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Summer is here! Ready to test bikini? If you are still in full operation bikini, here are the three sports fashion of the day to help you improve your shape before summer. Something for everyone!

The latest discovery is the Jump Fit, a new sport that comes from the United States. Is to jump and perform different movements and activities with a rope to the rhythm of music. A bit like the Rocky movies, but more smooth. Perfect for burning fat quickly and improve stamina, breathing and coordination. In addition, group practice, so the fun is guaranteed. It is the perfect sport if all you need is a little off steam after work, but is contraindicated if you have knee problems.

A rediscovered classic: the Aquagym to improve your silhouette with sweetness. Is over the image of a pool full of grandmothers jumping into the water. The water aerobics is suitable for all ages, but its modern version requires strength and flexibility. Being on the water fun doing choreography and dancing to the rhythm of music. What more could you want? This sport is perfect for toning without overloading the joints. Furthermore, water makes a gentle massage that ends up being very enjoyable. And if you can not swim, is not a problem for all activities carried out in the bottom of a swimming pool, floating vests. Absolutely safe.

For the more energetic, the perfect sport is kickboxing. It is a combination of different disciplines: boxing, karate, tai chi, with a base of fitness and rhythm of music. You will have to follow the coach and perform choreography and fighting moves, but with the advantage that you will not fight against anyone. This sport will help you improve your stamina, breathing, coordination, and to strengthen your abs and buttocks, and refine the waist. But beware: you need a little time to learn the moves and choreography, so at first it is important to stay focused and be consistent.

The origins of golf, like most sports, are not clear and many people have tried to attribute their invention.

However there are several sports activities for different sites and different times of the globe can be considered a prelude to what we know today as golf. Perhaps the oldest is the pagan, practiced by the Romans. The instruments used were a bent stick and a ball of feathers, the run of play was similar to the current course.

Other opinions point to the Netherlands by the etymology: “golf” meaning ball or ball in Dutch, the game was called “Kolver” could come here and “golf”.
But one way or another the only tangible fact is that today’s golf was invented in Scotland to the fourteenth century and hence was exported to the rest of the world.
At first he had to officially prohibited because the king feared that playing golf hiciese decrease archery necessary militarily. Anyway, the people paid no attention and continued playing golf, which ended repealed.

Mary Stuart was the first who took the course outside of Scotland, particularly to France. There was some helpers in the field, whom he called “cadets” (students). This raises the current name of the “caddies”. Around this time also comes to golf England and just becomes a game exclusive, unlike the first, when the common people and nobles played interchangeably. From the English influence is considered golf a sport select, elite and continue to be considered so this country is the leading sport in the United States , one of the cradles of golf today.

The sport is progressing at the same time as science advances and with it the materials of clubs and balls or the state of the fields. Players begin to associate on the eighteenth century. The first known association is the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers in Scotland.
In Spain, the first golf club was founded in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 1891 .

Since the late nineteenth century until today has increased the number of fields throughout the world as well as practitioners of the sport. It could even speak of golf fever, a fashion unprecedented has gathered around himself a number of resorts, designed to turn around hotels, housing developments, restaurants …

Now there are built around golf courses, luxury hotels, but hotels of four and five star rising in the shadow of vast fields and may even have streets in some golf at the same time make a small garden of a residential villas.

It is likely that one of his day on the beach while you are on your towel so richly sighting everything that happens in the bank, has warned of a sudden, a little distance, a human figure standing on a surfboard, gliding on the water with the help of an oar. Logically, the question will have been common but what does? For neither more nor less than to practice sport fashion this summer, the SUP (Stand up paddle).

