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Sports Teams Hiring Sleep Doctors to Ensure Players Get Much-Needed Rest

It should come as no surprise that professional athletes, who spend long hours practicing, and travel across the country on a regular basis, need sleep to be at peak performance. Unfortunately, many of...

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Study Alert: Energy Drinks Increase Nervousness and Insomnia in Athletes

While energy drinks may increase athletic performance slightly, they also increase the instance of insomnia and nervousness. The popularity of energy drinks has spiked in recent years with more than...

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There Is Such a Thing as Overhydration, and It’s Dangerous Too

It is always important to be mindful of not getting dehydrated. We know dehydration causes many unpleasant side effects. However, you need to know that there is such a thing as overhydration, and it...

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6 Things In Fake Grass That Could Kill You

Those of us who have played sports on a synthetic turf are familiar with the black “crumbs” that come off it and seem to end up virtually everywhere. Children play on it all day long, and come home...

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These Top Athletes Consume A Vegan Diet

Donovan Will ran the Ironman 70.3 kilometer event in January, fueled by a vegan diet. His accomplishments, like those of other vegan athletes, prove that it is possible to go vegan and still compete at...

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22 Really Cool Baseball Facts That You Probably Don’t Know

Ah, baseball, the all American game. Although most people have an appreciation for the sport, others really, really dig it! Here are some cool baseball facts that even the most die-hard fan may not...

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5 Amazing Life Lessons We Can Learn From Extreme Athletes

For some people, the word “impossible” doesn’t exist. Take Sinead Kane, for instance, an Irish woman who just broke barriers by completing a feat called the World Marathon Challenge. In the event,...

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Is The Gallon-A-Day Water Challenge A Good Idea?

As word spread that Beyonce drinks a gallon of water a day, that’s all people needed to know. Since then, the Internet has been flooded with personal accounts of individuals sipping out of their large...

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Five Athletes Who Prove You Can Go Vegan AND Build Muscle

Apart from animal rights, the main reason people decide to go vegan is usually to slim down and become more energized. Typically, vegans are up to 20 pounds lighter than meat-eaters. Perhaps this is...

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