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Brush Up On Your Best Moves For A Minute With Ballerina Alice Topp
There’s a bad joke about how gardening is the slowest of the performing arts. In all seriousness, though, ballet is one of the most physically demanding and disciplined. And for dancer-slash-choreographer Alice Topp, it’s also deeply creative.
I Tried Alcohol Free “Alcohol” And These Are My Feelings
If you can get past the whole “not feeling altered” thing, sobriety is actually a one-way ticket to being smug in social situations. Take pride in your un-slurred speech, delivered at a comfortable volume. Keep the lid on your real personality. Go directly home without buying a kebab. Enjoy a restful sleep and wake up early for some kind of hike. But smugness isn’t really what ALTD Spirits, Sydney’s first alcohol-free spirits distillery, is about.
Three Shampoos That Will Actually Make You Excited About Shampoo
Aside from its slippery tendencies when freshly washed, my hair is relatively well-behaved. As such, the main thing I look for in a shampoo is its ability to ‘smooth’, or just any shampoo at the grocery store that isn’t the very cheapest one. I picked a side long ago: I’m much more concerned about face jams than I am hair gunk.
2 Easy Tactics for Quicker Recovery
Stress levels for athletes are almost always high. Stress coming from coaches, school and personal life create a huge need for recovery. Unfortunately, many athletes don't realize the massive impact proper recovery can have on their performance. But if you're willing to invest in your body, it will reward you. Here are two simple ways you can facilitate recovery and perform at your peak. Foam rolling is the simplest intervention to create more laxity in the muscle, making the muscle more elastic.
How to Use Resistance Bands to Supercharge Your Workouts
Experienced athletes can reach plateaus where they feel as if they can't proceed to the next level of strength and power. Even athletes who aren't plateauing can hit a wall where their training feels boring and monotonous. The answer to such issues? Bands. Adding bands to your training program is inexpensive, effective and fun.
This Tip Will Eliminate Shoulder Pain on the Bench Press
The Barbell Bench Press is a universal exercise for all strength training programs, but especially for guys looking to increase their upper-body strength and pectoral size. RELATED: 6 Bench Press Challenges That Will Test Your Upper-Body Strength Bench pressing is also an exercise that can cause pain on the front side of the shoulder.
Get in Shape for Your Season With This 12-Week Conditioning Plan
To compete with the best, you have to be in the absolute best shape you can be. Increasing your level of conditioning will help you maintain a high level of play, especially at the end of games. The better conditioned you are as an athlete, inevitably you will win more games. However, doing a few haphazard sprints, or, worse, jogging, won't do you much good.
3 Workout Techniques That Will Make You An Explosive Athlete
Explosiveness is the key to athletic development. The ability to start and stop at high speeds is what makes an athlete "explosive." How can coaches make their athletes more explosive? Below are three methods. Plyometrics are anything that requires jumping and change of direction. In reality, this happens constantly during a game. Therefore, we must train our athletes' bodies and nervous systems to maximize their plyometric qualities and produce the most force development possible.
How to Max Out in the Weight Room Without Getting Hurt
So you want to know your one-rep max, but don't want to get injured attempting it? Try this strength test using the 5 exercises below, and you will determine your baseline strength so you can increase your athletic performance and understand your current fitness level. Technique is key in all of these exercises and must be followed precisely to get a real measure of your strength. Before we get into the testing specifics, we need to ask when testing performance-related exercises is important?
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