There are two primary ways to increase your vertical leap: strengthening your legs and reducing your overall weight. The calf muscles are the body’s main engines for jumping, making them the major target for strengthening...
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Playing Your Ideal Sport
Part of what separates human beings from animals is our ability for high functioning. Although we have core behaviors known as trait personality, the many facets of our personality display themselves in different ways in...
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Best Aerobic Classes for Hips and Thighs
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A Guide for Setting Up a Youth Hammer Throw Program at Your School or Club
The United States’ hammer throwers have languished in relative obscurity for a long time having obtained only one Olympic medal since Hal Connoly won the 1956 games. It is widely agreed that the primary reason for this is...