Tag Archive | "Workout"

Ditch the Ab Workout

Thursday, December 3, 2009

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If you’re doing crunches to prevent back injuries, top trainers say you’re wasting your time.

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Six Exercises To Ski Stronger

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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Adding aerobic work doesn’t mean skipping plyometrics altogether. Gym work will give you a total pre-ski workout. Photographs by Jonathan Sprague Vertical Medicine-Ball Toss Hold a 15-pound medicine ball in your hands, feet shoulder-width apart. Squat down and explode up, throwing the ball above you in as close to a vertical line as possible. Eight reps.                 Split [...]

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Rethinking Ski Prep

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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Rethinking Ski Prep

To ski better (and stay on the hill longer) this winter, take a cue from the U.S. Ski Team and start cycling.

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Fitness’s Final Frontier

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

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NASA’s scientists looking to keep astronauts fitter during long missions to space have figured out how to keep us all younger.

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Cardio Is Bunk

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

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Cardio Is Bunk

For the last 30 years experts have been convincing men that distance training is the best way to stay in shape. Turns out there may be a better way.

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