The New Rules of Fitness- OutsideOnline

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“Decades ago, fitness consisted of two workouts: all-out, all the time; and “LSD”—long, slow distance training. Then fitness went high-tech. Personal-metrics devices from companies like Polar, Garmin, Nike, and others became a billion-dollar industry. Nutrition took wild turns, too. Rocky-style raw-egg shakes were replaced by beet juice smoothies as the (legal) performance-enhancing drug of choice. At last, science-based training had replaced superstition.

But along with the research came the meaningless buzzwords, pseudo-science peddlers, and gimmicks (Shake Weight, anyone?). What’s more, every age-grouper suddenly seemed to be an expert in exercise physiology. We’ve been following this stuff for a long time (37 years, to be exact), and we know how challenging it is to ferret out rules that actually work.” -Pam Foxx

Ready for some science-based, field tested ground rules for the outdoor athlete?  This article, from Outsideonline.com, breaks apart popular myths and gives us 12 need to know -and apply- new rules of fitness.

Getting more sleep, training specific to your sport, fit-versus-fat, and experimenting on yourself are just a few examples of the topics discussed in this article….topics that may come up fairly regularly in your life as an athlete….

READ IT HERE: The New Rules of Fitness