Increased awareness of the adverse effects of a sedentary lifestyle has contributed to the adoption of various exercising strategies. Other than engaging in sports and games, most people nowadays exercise at various gyms or do home-based exercise. The idea is to increase physical activity that improves overall well-being (Bentlage et...
Introduction Watched by millions across the US, the National Football League (NFL) is not only the most popular game but also, its following is ever increasing with fans jamming stadiums every weekend to spectate the sport. The NFL sides play sixteen games in a period of seventeen weeks in 2...
Until a few decades ago, a longstanding myth about the discovery of baseball existed among many Americans. Specifically, the narrative has been that the game was formed in Cooperstown, New York by Abner Doubleday (Calcaterra, 2020). It was the Mills Commission that was tasked with tracking and crediting the roots...
The history of sport is a highly undermined issue that people tend to ignore. However, sport is a large part of the culture, and its timeline may tell a lot about the development of certain peculiarities in the country. Australian sport has majorly contributed to the cultural evolution shedding light...
Introduction Exercise is essential for maintaining physical fitness and overall well-being. However, excessive physical activity can lead to adverse health outcomes. Training to failure is the repetition of various drills to the extent of temporary muscle failure when the neuromuscular system cannot produce enough force to outdo a particular workload....
US college sport can be regarded as a replica of the US professional sport with its stars, achievements and scandals. Sport is now associated with big money and such popular kind of sport as football is associated with huge money. It is not surprising that even athletes of college leagues...
The use of performance enhancement drugs in sports has been studied by scientists for several decades to evaluate their implications and determine why some athletes use them while others avoid them altogether. Performance enhancing drugs are divided into several groups based on their effects on the body. These groups include...
Background Shibli, Gratton and Bingham (2012, p.280) pointed out that Olympic Games is the largest sports event in the world involving more than 200 nations with more than 14500 athletes and 26 sports. The sports event expects more than 70000 volunteers, 1.5 million spectators, and 20000 media. Olympic Games are...
In the antiquity, the conception of sports was established on the high and glorious ideals. The stakes were high and required the extreme level of the athlete’s commitment. But the rewards were great as well: the champions were exalted, honored, and submerged in the aura of respect and fame. Since...