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PowerLung aids ultra athlete
William Sichel claimed a Bronze medal as part of the Scottish team at an ultra distance championship event.
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William, who lives in the Orkney Islands, has a demanding training regime which incorporates PowerLung, a respiratory training system designed to strengthen breathing muscles.
Josmarc.com offering free one day health club membership
Take advantage of this fantastic offer and get yourself into shape.
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Josmarc.com, the specialist healthy lifestyle internet department store, is offering every customer who spends just £30 a free one day membership at a Fitness First health club.
Ultra runner uses Shotz in 24-hour marathon
Chris Carver recently finished as the highest placed English competitor at the 2009 Commonwealth Mountain and Ultra Distance Championships.
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Chris, who uses Shotz Sports Nutrition products, completed the equivalant of five and a half marathons in the space of 24 hours.
Stay ahead of the competition with TapScreen
The latest enhancement to the hugely popular Timex Ironman range promises to make recording and accessing performance data easier and faster than ever.
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The Timex Ironman TapScreen™ collection employs touch screen technology to access advanced features, clock lap times and retreive performance information without losing momentum.
Wellington triumphs at Ironman again
British triathlon star Chrissie Wellington confirmed her standing as one of finest endurance athletes in history by claiming her third successive Ford Ironman World Championship title last week.
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The Ironman is regarded as the world’s toughest and most prestigious one-day endurance contest and consists of 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and a full marathon. First staged in 1978, this year’s renewal saw over 1700 athletes take part, representing 48 countries and aged from 20 to 80!
Dragon spots Physicool attraction
Physicool, a range of innovative cooling sports bandages, recently featured on BBC Two's hugely popular Dragons Den television programme.
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Kay Russell succeeded where many have failed by taming the Dragons and agreeing a deal with Deborah Meaden, who agreed to invest £100,000 in Physicool.
Motivation - The Key to Long-Term Success
Steve talks about motivation, how to keep it going and the key elements.
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This article, and the next few, will examine the nature of motivation and what ensures motivation is sufficiently enduring throughout the winter, so in effect the success of next summers challenges are almost inevitable, because the work has already been done.
The Daily Grind Part II
Following on from the first Daily Grind article, Steve looks at Jessica Ennis' recent accomplishments and the team effort involved in reaching those successes, and begins planning for 2010's challenges.
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Putting the team together around an athlete is that important, and clearly Tony Minichello sees this. I was drawn to read and find out more when I read in the press, articles about Tony's concerns that he wouldn't have the team in place around Jessica for the years leading up to 2012. Tony - after Jessica's performance in Berlin, I am sure you will have a brilliant team around you.
The Daily Grind
In this article Steve talks about his own personal experiences, the Daily Grind and building a team around you to achieve your big challenges.
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You only have to look at some of the biggest names in sport to day, to read and understand how important the team that they surround themselves with are to their success at the highest levels in sport. Lance Armstrong, Andy Murray, Paula Radcliffe and Michael Schumacher to name a few thrive not only because of their immense talent and commitment to the grind of daily fitness training, but because they are advised and supported by a team of extremely professional and dedicated people.
FitnessDAILY Officially Launched
A quick welcome to one and all and have fun during your stay at FitnessDAILY!
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We welcome anyone with an interest in sports and fitness - no matter what your physical abilities or level of performance - from the beginner just getting into shape right through to professional athletes and large-scale sporting associations.