There are three primary factors that influence your athletic performance: genetics, training and nutrition. You can't do anything about your heredity, but you do have control over your training and food choices.
Many athletes who train hard to excel are defeated by their diets instead of their competitors... Click here for the rest of the article
Heat stroke is always a risk in any sport when it's warm, especially in football and in distance running such as the 10-k race. In football, the uniform insulates the player and increases the risk of heat stroke...Click here for the rest of the article
Throwing is a fundamental skill that is often overlooked by coaches at all levels. Many coaches believe that throwing ability is innate: you have it, or you don't...Click here for the rest of the article
People with diabetes mellitus are rapidly approaching one-third of the US population. They either cannot produce insulin (Type 1 DM) or the insulin they produce is ineffective in stimulating the uptake of blood sugar (glucose) into the body's cells (Type 2 DM). Accordingly, if diabetes is untreated, blood sugar rises to dangerously high levels that can eventually cause blindness, nerve damage, and other complications.
Blood sugar can be controlled by the appropriate administration of insulin and other drugs and/or by the manipulation of dietary carbohydrate and exercise.
During exercise, the contracting muscles produce...Click here for the rest of the article