RPE vs. Percentage-Based Training: The Ultimate Guide for Strength Athletes

Properly managing training intensity could mean the difference between placing first in a competition or watching from the ...
Medical Xpress

What causes muscle cramps during exercise? Athletes and coaches may want to look at the playing surface

For athletes across all sports, few experiences are as agonizing as being forced to leave competition with a sudden muscle cramp. These painful, uncontrolled spasms—formally known as ...
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Training for HYROX? Elite 15 athlete and world record holder shares his total-body hybrid workout

Though HYROX races have been around for nearly a decade, this hybrid athletic competition has gained serious momentum in the past couple of years, with more athletes signing up to test themselves in a ...
BMJ

Forging a strong, collective voice for sport and exercise medicine

Increasingly, patient and public engagement/involvement in healthcare and research is being emphasised as a critical element to better outcomes.1 2 While progress has been made in the general ...
The Conversation

It’s almost impossible to become an Olympic athlete without overtraining — here’s why

When people think of Olympic athletes, they’re often thinking about winners. But competing for an Olympic medal is an unpredictable pursuit that results in disappointment for most. Success can only be ...
Women's Health

CrossFit athlete Aimee Cringle gets ready for her first Games competition

Aimee Cringle is one to watch. The 2024 CrossFit Games – i.e. the final, climactic round in the fitness competition to find the Fittest Man and Woman on Earth – is kicking off on Thursday in Fort ...
The New York Times

In the Wake of Tragedy, CrossFit Faces an Identity Crisis

CrossFit has found success as a training exercise for everyone. But the CrossFit Games may tell a different story. By Calum Marsh Calum Marsh reported from Fort Worth The atmosphere at the closing ...