Don't just stop training when your season is over. The game pressure is over until next year! It's good to take a break from your sport, but there is a danger in letting your break last a little too long. In the off-season, it's important for you to maintain an effective training plan designed to keep you in shape.

So what better place to turn TO than the Internet where fitness regimes and exercise programs and tips are dished out by heaping spoonfuls. But is your computer the ideal place to look for a personal trainer?

The Washington State School Directors’ Association (WSSDA) today issued a sample school nutrition policy for local school boards to use in guiding their districts’ efforts to promote good student nutrition and physical fitness.

National YMCA experts recommend that winter is the time to enroll in strength training programs at your local YMCA.

The metabolic syndrome is a prevalent condition in North America, with nearly 25 percent of U.S. men and women having the syndrome along with roughly 15 percent of Canadian adults. An individual with the metabolic syndrome has three or more of the following factors: high blood pressure, high blood glucose, high plasma triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, and high waist circumference.

Renewed interest in the effects of creatine use by a large number of American athletes from the professional level on down has led to a number of studies, many of them producing conflicting findings.

Better health is an individual responsibility, and, says the president, it is an important national goal. We're making great progress in preventing and detecting and treating many chronic diseases by implementing our health and fitness inititive, and that's good for America.

Online training is perfect for busy people whose work schedule doesn't always allow them to make appointments at expensive gyms.

Regular exercise should be the first line of treatment for clients diagnosed with type II diabetes. People diagnosed with the early stages of insulin resistance (sort of like borderline diabetes) are especially responsive to exercise.

The important finding of the study was that vigorous activity was associated with longevity. Non-vigorous activity was not associated with longer life.

These 50 facts about your muscles and strength training will give you a better understanding of  your muscular system.

As our bodies change and age, our exercise regimen and  outlook must change as well. Athletes need to hone their workouts for what they can do now – not what they were once capable of.

Bates College is a member institution of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and competes in Division III NESCAC Conference.

Bucknell University is built on a hill that overlooks the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania. the site was chosen by the Pennsylvania Baptists who were the founders of the college in 1846.

The game of cricket is played all over the world , and despite the occasional successes, it is fair to say that the real power in the game no longer resides with England but with to countries like South Africa, West Indies, Australia, India and Pakistan.

An athletic boost in the short term may mean health problems in the long term for teens who use performance-enhancing drugs, warns a youth sports medicine specialist from the University of Michigan Health System.

Coaches who undertake a 10-week course in sports medicine are more able to handle medical emergencies on the sports field, but are still not as knowledgeable as certified athletic trainers.

Substances such as carnitine, creatine and lactate are used in dietary supplements that falsely promise to help you lose fat and improve athletic performance.

For physical activity to "count" as exercise, you should feel like you are exerting yourself somewhat, or even somewhat hard.