Monthly Archives: December 2008

Fat burning amongst endurance athletes

Fat burning is a very popular, and often used term amongst endurance athletes, but is it really important to burn fat and, if so how can it be best achieved. The term fat burning refers to the ability to oxidise or burn fat and thus use fat. Instead of carbohydrate as a fuel . For…

Diet and Nutrition for sport and fitness

You Really Are What You Eat Recent dietary research has uncovered 14 different nutrient-dense foods that time and again promote good overall health. Coined “superfoods,” they tend to have fewer calories, higher levels of vitamins and minerals, and many disease-fighting antioxidants. now you may be saying, what this has to do we are fitness and…

Exercise intensity and Weight loss

Exercise intensity and weight loss What workouts lead to greater weight loss, high-intensity, or low intensity exercise that expends the same amount of overall energy. Image via Wikipedia According to a new study carried out on 14 healthy untrained women ,these women exercised on the treadmill at either 45 or 73% of VO2 max four…

Stretching for Sport Fitness Training

10 Things You Should Know About Stretching Before fitness training, one must give importance to doing warm-up or stretching exercises to prevent accidents or to enhance the output during the training.  There are also a number of precautionary measures and tips to serve as guidelines when doing fitness exercises.  Here are some of them. 1. …