Ryan Krane – Fitness, Tennis, and Sports Nutrition Information for Healthy Living

Summer is HERE! Don’t forget to Hydrate. . .

As the summer is finally here please do not forget to HYDRATE!! Now more than ever hydration is critical to prevent cramping and more importantly dehydration. To keep hydrated do the following: 1. drink plenty of fluids in advance (approx. 30 oz. prior to the start of exercise) 2. during exercise (aim for 15-20 oz.) 3. post hydration is equally vital (approx 20-30 oz. immediately after exercise) Don’t... [Read more about this property]

What Ever Happened To Hard Work?

Like everyone else, you want results. Like everyone else, you want to progress and grow in every aspect of your life: work, relationships, fitness, clarity of mind. Do you have what it takes to succeed? Do you have the patience, persistence, endurance and back-bone needed to put in the hard work necessary to succeed? Even though history has shown that progress takes time and is never guaranteed,... [Read more about this property]

There Are No Easy Matches

Andy Roddick is hands down one of the best tennis players in the world (no. 5 seeded, to be exact), and he probably knows better than anyone never to take victory for granted. You never know when your opponent is posed to play the match of his life, as unseeded Yen-Hsun Lu did at Wimbledon on Monday, beating Roddick in a five set quarterfinal upset. If you’re not on your game, anyone can beat... [Read more about this property]

Isner Wins Longest Match in History

Sports announcers at Wimbledon were left scrambling for words as the longest match in history finally came to end on Thursday between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut. The three-day match, suspended twice due to darkness, clocked in at a mind-boggling 11 hours and 5 minutes. The longest match before this one lasted 6 and half hours, less time than it took Isner and Mahut to battle out the fifth set... [Read more about this property]

Summer is Here. . . Don’t Forget your Sunscreen!

With summer solstice coming up-the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere-now is as good a time as any to remind everyone not to forget their sunscreen. According to the FDA, over 10,000 people die each year from skin cancer. Unless you plan on staying out of the sun all summer, sunscreen is your #1 protection from UV rays and indirect DNA damage that can lead to cancers like melanoma. Yet,... [Read more about this property]

We’ll Miss You Coach Wooden…

On June 4th the world lost not only one of the best coaches of all time, but a man of integrity and humility; a man on a mission to inspire those who knew him, those who played for him, and those who read his books, to face their fears and discover their own potential. Last week, Coach John Wooden passed away. A sports legend by any standard, Wooden was the first to be inducted into the Basketball... [Read more about this property]

The Life Coach Advantage!

Work, family, friends, chores, errands, traffic, favors, deadlines … and underneath it all … invisible pressures, fears, feelings of inadequacy, resentment, regret, stress, hidden insecurities, superficial insecurities, deep-seeded issues that few really make the time to heal…. Keeping so much bottled up inside can have devastating effects on your psychological and physical well... [Read more about this property]

Are Probiotics For You? (Or: The Dangers of Antibiotics)

Most everyone is familiar with antibiotics. Doctors prescribe them to fight and prevent infections from bacteria, fungus and certain parasites. The antibiotics enter the body and go about killing bacteria, or at the very least prevent them from growing. Trouble is antibiotics kill microorganisms indiscriminately, without any discernment between the good bacteria and ones actually causing the infection. That’s... [Read more about this property]

The Dine Out and Binge Trend. . .

Tell me this doesn’t sound familiar: You go out to eat with family and friends, but when your dinner arrives the portion of food is immense. Perhaps even twice as immense as a meal you’d prepare for yourself at home. And depending on your cooking habits, and the restaurant or diner, chances are a lot less nutritious-potentially tripling your normal calorie intake, if not more! …... [Read more about this property]

Tennis Cardio Plus

Anyone interested in training for competitive tennis knows there’s going to be cardio involved. But what kind of cardio workout is best for tennis? If you want to get the most out of your workout, you need to focus on the three most important cardio conditioning factors in tennis: speed, endurance, and fast reaction time. Speed. To improve speed, try simulating the side to side shuffle steps... [Read more about this property]

Ryan Krane – Fitness, Tennis, and Sports Nutrition Information for Healthy Living