February and 6th March.
This comprehensive resource will help you understand safe and effective ways to improve training and performance through natural nutrition-based ergogenic aids like supplementation and macronutrient intake manipulation.
A junk food diet may be affect brain development and damage a child’s intelligence according to a new study.
