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Entries Tagged ‘exercise’

Chocolate Milk Better Than Gatorade?

Is chocolate milk the perfect drink to refuel after an intense workout or practice? Some believe so.

Take Two Corners And Call Me In The Morning

Rejoice American soccer fans! You now have ‘expert’ proof that soccer is good for your health! We can finally beat obesity in America – just turn on FSC and cheer. Oh wait. I didn’t read far enough… You actually have to PLAY!

Via This Is American Soccer, we find a recent study that compared the [...]

Just Another Night at the Fields

Sitting in the bleachers watching my eldest play another sport using a round ball, working to defend his part of the floor as the clock wound down, I couldn’t help myself. I kept glancing at another clock on the wall, the round one without lights. It was quarter till seven and there was soccer to [...]

QOTW: Pre-Game Warmups – What Do You Do?

This weeks question is a fairly simple one. Before every match, teams warm up with some kind of drills and hopefully stretching. Assuming all teams stretch (you DO stretch right?), what do you do for pre-game warm-ups? I’ve seen teams do a number of things including:

Shots on goal (stationary or moving balls)
Passing in a large [...]