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The maiden international century of Umar Akmal while clashing with the debuting nation Afghanistan led Pakistan to win on Thursday in Asian cup. Although the debutants confronted Pakistan but the way they crippled their veteran rivals, who won eventually, was liable to get 'hats off'.

Swimming is an interesting way of keeping the body healthy. If you live in Stamford, you should look for swimming clubs in Stamford. It is not just a great source of getting cardiovascular exercise but a good way of strengthening the muscles as well.

Home exercise programs are a great way to keep fit and lose weight. Along with proper diet and nutrition, an exercise program can help speed your metabolism and burn calories faster. There are a number of home exercise videos that will give you the direction and motivation you need to burn fat and lose weight quickly. But, why are exercise videos a great option in your home exercise program? Home Exercise Programs Designed For Weight Loss (Read the full article)

Stomach dancing is sort of popular in western countries for each children and adults. For the adults, it's one of the best ways to understand your curves and even improve them further. There are totally different belly dancing classes that fits every particular person; from newcomers to intermediate and superior levels. If you want to begin belly dancing, choose a class that fits your talent and level. Show Your Physique Curve and Obtain Fitness by means of Belly Dancing (Read the full article)

India stormed and rocked in the World T20 semifinal on Friday in the Sher-e-Bangla stadium of Mirpur, Bangladesh. The power punches of Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh's bats added 56 runs to the scoreboard of Indian squad. Suresh Raina roared like thunderbolt and spilled beans over the hopes of the opponent team South Africa. His knock of 21 off 10 balls worked as game changing score and strengthened the way to grab the trophy of the ultimate winner of ICC T20 world cup 2014.

Well I kinda gave away what this post is about right off of the bat. We are all blessed or cursed (depends on how you see it) with a natural body type. This largely due to our genetics (thanks mom and dad) and is something that is pretty much irreversible. There are three different body types classified as Ectomorph, Endomorph and Mesomorph. For most of us, mesomorph is ideal and pretty much the entire reason we hit the gym week in and out. Although we cannot reverse the way we were born and decide to come out a mesomorph, can we change it?

Recently, there seems to be a lot of buzz going on about interval training being very beneficial to weight loss and body composition. As I am a huge proponent of interval training I find that most people have a general idea of what interval training is but do not know the correct way to perform intervals. Many people believe that if they just go balls out for a while than relax for a while they are performing an interval. A true interval should be done based on an individual's heart rate.

Anxieties over childrens safety and wellbeing are understandable, and it is only right that parents and teachers are mindful of potential dangers. But children need to be able to take acceptable risks in an environment that allows them to extend their abilities and confidence. If children are deprived of these experiences they will not learn to handle the risks that they are certain to meet as they make their way through life.

For years, sport science and motor control research has added support to the fundamental assertions that "practice makes perfect" and "repetition is the mother of habit". However, many questions still exist as to exactly how we learn these skills. What changes happen in our brains when we teach ourselves a new task? What is the most effective and efficient way to master a skill? Do we have to be actually performing the skill to learn it, or could we just watch and learn?

Plantar fasciitis can affect up to 10% of the wordwide population and is the most common cause of heel pain. The ligament connecting your heel and toes gets weak, swollen, and inflamed. Your heel or the bottom of your foot hurts when you try to do the simplest of daily activities like stand or walk. One of the simplest ways of treating plantar fasciitis is stretching.

So much in sport revolves around key moments and turning points during competitions. Losing focus and motivation at critical times always damages performance.

Sporting contests at all levels are often won and lost by the smallest of margins, and confidence can make all the difference to performance.

We all talk of losing weight but please note it is fat you are trying to lose. If you are just monitoring yourself on the scales it is very easy to become disheartened with minimal changes even though you are getting results because the inches are shrinking! The only way to try and lose 'weight' is using an approach that covers all bases of your health and produces long lasting results.

The gym is the place where you can attain every fitness goal you desire. It certainly is not the only way to achieve the benefits of exercise but is certainly the perfect place to do it.If you are a regular gym member have a look to see if you are guilty of these common errors.

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If you exercise a lot, perhaps you rest those muscles in a hot tub. Good info about maintaining yours.

this time of year, many people are planning on over-indulgence, eating too much, drinking perhaps a little more than is wise. And we hear the refrain, "I'll make my resolution to change in the new year". But, habits are difficult things. Most often the term is associated in a derogatory sense. i.e. these are bad habits. Any smoker will tell you! There are good habits of course, but for the moment, let's work on the basis that the habitual way you are playing includes some bad habits that you'd like to be rid of.

Practicing the martial arts using the old ways has tremendous benefit!

Martial art is not just learning how to kick, punch, block and to do some traditional forms or weapons. But if you are into martial arts and are serious, somewhere along the way you are going to get hurt. This would be a great time to know what to...