by Thomas Kurz People ask me how to do Hindu push-ups and Hindu squats. Instead of describing these exercises in many words, I show them in a movie below. The movie shows how I cool down after my typical strength workout, at the same time maintaining muscular endurance and getting my vitamin D too. It […]
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by Thomas Kurz Information on this Web page is for educational use only, and is not intended as medical advice. Every attempt has been made for accuracy, but none is guaranteed. If you have any serious health concerns, you should always check with your health care practitioner before treating yourself or others. Always consult a
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by Dariusz Nowicki, chief coordinator of psychological preparation for all Polish Olympic teams, author of Gold Medal Mental Workout For many years outstanding athletes, coaches, and scientists have striven for greater sports mastery to ensure success in competition. Once the potential for improvement through better sports technique and methodology of training is fully exploited, those
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by Artur Poczwardowski, Ph.D., performance enhancement consultant Being seriously involved in some competitive sport, you probably consider every means of enhancing your athletic performance. Smart practice, appropriate diet, strength training, and stretching (e.g., see the works published by Stadion Publishing) are likely examples of what you have used to excel in your sport. Here is
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by Thomas Kurz Information on this Web page is for educational use only, and is not intended as medical advice. Every attempt has been made for accuracy, but none is guaranteed. If you have any serious health concerns, you should always check with your health care practitioner before treating yourself or others. Always consult a
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by Thomas Kurz Information on this Web page is for educational use only, and is not intended as medical advice. Every attempt has been made for accuracy, but none is guaranteed. If you have any serious health concerns, you should always check with your health care practitioner before treating yourself or others. Always consult a
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by Thomas Kurz Information on this Web page is for educational use only, and is not intended as medical advice. Every attempt has been made for accuracy, but none is guaranteed. If you have any serious health concerns, you should always check with your health care practitioner before treating yourself or others. Always consult your
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Flexibility Express gets praise from an unteachable guy–and it is not a good thing…. More than a year ago Flexibility Express DVD got a glowing review I didn’t share. I usually share good reviews on Stadion Publishing’s Facebook and Instagram pages. But not his one, because of a photo the reviewer attached to the review
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by Thomas Kurz Kicking in a no-holds-barred fight is risky, the higher the kicks, the riskier. From the previous article, Where from Are the High Roundhouse Kicks in Karate, you know how typical applications of kicks in Okinawan te removed risk from kicking. But how about other, more popular, punch-and-kick martial arts and sports? You
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by Thomas Kurz Okinawan te, the precursor of Japanese karate, did not teach high kicks — too risky in self-defense. But high kicks were used in la savate (or la boxe française), a part of the French military’s close-combat training, which French instructors taught to Japanese military during training missions between 1872 and 1919. This
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