Success in Track & Field ... and Life
Share Question: I play soccer and notice that I am getting less separation in the end of games. Ever since I started eating better I have found that the improvements in body composition have not translated on the field. Last week I was found not to have mono but my hemoglobin was lower than the [...]
Share Every week, ithlete will cover general questions on training and recovery, as well as specific best practices with Heart Rate Variability (HRV). If you have a general question or a specific question on how to use ithlete you can email ithlete.support@myithlete.com. Question 1: I seem to struggle in the trials and practice, even during [...]
Share Here is a follow up on my case study on How to Track and Improve your Testosterone & Zinc levels Naturally with InsideTracker. Q – SpeedEndurance.com: After reading Dr. Stone’s interview, it seems that heavy training is important to help hormones for power and recovery. Any special considerations regarding nutrition and training that I [...]
Share Every week, ithlete will cover general questions on training and recovery, as well as specific best practices with Heart Rate Variability (HRV). If you have a general question or a specific question on how to use ithlete you can email ithlete.support@myithlete.com. Q1 – SpeedEndurance.com: A lot of coaches use the term “stimulate” or “deplete”, [...]
Share This is Part 3 of the weekly “Friday Five” series where I ask 5 tough questions to world class elite coaches. Week 1 was with renowned jumps coach Boo Schexnayder. Week 2 had Dr. Mike Stone of the USOC and NBA. Henk Kraaijenhof coaching credentials include Nelli Cooman, Melene Ottey, Troy Douglas and Tennis [...]
Share When was the last time you crammed for an exam? Why didn’t you keep up all year long, studied a bit every day, so you would just have to review your notes as a refresher the night before? Would you run a marathon the night before a marathon? This sounds ludicrous, but I see [...]
Share This is Part 4 of the series on Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS). Part 1 was Electrical Muscle Stimulation Benefits with Derek Hansen writing Part 2 with a Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) Research Review. Part 3 is How to Use Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) with Training with uncut, unedited “reality TV” videos. One of my [...]
Share Last fall, I had the chance to try REgel, the magic recovery gel that we used at the Lake Tahoe Triple Marathon & Ultramarathon. Well, it’s finally available to the public on Amazon or directly from the website at http://re-gel.com/ Speedendurance.com readers can get $2.00 off by using the coupon code SPEEDEND and expires [...]
Share This article is Guest Blogged by Mike Boyle of Functional Strength Coach 4. I wrote this a while ago but finished it yesterday after getting three different versions of “Stop Rolling Your IT band”. As is always the case in life an on the internet, someone has to decide to take the other side [...]
Share One of the big surprises from my recent trip to ESPN Wide World of Sports and Clermont’s NTC was how little Electrical Muscle Stimulation is used for training or recovery. They are using it mostly for rehab and that seems to be the common thread. I have lived in Rome for 3 years now [...]
Share I’ve long advocated that 7.5 or 9 hours is the perfect number of hours to sleep, give or take a few minutes depending on your REM cycles. Plus, this formula doesn’t account for the time it takes to fall asleep. I discussed sleep in How To Increase Natural Testosterone. If you are living on [...]
Share The Post Workout Recovery Nutrition, whether in a form of a drink or real food, has been a favorite topic of mine. The question is, What is the correct ratios of Carbs, Protein and Fats? Of course, it depends on your sport, intensity and duration. Ambient temperature also plays a major role. For more [...]
Share Sprint swimming is like the 200 or 400 meters. The 50m freestyle sprint has the same energy cost of a 200m Track & Field sprint. Same with 100m swim and 400m run. Derek Hansen wrote a great research review based on the February 2012 issue of the NSCA’s Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. [...]
Share DISCLAIMER: Artificial testosterone, whether creams, orals or injections, is a prohibited substance for tested athletes, including Masters athletes. This article is not to encourage you to take testosterone, but to educate you. It’s no secret men over 50 are getting testosterone injections to treat hypogonadism. The primary reasons are for increased sex drive, osteoporosis [...]
Share When someone takes a good thing too far, it gives it a bad rap. I am talking about Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS), also known as Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES), or simply “electromyostimulation”. This should not be confused with TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator) which is common in the use of electric current for pain [...]
Share This is part 5 of a multi part series. Part 1 was the ESPN radio interview. Part 2 looked at the history of Ethical Cheating or Ergogenic Aids and some of the disgusting food choices. Part 3 discussed coffee and caffeine. Part 4 discussed Nootropics. Let’s go over some of the common products you [...]
Share If you read the series on the Lake Tahoe Triple Marathon & Ultramarathon Part 1, you are probably wondering about the magic recovery gel that we used. This gel is not commercially available, so it doesn’t even have a name to it. I will let the creator tell his story below. The original idea [...]
Share This blog is primarily about Sprinting and Track & Field, but I am going to share you my experience as a coach and crew member for the Lake Tahoe Triple Marathon this past weekend. The Lake Tahoe Triple Marathon is technically not an Ultramarathon, as the definition of an Ultra is anything over 26.2 [...]
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My Ethical Cheating segment on ESPN 1280AM / Living the Run
Share Below is the audio and video from my radio appearance on ESPN (The Ticket) 1280AM yesterday. Many thanks to Ryan Foran of LivingtheRun.com for having me on the show Wednesday. The co-host is decathlete Paul Terek, a 2004 Olympian and on the USA World Championship team in ’03, ’05, ’07. Maybe I should title [...]