Mountaineering boots and how to choose the right ones
Shopping for mountaineering boots can be a daunting experience for beginners. The first thing to be sure of is whether you really need proper four season mountaineering boots. Many store assistants and inexperienced hikers believe that the sturdier the boot is the better it is for all conditions and make the mistake of buying a [...]
Aron Ralston: The Canyoneer Who Cut Off His Own Arm
All his life nobody really took notice of Aron Ralston except his childhood buddies and family…until Ralston cut off his own arm and did rehab.
At Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania, Aron majored in mechanical engineering and French. He studied abroad, was book smart, and participated in intramural sports.
In 2002 Ralston left his job at Intel [...]
Natural weight loss through sports and exercise
People all over the world share the common desire to understand how to lose weight. Although there is a lot of information about weight loss several billion people remain obese or morbidly obese. Some people simply do not have the desire to lose the harmful fatty tissue, but by simply knowing how to lose weight, [...]
An Electric Treadmill For Home Fitness
Electric treadmills are a great way to get in shape. It also beats out getting a gym membership. It is much better to be able to work out in the confines of one’s own home than to have to schlep oneself over to the neighborhood gym every night or two. It really ends up saving [...]
Fast Way to Build Muscles
Does the workout routine you employ giving the results you want? Take a long look at your mirror; do you see an improvement in the size of your muscles or do you still see the same skinny man in it, despite of the fact that you have been going to the gym busting your behind [...]
Fast Twitch Muscles
If you want to jump higher, fast twitch muscles will be able to help you in this goal. Some people are just born lucky, needing just a minimal amount of vertical jump workout to aide them in increasing their vertical jump due to fast twitch muscles.
However, not everyone has sufficient fast twitch muscles that they [...]
Preventing Injuries During Bodybuilding
Bodybuilding requires regular stimulation of the body’s muscles to promote the muscles to increase in size. However, in order to achieve steady gains and hypertrophy we also need to encourage more healthy adaptation of the body’s tendons, ligaments and nerves. Ligaments and tendons can easily be damaged as they are very rigid and not very [...]
Mountainboarding the summer equivalent of snowboarding?
I read an issue of Whitelines magazine a couple of years ago. In it the authors compared various sports to snowboarding and somehow came out with the conclusion that mountain biking is the summer time alternative to snowboarding. Whilst I love mountain biking and think it is an amazing sport and wish I had more [...]
How to Jump Higher for Sports
Sports require a lot of physical fitness on the part of the players involved. Beach volleyball, indoor volleyball and basketball are the 3 most important sports that involve jumping. If you want to learn how to jump higher in basketball you have to be able to follow a good jump training program. The same holds [...]
Skate Shoes are big business
Over the last twenty years skate and surf fashion has really exploded into the mainstream. Although skating and surfing has soared in popularity and grabbed no end of media attention, with stars in those sports becoming huge celebrities. We all know names like Tony Hawk or Kelly Slater. A lot of these athletes have now [...]