Tag: Athletes

The Mental Challenge of Running: How to Beat the Mind Games and Go Farther with Your Runs

When it comes to running, particularly long distances, many of us think first about the physical work it takes. There are several reasons why athletes spend months preparing for a marathon to ensure that their body is in shape, their nutrition is on point and their cardiovascular system runs like a well-oiled machine. Physical factors […]

Rory Angold, Sports Enthusiast, Talks the Biggest Thrill in Extreme Sports: Land Luge

With tons of people stuck in repetitive, mundane jobs, extreme sports give a much-needed rush of adrenaline and excitement, keeping life interesting. In this article, our friend and collaborator, Rory Angold, Executive Vice President, and Sports Enthusiast, revealed how the land luge provides some of the biggest thrills with minimal equipment. What is land luge? […]

Are Young Female Athletes Eating Enough?

Today in never, ever, ever stop eating: Apparently there’s a syndrome called the female athlete triad that consists of a loss of bone density, irregular periods, and low energy, and it happens when female athletes aren’t eating enough. This plagues a lot of teenaged athletes in particular, for reasons having unsurprisingly to do with body […]

How Anxiety Affects Young Athletes

Anxiety is common in human beings and especially in performance fields like acting, singing, sports, etc. Even though the feeling of anxiety is normal, its excess presence can be harmful in ways we don’t recognize. Moreover, young people are more prone to anxiety because they don’t know how to control their emotions as compared to […]