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Share Based on popular demand, I am going to elaborate more on the following stretches from the article Stretching: More on Static, Dynamic, Active Isolated and Resistance and to some extent Dynamic Warm Up vs. Static Stretching Controversy. To a certain extant, these stretches are beneficial for those suffering from Achilles tendonitis. But first of [...]
Share This is Part 2 of a multi-part series. Part 1 was Delaying Physical and Mental Fatigue with Phenylalanines & Tyrosine. So, what the heck is Quercetin? This is not be be confused with my Italian correspondent Roberto Quercetani who wrote the book World History of the One Lap Race (1850-2004) (which I highly recommend [...]
Share This Part 5 of a multi-part series. A quick recap: Part 1 talked about the injury cycle and the 4 stages of diagnosing your injury. Part 2 explained why regular strength training does not work, and why you need to do heavy load eccentric contractions. Part 2 video showed the Heel Drop exercise. Part [...]
Share If you are into Powerlifting, then the name Andy Bolton comes to mind. Even if you are interested in improving your lifts in the Bench Press, Squat, and Deadlift, then you’ll love these books. Of course, improving these numbers will carry over to the Olympic lifts such as Cleans (power cleans, hang cleans, etc.) [...]
Share This article is (sort of) a continuation to the article on Exercise, Recovery, Regeneration and Movement (Part 1) and Hamstring Injuries, the Iliopsoas and Imbalances (Part 2) The term “stretching” has changed over the past decade as we have seen many variances in stretching. See Stretching: More on Static, Dynamic, Active Isolated and Resistance [...]
Share Alex Hutchinson’s first book Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights?: Fitness Myths, Training Truths, and Other Surprising Discoveries from the Science of Exercise is officially released today. Congrats to Alex, (being a distance runner), who beat me (a sprinter) in the race to publish their first book. Who the heck is Alex Hutchinson? For [...]
Share If you are interested in the free sample book of The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery: Rest, Relax, and Restore for Peak Performance by Sage Rountree, click here for the 36 page PDF file from Velopress. This book covers all the possible modalities for recovery and regeneration, which I’ve covered on this blog over the [...]
Share This article is a continuation of Training for 400m: Balancing Speed and Special Endurance [Lactate] There has been confusion over the terminology of the “Tempo Workout”. For 800 meter and distance runners, a tempo run is completely different than a Sprinter’s tempo workout. See also: Optimal Speed and Tempo Runs A tempo workout is [...]
Share It’s a well know fact that some 400 and 800 meter runners use baking soda and/or beta alanine to improve their performances. Whether it’s science or placebo, it’s entirely up to you to decide the ethics of ergogenic aids. In the past, I used to eat pancakes the morning of my races, and purposely [...]
Share Robert Panariello will be presenting at the 2011 BC Strength, Fitness and Conditioning Conference If you live in the PNW (Pacific North West, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, Eugene, etc.), I highly recommend attending these conferences. Unfortunately I will not be the camera man as I have been in the past years, but we will still [...]
Share I first heard of Ian Jeffreys when I bought the book Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning – 3rd Edition years ago. I never met the chap personally, but afterwards I Googled his name (doesn’t everybody do this?) only to find he wrote 3 other books! (More info on Ian Jeffreys can be found [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Taylor Tollison of www.youthsoccerskills.com. In addition, Taylor has written a free 25 page ebook called “Modern Stretching” which you can download here (click, or right click and choose “save as”) Athletes can’t help the team win or move their abilities forward if they are injured. Too often parents, [...]
Share In traditional Lyle McDonald fashion, this article will be broken up into a multi-part series. Racing the 400m isn’t just showing up at the start line, nor is it 1 hour before the race. It’s starts the night before. Actually, to be really picky, it starts in September or October. That is where the [...]
Share This article is (sort of) a continuation to the article on Exercise, Recovery, Regeneration and Movement (Part 1) Loren Seagrave once said, “Elite athletes are the best compensators in the world”. He’s right. More and more coaches and rehab specialists are focusing on having a healthy psoas, or specifically, the healthy “iliopsoas” group, which [...]
Share I am going to attempt to discuss the “why’s” on Recovery, Regeneration and Movement . This is a continuation of a previous series of “what” and “how to" articles related to Trigger Point Therapy and Self-Myofascial Release. If there are 3 components that are a common theme for this Blog, it’s Training, Nutrition and [...]
Share In a perfect world, this Blog would consist of 70% training articles (including track, plyometric and weight workoiuts), 20% on recovery and regeneration, and 10% on nutrition and supplements. That’s my rough estimate (and I mean rough) on a successful training program. That being said, I talked endlessly on the importance of the hips [...]
Share This is Part 3 of a multi part series. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Sugar and “Starches” This is the big area of controversy, and of course, research. Sugars (and “starches”) can be divided into 3 groups: monosaccharides like glucose, fructose, and galactose. disaccharides like sucrose (glucose-fructose) or HFCS (glucose-fructose) or [...]
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