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Home-made energy bars

During a recent stint on a low-carb, low-sugar diet I was forced to give up the old sports gels, sports drinks and energy bars associated with endurance sports. They can aid training and recovery in both a nutritional as well as psychological way, but because they are packed with stuff on my "do not eat on pain of death" list I needed something else to keep me going on those long hot rides. What to do.

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Why Women Should Learn How to Use Sport for Business

Women Without Sports Experience Are Disadvantaged in the Work Setting The existing American business model is a male model of organizational structure and human relationships. Males learn the rules of human organizations and interactions from sport. Sport is one of the most important socio-cultural learning environments in our society and, until quite recently, has been reserved for boys and men.

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Just what is Pilates?

Many have heard of it, many have tried it and reaped the benefits, but a few are still perhaps dubious, curious or just have no clue what we're all talking about. Pilates Professional, Kirsty Nelson from The Hundred Pilates Studio puts Pilates into plain English.

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The importance of pelvic floor exercises

A small group of women in Dubai has recently taken up a weekly Pilates class, I am one of them. Among the many exercises we do is one for strengthening of the pelvic floor. Never has such an exercise promoted such discussion! Not least, whether we are actually doing it right!! In an effort to explain further, here goes ...

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The Benefits of Exercise

Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the man credited for the birth of the modern Olympics, regarded women’s taking part in sports as being “against the laws of nature”.

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