Summer is the time when, in addition to lying on the beach, our favorite activity is also exercise. After all, who doesn't want to look their best on the beach?! In order to ensure that the sports activities are not in vain, we set out to dispel some of the most common sports myths that prevent us from achieving optimal results.
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While the footballers of the strongest football leagues are eagerly preparing for the start of the new season, UEFA filled the lack of football action by announcing ten candidates competing for the goal of the year in the 2014/2015 season. And since there is no football list addressing excesses without Messi and Ronaldo, the stars of Barcelona and Real Madrid are among the candidates for the most beautiful goal. Check below which of their goals compete for the prestigious title alongside Neymar's and others.
Some years ago, legendary tennis player Chris Evert said, "Some female tennis players are fighting like jesters on the court." We will not get into the controversy surrounding tennis players who are extremely loud when hitting the ball, but we will check how many decibels their screams are. For several years, the queen of moaning, which often turns into shouting, has been the Russian Maria Sharapova, and the Belarusian Viktoria Azarenka also fights quite aggressively at times. But they are not the only ones.
Probably not the most exclusive running event in Slovenia, but certainly one of the most beautiful. We are talking about the Nočna 10ka running event, which takes place in Bled around Lake Bled, around which the runners will circle almost twice (10 km) on July 11, 2015. For the ninth year in a row, the Knights of the Good Run association is behind it, which organizes one of the few running events in this part of the world that justifies the title "night run". Its start is only at 22:00.
Vittorio Brumotti is back. A professional trials cyclist who owns a hefty pile of Guinness World Records and is one with the bike, comes a new compilation of freestyle road bike tricks. This time in the jersey of the professional cycling team Tinkoff-Saxo, for which the Spaniard Alberto Contador and the Slovak Peter Sagan ride, among others, who also master freestyle on the road, but do not reach the knees of the Italian, who this time takes his breath away with tricks in the airport cemetery, on the protective road fences on the cliff and in the forest.
Practicing yoga at home with the help of online courses is an excellent way of recreation. Yoga is an exercise that strengthens the body and mind, and is safe and suitable for most people. It is ideal for achieving mental, physical and spiritual balance, and also helps with digestion, hormonal balance, stress and anxiety attacks. Here are our favorite sites to practice yoga from the safe haven of your living room…
Nothing is pristine or timeless, everything is connected and changeable – the city, the history and the skater. Just as the city leaves its mark on the skater, he leaves his mark on the city, if only for a brief moment...
We are only a few days away from a new milestone for Slovenian women's cycling, as the start of the 26th edition of the Giro for women, the Giro Rosa, which is moving beyond the Italian border for the first time, is fast approaching. On June 3, 2015, Slovenia, more precisely Ljubljana, will have the honor of opening the most demanding women's cycling test in the world with a two-kilometer prologue. Before the race moves to home soil, the first, 102.5 kilometer long stage from Kamnik to Ljubljana will take place a day later.
Running training is one of the healthiest forms of recreation that relaxes, raises self-confidence, strengthens the immune system and the quality of our daily life. That is why it is important to bring jogging closer to the widest possible population of people, of course in a friendly and interesting way for people. So how do you start running, enjoy it and where to find interesting exercises?
Acroyoga teachers and acrobatics partners in Slovenia got together and decided to organize a weekend of cooperation, fun and safety. They present to us SAFE, the first Slovenian acrobatic festival, where on June 19 and 20 we will learn about sports skills, such as floor and partner acrobatics, acroyoga, aerial acrobatic skills...
Not long after the launch of the Ljubljana Beach Volley Challenge volleyball spectacle, which took place on the hot sand on Kongresni trg, the organizers promised that the event would become traditional. And they kept their word, because the international tournament is coming back to the heart of Ljubljana, and volleyball fans will come to their own expense this year between July 30 and August 1, 2015. Last year's event exceeded expectations, and the organizers have only sweet concerns based on the experience, like are, to provide larger stands.
Virgin Trains have created an innovative 'Beard Cap' for men who believe their bushy beards are slowing them down when swimming. It is made of lycra, flexible and reusable. It wraps around the chin and, like hair, covers all hairy growth so that it no longer presents so much resistance. They will be tested for the first time at the largest European recreational swimming competition, the Great North Swim, which takes place in Great Britain.