Originally from the island paradise of Hawaii, this variant of the well-known surf is causing a stir in half the planet. Its mechanism is simple: balance standing on the surfboard while paddling along. The history of the sport was born around 1960, when the Beach Boys, monitors surf of Waikiki Beach, used his great surfboards rowing canoes to take pictures of tourists who learned to surf. In this way, also had a better visibility of the group. Later in 2000, the Hawaiian surfers began to SUP as an alternative for training when there were no waves and could not surf. Over the years he was participating in events such as the Molokai Race and Makaha Oahu Paddleboard Big Board Surfing Classic. Currently, there are several tournaments that have a SUP number of participants.

The most important event in Europe was held in Hamburg in July 2009 that had a national participation and monitoring. One of the great advantages is that it needs SUP waves and also can be practiced in other aquatic as rivers, lakes, swamps, etc.. Unlike the surf and its modalities, the UPS provides ease of learning and accessibility for all people. You can perform all its forms, from trips with no wind, downwind, to catch waves, doing circuits with address changes, money or just relaxing to do stretching exercises and relaxation or just sunbathing.

Its attractive, besides being an excellent exercise to improve fitness, is the angle of visibility offered due to the height and the standing position on the water allowing you to observe both the background and all the water, offering a new way to enjoy the aquatic nature. In Polynesia and Australia, responsible for publicizing this sport have been surfing instructors themselves. In USA, the largest showcase of the world, celebrities have signed on to this new trend and managed to give a big boost to the popularity of this sport.

In Spain, the Roxy girls, led by the twins Daida and Iballa Ruano Canary several times windsurfing world champions have been chosen to enter the SUP on our beaches. There are several schools in Spain where you can learn to practice SUP. It is simple introductory classes that do not require a long learning time. So, no excuses. Become a board, a paddle and practice the sport of fashion this summer.

For some time sanjuaninos increasingly dare to venture into sports, so far, unconventional or unique. Most of curiosity begins and ends up becoming passionate. Golf, polo, windsurfing, mountain biking, horse riding and paragliding are the trends.

A new trend has set: more men and women of all ages are encouraged to unconventional sports. The numbers speak for themselves. The Club Amancay golfing there are 225 persons (180 active players with registration to participate in national and international tournaments, 30 children in the school of golf club that has the adult and 30 rookies), more than 200 mountain bike and do as many practice polo, horse riding, paragliding and windsurfing. All disciplines in recent years have become a “boom.” Most of them started out of curiosity, and eventually decides to practice in order to compete. There are many myths about these six sports on its cost supposedly “elitist.” But it is not so. It is therefore essential to know all about these sports to know how to choose and practice not to leave halfway.

Mountain bike -Men and women of any age can play this sport. As a general benefits include a healthy fitness, staying active, promote cardiovascular endurance, socialize and end the stress. -The main thing is to start without push yourself too hard, running two or three miles a day, since consistency is key. -To is enough to start a bike with front suspension, seven changes at least as light as possible and accessories for transporting water (one with these features costs 1,500 pesos). Nor do you need a specific garment, although it is recommended to be light clothing, raincoats and that do not trap perspiration. Read the rest of this entry »

Gran Canaria is an island geographically rich, always has a good climate and volcanic mountain peaks have made the most intrepid athletes choose it as one of the best destinations for mountain sports, this time you will talk about climbing has become very famous in the lands of this beautiful island.

There are several parts of the island where you can go climbing, but if what you want is security and all necessary accessories we recommend that you do so at the following locations:
Roque Nublo : One of the oldest places where you can practice climbing with 15 different ways to travel and of medium difficulty.

Ayacata : This is an excellent rock climbing area with difficulty, here are great climbers visit the more adventurous.
Tamadaba : It is very close Ayacata and is also very popular with climbers.
Other locations used for climbing are the Sorrueda, Fatagonia, El Berriel and Ayagaures.

So if you want to practice this sport do not worry they will have several places on the island to do so. Do not forget you have to have experience and if you do not have to go to a professional. You must also obtain a permit to do so carrying your ID, you can infornarte in the Canary Island Federation of Mountaineering and Climbing.

Anyone who wishes to engage in winter activities besides skiing or country or alpine sledding can spend a winter holiday in Tyrol extraordinary.

