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Treating Sore Muscles - Try Arnica or Traumeel
At every indoor meet, I still remember vividly the scent of Ben-Gay in the locker rooms. Now combine that smell of muscle rub ointment, sweat and the musty locker room, and you can guarantee that rancid combination is a smell you’ll never forget. Depending on your country, famous brands other than Ben-Gay (recently changed to Bengay) are Rub A535 (also known as Antiphlogistine), Icy Hot and Radian B come to mind. Muscle Pain Rub vs. Heat Rub The first thing to differentiate is a Muscle...
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Resistance Running with Sleds and Isorobic Ropes
This is Part 3 of the series. In Part 1 of overspeed training, I preferred to use slight downhill grades over a rope or pulley. While it may increase frequency, or increase stride length, it comes at a cost: increased ground contact time. In Part 2 of uphill running benefits, the slight uphill grade keeps their technique in balance, which is the popular term "staying tall". Also, the ground rises to make contact with the feet, so athletes do not overstride,...
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Resistance Running with Sleds and Isorobic Ropes
This is Part 3 of the series. In Part 1 of overspeed training, I preferred to use slight downhill grades over a rope or pulley. While it may increase frequency, or increase stride length, it comes at a cost: increased ground contact time. In Part 2 of uphill running benefits, the slight uphill grade keeps their technique in balance, which is the popular term "staying tall". Also, the ground rises to make contact with the feet, so athletes do not overstride,...
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Low Level Laser Therapy for Pain and Injuries
Low Level Laser Therapy is also known as Cold Laser Light Therapy, or Low Intensity Laser Therapy. This is not to be confused with the Far Infrared Radiation “heating healing” pads which treats another set of ailments. I’ll cover that in another article. Last year, I was fortunate and unfortunate to experience this alternative form of therapy for my injuries. Unfortunate, because I was injured. Fortunate, because I was in the hands of one of the best specialist in the world,...
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Low Level Laser Therapy for Pain and Injuries
Low Level Laser Therapy is also known as Cold Laser Light Therapy, or Low Intensity Laser Therapy. This is not to be confused with the Far Infrared Radiation “heating healing” pads which treats another set of ailments. I’ll cover that in another article. Last year, I was fortunate and unfortunate to experience this alternative form of therapy for my injuries. Unfortunate, because I was injured. Fortunate, because I was in the hands of one of the best specialist in the world,...
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2009 NFL Combine Results - A look at 40 Yard Dash and Vertical Jump
The 2009 NFL Combine Timing and Testing Sessions are being held from February 18-24 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, IN. This scouting combine is an invitation only event for invited players and NFL team officials. The tests performed include: 40 yard dash, bench press, vertical jump, standing long jump, 20-yard shuttle, three-cone drill, 60-yard shuttle as well as physical measurements (height and weight) and injury evaluations. Other tests and evaluations include position-specific drills, interviews,...
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Technological Innovations in Track and Field
Let’s face it, the new swimming suits have helped demolish world records at a record pace (no pun intended). Ross and Jonathan from the Science of Sport quoted the average age of a swimming world record for men was 13 months and 8 months for women. That’s a World Record every year! By comparison, the average age of Track and Field World Record was 8 years 11 months for men and 14 years 9 months for women. Wow. With a lot of women world records out of reach (honestly, who’s going...
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19 June 2009 - Ratingen will once again be the scene for Germany’s decisive Decathlon and Heptathlon qualifying event for the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Berlin (15th to 23rd August).
19 June 2009 - La Coruña, Spain - The sixth leg of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge 2009 takes place on Saturday (20 June) in La Coruña, a city which hosted every year since 1987 a world class Race Walking meet called the ‘Gran Premio Cantones de Marcha’.
19 June 2009 - Leiria, Portugal – Several Olympic champions, including Portugal’s Nelson Évora, will compete in the inaugural edition the Spar European Team Championships this weekend (20-21).
19 June 2009 - Paris, France - The curtain has fallen at the ISTAF meeting in Berlin, the first stage of the ÅF Golden League, contested last Sunday. In Berlin, one of the high points of the meeting was the women’s High Jump competition, at the peak of which was a duel between the German Ariane Friedrich, the European indoor champion, and the Croatian Blanka Vlasic, the reigning World champion.
18 June 2009 – Monte-Carlo – The IAAF World Athletics Day Draw 2009 has taken place to decide the names of the lucky 18 kids who will be invited for a trip of a lifetime this August to visit the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Berlin, Germany, and those six schools who will receive sports equipment.
18 June 2009 - Lausanne, Switzerland - The World 110m Hurdles record holder Dayron Robles, of Cuba, was in Lausanne at the end of last week for a press conference of the Athletissima meeting, of which he will be one of the main attractions on 7 July.
18 June 2009 - Dietzsch could soon be back on track for defending her World Championships’ Discus Throw gold medal one more and final time.
18 June 2009 - Spaniard Javier Cienfuegos in a local competition in Madrid on Wednesday (17) improved the World Junior record* in the Hammer Throw (6kg implement) with a performance of 82.93m, bettering the previous mark established by Russian Yevgeniy Aydamirov with 82.62 metres in 2006.
18 June 2009 - Torhout, Belgium - The 23rd IAU 100 km World Cup & European Championship will take place tomorrow 19 June in Torhout.
17 June 2009 - Ostrava, Czech Republic – Living up to the promise he made yesterday, Usain Bolt delivered a “good time” in his third 100m outing of the season to cap a thoroughly entertaining 48th edition of the Golden Spike Ostrava.
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- Peaking, Planning and Periodization
- Treating Sore Muscles - Try Arnica or Traumeel
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