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Maintaining Motivation When Training At Home

Millions of people all over the world have been advised to stay at home as much as possible. If you’re used to spending hours in the gym every week, it may have been difficult to adapt to home workouts, but there are ways of maintaining motivation. Here are some tips to help you get more out every session while gyms are shut.

Make use of the Internet

The Internet is a fantastic resource for those looking to get in shape or stay fit during the lockdown. Many gyms and fitness companies have switched to home workouts and interactive, virtual services during the Coronavirus crisis, and you can access all kinds of activities, training sessions and exercise classes without leaving your living room. If you’re bored of doing the same old workouts, make use of the web and vary your sessions. Try new activities, follow different trainers and introduce an element of friendly competition by joining online communities or classes. It’s easy to assume that you can’t do much when you have to work out in your garage or your garden, but there are myriad possibilities. From Pilates and dance classes to interactive spinning, outdoor circuits and online HIIT workouts, you can enjoy a host of different activities to make daily exercise enjoyable. 

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4 Sports To Try While Gyms Are Closed

Gyms have been closed for months now. It’s been weeks upon weeks of trying home workouts, then failing, but telling yourself you did them anyway. Plus couch. Plus snacks. Plus ordering takeout when you literally cannot think of anything worse than making dinner again. All around the world, people are feeling sluggish, unfit, inflexible and downright bored.

Now that some freedoms are coming back to us slowly, but gyms remain closed, there’s got to be a way to get your fix of exercise! Here are four sports to try while gyms are closed.

1. Kayaking

If you live near to a body of water,  this is a must-try. Not only is kayaking fun and social, but it’s also a seriously good workout. Using the paddle works your core, abs, arms, shoulders, chest and back. On top of this, you can explore new places, get outdoors, and stay at a safe distance from your friends.

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4 New Sports to Get Into Over Summer

Summer is all about getting the chance to get outside, hang out with friends, and enjoy the long days that never end. It’s also the time where you can’t use the excuse of bad weather or early nights when it comes to trying something new, and what’s better to try than a new sport? Even if you consider yourself a sports fan, it’s likely you’ve only scratched the surface, and there are still plenty of activities out there for you to explore, both by yourself and as a team. 

Cycling 

Okay, so cycling may not sound like something new. After all, it’s likely that the majority of people know what a bike is and how to ride one. However, even if you spent your youth riding down trails and pulling wheelies along the sidewalk, you may have fallen out of the habit of cycling. 

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Shoes And Other Essentials To Wear When Golfing

When you are a beginner in a sport like golf, everything can be challenging. You still don’t know what the rules are, how to play, the etiquette to follow, the dress code, and a lot more. You might not hit the ball, or you need more practice on your posture to swing the club properly. You can read more about how to play golf in this link here.

Another daunting task that you need to do is to choose the best brands and excellent pieces of equipment that will make learning faster. There are so many respected brands when it comes to bags, clubs, balls, dresses, and shoes that it can be hard to know which one is best for you. If you want to know the must-haves, here’s a guide to help you out.

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4 Tips For Creating a Website For Your Sports Team

If you are passionate about sports, you might be thinking about starting your own sports-related website. Whether it is a site to keep people updated with a particular sports team, or somewhere that you can write about your favorite games, it can be challenging to know where to start. However, it doesn’t have to be difficult. 

Below are some tips to help you start your own sports website and attract the right traffic and visitors:

Team Branding

If you are starting a website for your local sports team, you must include their logo and team colors on the website. You want the site to be recognizable as a representative of that team as soon as someone visits it. If the colors are wrong, or you don’t use the right logo, visitors will have a hard time figuring out which team the website is for. 

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Some Tips To Become A Better Golfer

The picture of golfing that a lot of people have is that of pristine air from beautiful and unpolluted country sides. Often with these are scenes of happy faces enjoying the socialization that golf brings. Truly, golf packs in it good exercise and a great opportunity to socialize. Above all of these is the thrill that comes with the perfect shot. That perfect shot is what everybody who plays the game of golf hopes to achieve. However, not everyone achieves it. There are certain things to do, as shown in this article, to become a better golfer and to increase your chances of hitting that perfect shot. We will now discuss a few of these.