Why stay always normal? This is what I think more and more athletes who come to the Tyrol to satisfy their appetite for unconventional sports. Those who prefer the extraordinary activities and the risk can practice ice climbing, ski jumping, diving under ice or snow kiting. These are activities that require a good limit dose value. Ice climbing can be practiced in all its variations during the winter months, a lot of frozen waterfalls, for example, in the Pitz Valley. Fly like an eagle or a ski jumper. This is possible in Obsteig, Mieminger Plateau, which has all the features needed to practice and classes are conducted in close collaboration with the training center for elite skiers Stams.

On immersion in ice cold is passed but the effort is worth it. Under the thick ice of the Tyrolean lake, divers discover a more courageous hidden wonder. The dive site is located on a lake at 1,000 m high and with the team of professional ice diving Dieter Kuchling will face the challenges of nature. Those interested in practicing immersion in ice must have passed the test “PADI Open Water Diver” and submit a medical certificate. Please contact us directly in GERMAN or ENGLISH for more information on sports popular in the Tyrol.

The sport dictates of fashion, or so it seems to be happening in recent years due to a very good marketing campaign and a change in position of a very intelligent. I remember my blue tracksuit white stripes of Adidas as a kid, and puma shoes for running with that. Nike, Adidas and Puma have entered fully into the world of fashion. And then there are very fashionable. His shoes and clothing have definitively abandoned exclusive to gyms and stadiums, and now the star of the street and the catwalk. Sneakers or sweatshirts have become essential pieces in the best wardrobe. This trend combines the latest technology in production and material recovery of styles and designs of the past (the vintage). The latest financial results announced are revealing. Puma nearly ten years of uninterrupted growth. Adidas grows 9% in the division of urban fashion. Nike made ​​a record in the last quarter with revenue increasing by 8% and growth of future orders by 11%. This trend reinforces brands and also has allowed the resurgence of others who had been taken down in the race, and Reebok. But not just any sportswear to go to fashion, and there’s the business. Large firms have fully incorporated into their design collections designed for street wear: Nike has released this winter a line of shoes for women in sophisticated leather finishes and have the matching handbag. Sport is fashion and the consumer profile expands every day: from the more professional “fashionista” or collector of limited editions. ” The new market that opens this fashion is huge and shows how it has changed rapidly in distribution: these brands are no longer sold only in sporting goods stores, but also conform to the conventional shoe, but succeed in the most fashionable boutiques. They are also the firms own sports which are opening now the world’s most innovative shops. Puma was for many years a brand of athletic shoes and soccer, which based its marketing on the successes of their athletes and sponsored teams. Puma overhauled in the mid-90 brand to fashion and pioneered in working-class designers. This strategy has led to the recent opening of a Puma in New York in the Meatpacking District recovered: a shop dedicated only to sport-fashion collections, the firm sees as a laboratory of ideas . In the U nests these stores are now a happening, a meeting place where music is playing, no bar, projecting videos of action sports. They are places that understand consumption as a playful act very well and have attracted a young audience . Adidas has presented a collection for Performance division, which is designed specifically for the practice of sport-line signed by Stella McCartney.La fastest growing group is the urban fashion inspired clothing of the past, and for this Adidas has even regained the three-leaf logo. Puma had been a pioneer in collaborating with designers such as Neil Barrett and Mihara Yauhiro. stores the three brands are located in Fuencarral of Chueca, one of the most modern and cosmopolitan Madrid, a new SoHo essential when shopping. They find their clothing lines and chic accessories for men and women. Adidas . Fuencarral, 46 Metro: Tribunal. About 300 m2 dedicated to the collection of Adidas Originals urban designs and other product lines. shoes, clothes, accessories and limited edition products. The Puma Store . Fuencarral, 34 Metro: Tribunal. limited edition models difficult to acquire in other outlets, along with pieces very classic and sports supplements. Nike Madrid .