New York Sports Clubs Fit & Nutrition Tips
Each Month, NYSC's Fitness Consultant (and Zog Member!), Amie Hoff, will Provide Fitness & Nutrition Tips You can Use On and Off the Field!
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- Stretch before? Stretch after? Stretch during? What's a Zog team to do? Simple answer: All of the above. Light stretching brings blood flow to the muscles before a game and warms you up to prevent starting out with too-tight muscles. While cheering on your team from the sidelines, stretch those muscles you worked on the field or the court. After the game - before the beer - take a few minutes to stretch the major muscle groups. This will help alleviate next-day soreness. For the hangover, that's another story...read on...
- Play hard, party hard. The game is over and it’s time to head to happy hour! If you play a littler harder post-game, and end up the feeling it the next morning, fear not: there is hope for curing that hangover. Drink more. No, not more booze! Water. You need to replenish the dehydrated machine. Adding electrolytes will ensure you also replace all the good stuff you sweated out during the game and throughout the night. An ice pack to the eyes in the morning is a secret trick to deflate the puffiness – and keep your coworkers from knowing what you were up to last night!
- No pain, no gain? No way! This is a major myth. Anytime you feel pain on the field or off, stop immediately. Working through the pain won’t make you look any tougher, it only ups your chance of getting injured - or worse - being benched the rest of the season. Listen to your body…your team will thank you.
- Slow and easy may be smart in some situations, but when it comes to ZogSports, speed is the need. Whether it's Dodgeball, Football or Soccer, increasing your speed will give your team a serious advantage. Short bursts of any sport specific exercise will stimulate the muscles and train them to act on demand. Sprint for 15 seconds, recover for 10. Running in place, bring your knees to your chest as fast as you can. 20 seconds on - 10 sec recovery. For the upper body, boxing punches in quick succession for one minute followed by 20 arm circles in each direction will do the trick. Just imagine how impressed your teammates will be!
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