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2011 AMAA Sports Medicine Symposium at the Marine Corps Marathon
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Friday, October 28, 2011 - Saturday, October 29, 2011

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March 29-30, 2012 (Registration opens September 2011)
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The latest development in the Total Force Fitness Movement: the Chairman's CJCSI
Next step in the development of the Total Force Fitness movement recently was issued in the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction on the Chairman’s Total Force Fitness Framework.
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The Paleo Diet: Implications for the athlete
The Paleo Diet is based on what hunters/gatherers ate during the Paleolithic Era. But how might this affect athletes today?
Use it or lose it!
Once you start exercising, don’t stop. If you do, you will lose what you worked so hard to get.
Prayer—a Mind Tactic for performance optimization?
Often thought to be a practice of religious faith, prayer can also help one cope with stress and anxiety in stressful situations.
The latest development in the Total Force Fitness Movement: the Chairman's CJCSI
Next step in the development of the Total Force Fitness movement recently was issued in the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction on the Chairman’s Total Force Fitness Framework.
Alternate hard and easy
Alternate days of more and less intense training for best results.
The Paleo Diet: Implications for the athlete
The Paleo Diet is based on what hunters/gatherers ate during the Paleolithic Era. But how might this affect athletes today?
The latest development in the Total Force Fitness Movement: the Chairman's CJCSI
Next step in the development of the Total Force Fitness movement recently was issued in the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction on the Chairman’s Total Force Fitness Framework.
The family of combat rations
Combat rations feed our Warfighters around the world, offering variety and nutritious alternatives to food service facilities in a wide range of deployed and combat conditions.
Optimizing Performance: Common errors in abdominal training
Training your abdominal muscles helps strengthen your core and develop that “six-pack,” but only if you do it correctly. Here are some tips to help.
Could sleep be your single most important health habit?
Guest contributor Dr. Daniel Johnston of Comprehensive Soldier Fitness makes a case for why he thinks sleep is the most important health habit.
Use it or lose it!
Once you start exercising, don’t stop. If you do, you will lose what you worked so hard to get.
Prayer—a Mind Tactic for performance optimization?
Often thought to be a practice of religious faith, prayer can also help one cope with stress and anxiety in stressful situations.
Alternate hard and easy
Alternate days of more and less intense training for best results.
Reconnecting with your teenager
Teenagers can sometimes have difficulty with a deployed parent's return.
Sibling support
Siblings play an important role in supporting service members.
Brain damage linked to long-term alcohol abuse
According to a new study, long-term alcohol abuse can result in significant damage to parts of the brain crucial for learning and other complex behaviors.
Quaker Chewy Smashbar Graham Pretzel snack bars may contain undeclared milk allergen
Quaker Oats Smashbar Graham Pretzel Snack Bars recalled due to undeclared milk allergen.
HPRC’s Director at the Pentagon on 9/11
The events of 9/11 changed many lives. HPRC’s own Director was on the spot at the Pentagon that day.
Summertime heat poses risk for soldiers' PT
This summer has produced an exceptional amount of record heat across the U.S. This has impacted the Army’s PT with two incidences of soldier death and several cases of heat-related illness.
Use of Internet search engines alters how we remember
Attention and memory are at the cornerstone of developing useful mind tactics, but could our use of Internet searches be affecting what and how we remember?

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