Sports Training Highlights

At Canadian Sport Centre Pacific in the Olympic Village in Vancouver, Mike checks out how sports performance technology helps high-performing athletes train. See how tests like incremental bike tests, and lactate measurements help provide information back to the athlete and help them achieve optimal training. Mike also learns about a unique technology called the PowerMeter by SRM, sending key training data directly to the athletes.

Coach Ryan Hurst's tips for nailing the muscle-up on gymnastic rings.

Andy checks out some fitness tech gadgets to help you focus on getting better performance and results. Armbands like the Scosche myTREK and the BodyMedia FIT Armband send you real-time results and data to your smartphone, like calorie count and calories burned. The FINIS AquaPulse and SwimSense are two swim gadgets to keep track of critical performance data like pace, distance, strokes per lap, and heart rate tracking.

Competitor.com's Tim Crowley explains how to do the overhead split squat for runner's training off season.

Want to train like the pros? Strength and conditioning coach Paul Gagne takes WatchMojo.com through the workout his professional hockey players go through.

In this video, WatchMojo learns some exercises that can be done with an athletic therapist in order to treat rotator cuff injuries and strengthen the shoulder muscles.

Andrea introduces us to the pillow workout in today's getting fit.

This exercise will stretch a deep muscle that will, in turn, open up the hips and improve stride length.

Tim Crawley explains how to do the half kneel cable lift strength exercise.

Andrea goes to Cross Fit in Chicago to find out all about their great moves you can do at home.

Jumping jacks are among the best forms of calisthenics — repetitive movements that use your own body to build strength. Pediatrician Dr. Jim Sears demonstrates how his variation of jumping jacks— jumping Jims— can target your oblique muscles!

Improve posture by increasing shoulder strength.

Fitness Magazine asked readers to test seventy one pairs of the best sneakers for fall. Deputy Editor, Mary Anderson, is here with the results.

Stretching before a run has always been a little iffy in our playbook. It's hard to lengthen muscle fibers before they're warm and trying to do so can lead to injury. But warming up is still a good thing, so try an active warmup like Olympian and marathoner Shalane Flanagan. A dynamic warmup will raise your heart rate a bit while priming your joints for action. We created this video of five moves to do before you hit the ground running. Check it out!