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Exercise and Workout Routines for Fitness

Sample exercises, workout routines, and skills training routines and schedules for athletes of all sports.

How I Modified My Workouts While Recovering from an Injury

Being injured doesn't always mean you have to stop exercising completely. It may just require a bit of creativity and exercise modification. Show us how you maintained your fitness while recovering from an injury and share your best cross-training ideas.

Body Weight Workout Routine - Share Your Favorite Body Weight…

Do you have a favorite body weight workout routine? Share your best body weight workout idea with other readers.

Best Exercise Equipment Values - Budget Fitness

Getting fit doesn't have to cost a lot of money. There are many ways to find or make inexpensive exercise equipment when you're on a budget. Learn how to find cheap and low-cost exercise equipment and workout routines.

Interval Training Workout Routine - Favorite Interval Trainin…

Do you have a favorite interval training workout routine? Share your best interval workout idea with other readers.

Stair Running - Build Speed and Power Quickly with Stair Running Workouts

Stair running is a great, high-intensity workout that helps build speed, power and cardiovascular fitness.

Tuck Jumps Build Agility and Power

Tuck jumps are simple drills that improve vertical jumps while building dynamic strength and power.

Best Agility Drills for Athletes

All athletes can benefits from these agility drills to help improve coordination, speed, power and specific sports skill. Use these drills to perfect your foot speed and refine your sports technique.

Fitness Boot Camp - How to Pick a Fitness Boot Camp

Fitness boot camps are taking the place of the standard exercise classes and while they are a great way to get fit without a gym, there are some things you should look for when picking a boot camp workout.

What Is a Fitness Boot Camp?

A fitness boot camp is type of group exercise class that mixes traditional calisthenic and body weight exercises with interval training and strength training and takes it outside.

The Overhead Lunge with Weights

This is a variation of the basic lunge exercise that works the entire body and has tremendous benefits for most athletes. By holding weight overhead while performing a lunge, you build upper- and- lower-body strength, increase the power and speed in the legs and improve core strength during movement.

Lunge with Twist Exercise: Builds Strength and Balance

The lunge with twist exercise isolates your quads, glutes and improves balance and core strength.

Warm Up Exercise: Skip with Twist

Looking for a simple way to warm up before your workout? This simple skip with a twist exercise engages the muscles of the core as well as the upper and lower body in a gentle and rhythmic warm up.

How to Train Like an Olympian

Training like an Olympic athlete requires a plan and a lot of dedication. By borrowing a few training secrets from Olympic athletes, you, too, can train smarter and get fit faster.

Plyometric Exercises - Jumping and Bounding for Speed and Power

Plyometric exercises can build power and speed if done properly

Best Exercise Equipment Values - Budget Fitness

Staying in shape for your sport doesn't have to cost a lot. There are many ways to find inexpensive exercise equipment or to create free workout routines when you're on a budget. Here are some of the best exercise equipment values and free workout ideas for staying fit while on a budget.

Beyond Basic Training - Preparing for Endurance Sports Competition

It's important to build a solid base of fitness before progressing to the next level of training. But what comes after basic training? Learn how to move from base miles to competition level fitness.

Use a Jump Rope for an Inexpensive and Portable Workout

For an inexpensive and efficient workout, the jump rope is a must-have piece of exercise equipment. Jumping rope improves cardiovascular fitness, balance and agility, while building strength and burning calories. Jump ropes are especially good for those interested in working out during travel. Learn why the jump rope may be just the piece of exercise equipment you've been needing.

The Push Up Exercise Builds Upper Body and Core Strength

The push-up exercise is a great upper body and core strength exercise that when done properly uses muscles in the chest, shoulders, triceps, back, abs and even the legs.

Ten Ways to Discover Your Sports Potential

There are some basic characteristics that many of the top athletes share. This list comprises many of the success strategies used by some of the world's best athletes and it is a sure-fire way to start recognizing your own sports potential.

Why Your Workouts Don't Work

Sadly, most people quit a new exercise program before they see any real results. It's not surprising when you see the common mistakes people make with their training programs. Learn how to modify your routine and finally start getting some real fitness results.

Circuit Training for Sports Performance

Circuit training is an efficient and challenging form of conditioning that develops strength, endurance (both aerobic and anaerobic), flexibility and coordination all in one exercise session.

Conditioning Basic Principles

The scientific training principles behind conditioning and performance improvement.

How to Design an Exercise Program

Designing an exercise program isn't complicated if you follow some basic guidelines.

Interval Training Basics

Vary your training intensity to boost performance.

The Ten Percent Rule

The Ten Percent Rule is an easy way to gauage your training increases to get the most from your workouts without suffering from aches, pains and injuries.

Training Tips for Athletes

Quick training tips and reminders for athletes and exercisers

Shuttle Runs Build Endurance

Performing shuttle run drills once a week improves endurance.

30 Second Sprints Improve Endurance & Performance Fast

Want more endurance? Do some sprints! Just six workouts of 30-second sprints could be more effective in improving cardiovascular fitness than an hour of daily moderate activity.

Conditioning Tips for Golf

Conditioning Tips for Golfing. Warm up exercises and injury prevention reminders for golfers getting ready for golf season.

Find a Sports Camp

Adult sports camps and fantasy camps are not only fun but serious training for your athletic pursuits.

Best and Worst Abdominal Exercises

A recent study looked at a variety of common abdominal exercises in order to determine what really works.

Navy SEALs Workout

Here are two training programs from the SEALs

Training Tips for Your Summer Surf Vacation

Adding these core and balance exercises to your training routine will make your next surfing safari a lot more enjoyable!

What's Hot in Fitness for 2006

The American Council on Exercise (ACE) fitness trend predictions for 2006.

Cardio-Boxing for Super Fitness

Cardio-boxing is a great way to condition the whole body because it builds muscle strength, endurance, balance, agility and coordination all at the same time.

Conditioning for Skiing

Downhill skiing poses several sports medicine challenges to both the recreational and the expert skier.

5 Exercises You Must Do

About.com's guide to exercise asks trainers "If you only had 5 exercises for your clients, which ones would they be?"

Increasing Vertical Jump

CSCS Miami Heat Strength and Conditioning Coach shares his training program.

Full Body Home Workout

A sample strength training workout you can do at home.

Sample Interval Workout

A 26 minute interval training workout for the treadmill; can be modified for other activities.

Full Body Smith Machine Workout

Sample weight training workout using the Smith machine.
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