11. What's your racket?

Measure from your mid palm to the end of the middle finger to determine the right grip circumference for your (tennis) racquet.

12. Right guarding

Deodorants are poor substitutes for regular, thorough, soapy showers.

13. Oral fitness

When flossing your teeth, gently direct the floss between each pair of teeth, being careful to take the floss down along the gum line so that it half encircles the base of each tooth. As you progress to floss the adjacent tooth make sure that you lift your floss enough to clear that small peaked bit of gum between each tooth. Gently repeat throughout your mouth, or (as the American animated commercial says) only on those teeth you wish to keep. Flossing removes food particles and some bacteria, thus promoting healthier teeth & gums. If that isn't enough, try this perspective: Who would you rather kiss tonight, someone who flosses regularly or someone who doesn't whose lunch special is still visible between his or her teeth?

14. Heat it up

Heat therapy is useful in both rehabilitating and preventing overuse injuries. Neoprene heat retainers conveniently increase blood flow and joint mobility and relieve muscle spasms at rest or during activity. Using a heat retainer improves some knee, wrist, ankle, elbow & lower back stiffness or pain.

15. Target train with machines

Exercise machines, such as a preacher curl, or knee extension provide stabilization for you so that you may directly isolate individual body parts.

16. Good posture is essential to exercise

Correct body structural alignment while lifting ensures the most precise muscle conditioning, dramatically reduces your chances of injury, and precludes you from developing into a misshapen, muscle-bound mass.

17. Find a qualified trainer

Seek out a firm but compassionate individual with multi-faceted qualifications such as prodigious practical experience, professional certifications (i.e., National Academy of Sports Medicine; National Strength & Conditioning Association), and a professional attitude and appearance, who, without eating disorders of his or her own, stays fit, year round.

18. Try rehab-ing an injury before you get one

Prevent ailments characteristic of a particular sport or activity by strengthening and stretching those muscles that are used most in your sport. Strengthen under used areas; stretch overused areas.

19. Throw away your scale

The measurement that genuinely reflects the efficacy of your fitness efforts is body composition, or fat versus lean tissue, not weight.

20. Not just your nose

Use sunscreen on your lips, ears, the back of your neck, and the tops of your feet. These areas are very easily burned and often overlooked.

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