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A Quick Guide To Building Muscle

When we think about working out, there are a few goals we are shooting for. One is to lighten the load a little, and the other is to bulk up and build muscle. We know that working out is good for us, but having other goals attached to it makes it even more appealing. 

Weight loss will naturally become a part of working out; that is just how it works. If the energy you burn is more than you consume, then the natural outcome is dropping the pounds.

But when it comes to building muscles, it is a different ball game. 

You have to know what you want to build, how you should be building it, and so much more. 

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20 Baseball Hall of Famers Who Ended Their Careers On Weird Teams

Sports teams are nothing without their players. You tend to associate sports teams with an iconic player or two for long periods of time, especially back when players would spend all or most of their careers with one team.

That time is long gone, but there will always be guys like Derek Jeter, who spent his entire playing career with the New York Yankees and would just look weird in another team’s uniform.

After a baseball player’s skills start to decline, it’s easy to lose track of them in the day-to-day business of baseball. There are hundreds of players who unceremoniously retire every year because they didn’t receive an offer from a team…but if a player has a long track record of being very good, those players will probably get a few extra contracts at the tail end of their careers. Hall of Fame-level players will almost always get that treatment if they are still healthy enough to suit up.

Here are twenty Baseball Hall of Famers that ended their careers on weird teams.

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Everything You Need To Know About Steroid Drugs

Every doctor, nutritionist, fitness instructor, even your family at home will tell you that working out is good for your health. Now you can decide to listen to them, or not. It’s entirely up to you. It is understandable that working out is not everyone’s favorite thing to do because it usually involves pain, discomfort, and a lot of sweat. But these things, later on, will do wonders for your health as well as your body. 

Moreover, if your desire is to obtain the perfect and muscular body, then you need to stay dedicated to the process. Let’s talk about the male population for a while. Most men desire the perfect and well-built physique, but sometimes they can obtain it only by working out. 

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3 Sweet Jobs for Sports Fans

You can’t get enough sports in your life, right? You talk about it at work. You check your teams’ stats online, you follow all the leagues’ Twitter accounts and you hit up every game in person that you possibly can. If the SportsCenter theme is your alarm clock, who am I to judge? 

But, with the NHL and NBA suspending their seasons this year, and the MLB’s season still somewhat up in the air (please stay strong, NFL!), you might be feeling a bit antsy and anxious about getting enough sports in your life. 

So, have you ever considered working in the sports field? 

You don’t have to be an athlete or even have a lot of experience to find an awesome sports job that not only pays well but can completely immerse you into the world of athleticism. 

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The Great Romantic: Cricket And The Golden Age Of Neville Cardus

It has been nearly half a century since the death of Sir Neville Cardus. And yet, his influence on telling the tales of cricket to the world hasn’t dimmed a bit. His signature style has transformed sports writing tremendously. What used to be mere reporting has turned to an entirely new genre based on the love for cricket.

When British Author Duncan Hamilton chose Neville Cardus as the muse for his latest memoir, he couldn’t have made a better choice. The book titled “The Great Romantic: Cricket and the golden age of Neville Cardus” was released in 2019. It has received great appreciation.

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Thinking About Getting Back into Sports?

Playing a sport is a fantastic, productive hobby. It’s fun and it keeps you fit, there are all kinds of sports out there to try so whatever you’re into, chances are there’s a club or team you can join. If you’ve been out of sports for a while and considering ways to get back into it then here are some points to consider. 

Find the right sport for you

You might want to dive straight in and play rugby or get involved in contact martial arts, but spend some time thinking about it first. Choose a sport that suits your fitness levels and health conditions, not every kind of sport is suitable for every person. While many sports can be adapted and classes can be run for all different ability types, there might be some things you need to actively avoid. For example, if you have a pre-existing or old injury then you’ll want to avoid anything that might aggravate this. It doesn’t mean you need to give up on the idea of sports altogether, but do look for something that’s right for you. You might have been sporty and active as a youth but things might be different now. In some cases, you might just need to go to the gym and work on building your fitness levels up first, before you join a sport where you’re playing against others. 

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