How to Start a Home Workout Routine: A UK Beginner's Guide
Starting a workout routine is easy. Sticking with one is the hard part. If you have ever bought a piece of kit or downloaded a fitness app with the best...
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Pre, Intra and Post-workout and Carbohydrate supplements
When you are working your hardest and you really want to maximize your efforts, pre, intra and post-workout supplements are there to help. In order to maintain energy, encourage recovery...
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What is Creatine?
Creatine is the number one supplement of choice for athletes looking to improve their performance, and for good reason. Creatine is a key player in the production of energy and...
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Introduction to Amino Acids
Amino acids are a crucial aid to your muscle growth and development. At Sweatband.com, we offer the full range of essential and non-essential amino acids in easy to swallow tablets...
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Boxing Gloves: The Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Right Pair for Training & Competition
Boxing gloves are essential for protection, performance, and comfort in training, sparring, and competitive fights. Whether you're a beginner starting in fitness boxing, a dedicated martial artist training in sparring,...
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Platforms & Stands Buying Guide
Everyone loves a punch bag. Whether you’re training for a sport like boxing or MMA, you find it a good source of cardio, or simply want to let off some...
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Yoga Block Buying Guide
Many people look at yoga as a relaxing activity, performed on brightly covered mats, however there is a lot more that goes into it than that. While the basic poses...
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Running strategy: from 5k to marathon
If you’re new to running or are just stick to 5k runs, the prospect of a marathon can seem daunting. And at over eight times the distance, we don’t blame...
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Getting into squash: a beginner's guide
Similar to other racket sports, such as badminton and tennis, squash is a sport that champions inclusivity which offers many routes to begin playing. Squash professional Tristan Eyesle remembers how...
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Tennis fundamentals: perfecting shot selection
Once the key tennis strokes have been honed, such as topspin, slice, flat forehands and backhands, plus the various serves, shot selection is of the next importance. Deciding when to...
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Badminton history: origins, popularity and the future
History Badminton is thought to have originated from a game called Battledore and Shuttelcock, played in Ancient Greece and then spreading East to India and China.Although, a net wasn’t introduced...
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Badminton fundamentals: how to play the key badminton strokes
In short, badminton is a sport that can be played by volleying a shuttlecock over a very high net. Unlike tennis, the rackets used in badminton are extremely light, long-handled,...
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Tennis fundamentals: how to play the key tennis strokes
To play tennis effectively, there are three different tennis strokes you must use and develop: Forehand Backhand Serve Within each one of these strokes, there are different types of ways...
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Types of running: from sprints to tempo training
You might think that running is a bit mundane. That it’s just not for you. Or you just don’t have the time to commit to a long run. Well, it...
