This has been a week of pleasant surprises and I just received another one: chape.fitness has been selected as one of the Top 10 Fitness Blogs for Beach Volleyball Players by beachvolleyballspace.com I am very honored to have been included in this list, among other great blogs, certainly greater than mine. If you follow this …
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Playing basketball is an effective way to burn calories, and consequently, burn fat. As explained before in ‘How Effective Is Basketball at Burning Fat?’, playing the sport is “one of the most vigorously active sports in which you can participate; therefore, it is “a super way to burn away unwanted pounds.” Playing basketball is physically draining …
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Table of Contents Are you a better distance runner or a sprinter? Have you ever wondered why is that so? The answer is simple: muscle fibers. A single skeletal muscle is composed of many thousands to millions of long, narrow muscle fibers. These muscle fibers are composed of functional units called sarcomeres. Within each sarcomere are the …
New study: Effects of Energy Drinks There is a new study on the effects of energy drinks and the conclusion is not good news. Peveler, WW, Sanders, GJ, Marczinski, CA, and Holmer, B. have been published their study to determine the effect of 3 different energy drinks on cardiovascular and performance measures. It is important to recognize the …
