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Training Tips for Rock Climbing
Ten tips for beginning rock climbers. These tips will help you quickly improve your climbing technique.

Finding Time to Exercise - How Do You Find Time to Exercise
Unless you are a professional athlete who gets paid to exercise, it can be tough to fit your workouts into an already full schedule. How do you find time to exercise?

Biggest Race Day Mistakes - What Was Your Biggest Race Day Mistake
What was your biggest race day mistake? Share your advice and help others avoid the same mistakes on race day.

The Best Advice You Got From a Coach
Great coaches do more than just explain the rules of the game. A great coach is also a great teacher who inspires and empowers an athlete to realize and develop his or her full sports potential. In some cases, a coach's advice may extend far beyond the playing field and even shape an athlete's character off the field.

How about you? What's the best advice you ever received from a coach? Di…

What's Your Favorite Workout Song?
What song revs you up for exercise?

How Do You Beat Exercise Boredom?
During a bout of exercise boredom, none of my standard workout routines sound very enjoyable. What about you? Have you ever found yourself bored silly with your exercise routine? If so, what changes have you made that revived your love of exercise?

What's Your Biggest Exercise Training Mistake?
Getting fit requires patience, consistency and progression, but it also helps to know what not to do. Have you made any exercise training mistakes? Share your advice and help others avoid the exercise training mistakes you made.


Mid-Day Exercise Improves Employee Productivity
According to a study out of England researchers found that when workers used their company gym, reported that they were more productive and worked better with their co-workers.

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.

Health Club Manners
Health Club Manners and gym etiquette is built on common courtesy and a little tolerance. Here is a reminder to mind your manners at your local health club

Winter Survival Guide for Summer Athletes
Summer athletes - get the most from your winter training routine.

Exercising with iPods and Earbuds Could Cause Permanent Hearing Loss
Athletes who use iPods or wear earbuds may be at risk for permanent hearing loss.

Best of 2008 - The Best Sports Medicine and Sport Fitness Tr…
Fitness trends pop up every year and most fad out quickly because they lack real substance. But in 2008, there were a few fitness and sports medicine trends that are still going strong. Here are a few of the ideas that really caught on with athletes, trainers and the sports medicine community and seem to have the staying power to grow more in 2009.

Race Day Preparation: Peaking for Races or Events
Peaking for race day requires both experience and planning, but there are things that can make peaking more likely.

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