At risk of being too warm and fuzzy…this article comes from www.speedendurance.com, which is focused on sprinting but nonetheless has some interesting bits of information in a daily email. These tips can explain why you have a passion for running…or whatever you do in life. Enjoy! 1. Be with others who make you smile (Studies
Some more good information from Competitor Running (http://running.competitor.com/), this time in Q&A format, with a guy called Mario Fraioli. Q. Dear Mario, I’m a new runner training for my first half marathon with Team in Training. Our training group’s coach told me to change my shoes every six months, but the guy at the running store
This article comes from Matt Fitzgerald at Competitor Running (http://running.competitor.com/) about something to avoid… Overtraining, or overtraining syndrome (OTS), is generally characterized as an unexpected decline in performance that is not caused by an organic factor such as anemia. Because the exact causes of OTS are unknown, some experts prefer the term unexplained underperformance syndrome.
This comes from Runner’s World web-site “Ask the sports doc” section, featuring Dr. William Roberts, on a relevant topic: Dear Doc, When should I use ice on an injury and when should I use heat? I get conflicting answers when I ask the question. Thanks, Mark Dear Mark, In the face of an acute injury,
This is a follow-up article from Dr. Gabe Mirkin (www.drmirkin.com) on a current topic… A recent study shows no improvement in speed or endurance in trained cyclists after taking beet root juice. In May 2011, I reported on research that seemed to show that beet root juice would make you a better athlete: http://www.drmirkin.com/public/ezine052911.html Based
Another article from Dr. Gabe Mirkin (www.drmirkin.com), which makes sense to me…not that I need an article like this to motivate me!! Men who exercised regularly stopped exercising for just one week. Both those who were lean and those who were overweight had rises in blood factors that are abnormal in diabetics (Metabolism-Clinical and Experimental,
This comes from Dr. Gabe Mirkin (www.drmirkin.com) You are running at a brisk pace that makes you very short of breath and your muscles start to burn. After a while you feel better and pick up the pace. It’s called the “second wind”, but it really is caused by a combination of: * slowing down,
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A good article from Dr. Gabe Mirkin on a good topic. Bradley Wiggins, the winner of the just-completed 2235- mile, 21-day 2012 Tour de France, states that the most important way to recover from gruelling endurance sports is to eat as much as you can, as soon as you can, after you finish each competition.
This comes from Joe Friel, again, and is quite an interesting take on the topic. I was recently asked how it is that athletes can drag themselves through unrelenting physical and mental suffering in events such as the mountain stages in the Tour de France. This topic came up when French rider Thomas Voeckler was
A follow-up on a previous post about the health issues of sitting from Dr. Gabe Mirkin, as follows: Last week’s eZine upset many people whose jobs require them to sit (“Sitting All Day Long Shortens Life, Even If You Exercise” http://www.drmirkin.com/public/ezine071512.html ) Muscles are inactive when you sit. Resting muscles draw no sugar from your
Another from Dr Mirkin…full of interesting info this week!! A study from the University of Texas in Houston shows that saturated fats from meat are associated with increased heart attack risk, while saturated fats from milk and plants are not (Am J Clin Nutr, July 3, 2012). Study subjects were 45-84 years old, and were
An interesting article from Dr. Gabe Mirkin (www.drmirkin.com) Reducing the time you spend sitting to three or fewer hours each day can help you live two years longer. Reducing TV watching time to fewer than two hours each day raises life expectancy by another 1.4 years (British Medical Journal, published online July 9, 2012). Pooled
Yet another good article from Alex Hutchinson at Sweat Science. One of arguments in favor of barefoot running is that it will strengthen foot and ankle muscles that are otherwise left dormant in conventional running shoes. It’s an idea that makes sense intuitively — but, like all such ideas, it deserves to be tested. That’s
A very appropriate article from Alex Hutchinson at Sweat Science (http://sweatscience.runnersworld.com/2012/07/stress-slows-your-recovery-from-workouts/) Very cool study from the University of Texas, published online at Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, about the role of psychological stress in the recovery of muscle strength after exercise. Basically, they assessed a group of subjects for their levels of overall