Art Of Tai Chi Sparring Today Curious about Tai Chi but running short on time and patience to make an in depth research of your own? Here is a simple but accurate article on the topic of Tai Chi sparring. It’s organized and easy to digest. Tai Chi, also known as Tai Chi Chuan (taijiguan) […]
Fundamentals of Safe Scuba Diving Diving has undergone a ‘deep’ change from its original generic meaning. Originally it only meant a headlong plunge into water, and even an athletic competition that involves diving into water. Today, if you jump out of your plane for sport, they call it diving or sky diving. Diving As a […]
The Fitness Boom While the worlds of sports and fitness are intertwined, it was not until the 1970s that popular culture was prepared to accept fitness as eagerly as it had accepted sports. Fitness had not yet taken on its significance for improving health, and popular opinion likened fitness to work and manual work. In […]
THE IMPORTANCE OF CORE STRENGTH TRAINING FOR THE ATHLETE Core strength training is as the name suggests, the “core” or foundation of any sports fitness regimen. Requisite to generating explosive power or speed in movement, is establishing proper core strength. The “Core” Defined The “core” is most often assumed to consist solely of the abdominal […]
The Industry and Ethos of Sports Apparel Sports apparel is a multibillion industry, not only in the U.S. but around the globe. For 2005 alone, the sports apparel and athletic footwear industries gained more than $55 billion from the U.S. market. This figure was not surprising since sports apparel and footwear are the dynamic duo […]
