Sports Health is a resource for all medical professionals involved in the training and care of the competitive or recreational athlete.

Patients include professional, collegiate, high school and recreational athletes.

Three of the more mainstream methods devised for the recreational athlete are described below.

Basic Training looks at the latest thinking about conditioning and technique for recreational athletes.

Wearing helmets, he writes, may give recreational athletes a false sense of security.

Another reason may be that many recreational athletes are drinking too much water.

One of the most common mistakes recreational athletes make is moving too quickly to a higher level of activity.

The recreational athlete must learn to listen to his body, cardiologists advise.

She makes the following suggestions for recreational athletes: When beginning a new workout program, remember not to do too much at first.

The Massachusetts findings suggest that many recreational athletes are training the wrong way.