All Entries in the "Cross Training" Category
Home Exercises For Your Core – Part 2
Did you know that your core is where all movement in your body originates? Core exercises are an important part of overall fitness training that, except for the occasional sit-up or crunch, are often neglected.
For these exercises you will need a Stability Ball. These are available at most sports retailers and Department Store and are [...]
Home Exercises For Your Core – Part 1
Did you know that your core is where all movement in your body originates? Core exercises are an important part of overall fitness training that, except for the occasional sit-up or crunch, are often neglected.
Understanding your core
Your body’s core — the area around your trunk and pelvis — is where your center of gravity is [...]
Treadmill Running
If the dark nights and the weather are causing you real problems why not take a look at treadmill running. In this series of articles we’ll be looking at the advantages and disadvantages as well as some training tips to help you along.
Body Control Pilates
What is ‘Body Control Pilates’?
Body Control Pilates is very closely based upon the method of body-conditioning and training developed by the late Joseph Pilates. It is an exercise method which relies on strengthening core postural muscles and developing body alignment. It avoids the muscle and ligament damage, sometimes associated with other fitness regimes.
Body Control Pilates [...]
Cross Training Tips
All of us at one time or another have picked up an injury, been put off by the bad weather or even just become stale through overtraining. I know the feeling, the thought of losing all that fitness, all the hard work that has been done over the previous months — lost.
Swimming
If you are looking for a good all-round form of aerobic exercise why not try water aerobics. Running, jogging and walking underwater in a pool not only strengthens the leg and hip muscles – the quadriceps, hamstrings and gluteals – but helps to maintain and develop cardio respiratory fitness.
The major benefit to exercising in the [...]
Skipping
Skipping is no longer confined to the school playground. Boxers use skipping as training before a fight and it is now incorporated into many gym classes. An excellentway to keep fit, skipping can be done anywhere, anytime.
Benefits:
Skipping will help improve cardio-respiratory (heart and lungs) fitness, flexibility and co-ordination. As a high-impact exercise skipping is great [...]
Tai Chi – A Little History Lesson
Tai Chi Chuan is a form of exercise developed by the Chinese, but is more than just exercise, much more. Tai Chi Chuan is an internal cultural art and is the Chinese path to mental, physical and spiritual fitness.
Tai Chi
The Chinese characters for Tai Chi Chuan can be translated as the ‘Supreme Ultimate Force’. The notion of ’supreme ultimate’ is often associated with the Chinese concept of yin-yang, the notion that one can see a dynamicduality
What is The Best Form of Strength Training for Women Part 2
Part 2
The other major body part that requires strength training for running is the trunk and hip area commony known as the “core”. These muscles are not so obviously involved with running as the leg muscles, yet nonetheless serve a very important role in pelvis and trunk stabilisation and posture control. Biomechanical research has shown [...]
Yoga
Yoga for Heart Health
According to the American Heart Association,coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States, causing about 1.5 million heart attacks each year. Recent research has shown yoga and meditation to reduce blood pressure, lower the pulse rate, improve the elasticity of the arteries, [...]
What is The Best Form of Strength Training for Women
The answer is not a matter of gender but more a matter of the particular requirements of the athlete’s event, being the same for both men and women. If you want to significantly improve your performance then you must ensure that comprehensive strength training is covered in your training schedule.
