Yet another article from Dr. Gabe Mirkin (www.drmirkin.com). A study From Harvard School of Public Health shows that telling overweight people to “eat less and exercise more” rarely helps them lose weight (New England Journal of Medicine, June 23, 2011). That encourages them to eat any foods they want and, as they age, they continue
Another article from Dr. Gabe Mirkin (www.drmirkin.com) A report from Cornell shows that lack of iron, even when it doesn’t cause anemia, can hinder endurance. You tire earlier during exercise when your red blood cell count is low because your blood cannot carry as much oxygen as that of a person who is not anemic.
Another interesting article from Dr. Gabe Mirkin (www.dirmirkin.com)… Many fitness instructors give you bad advice when they tell you not to exercise within three hours of going to sleep. The old argument was that vigorous exercise causes your body to produce large amounts of its own stimulants, adrenalin and noradrenalin, that make your heart beat
The following is an interesting article from Joe Friel’s blog (www.joefrielsblog.com) on a topic that occasionally comes up, with a new angle on Max HR. This post is to do with a study I came across addressing the issue of max heart rate variation with changes in fitness. Over the years I’ve noticed that as
I’ve got this little gem called “The Runner’s Rule Book” which contains “Everything a runner needs to know – and then some”. Here’s some selected rules… Rule 1.51 – A PB is a PB forever, but… You may advertise a personal best (PB) time, or otherwise claim it as your own with no further explanation
The following is a summary of an article on www.runnersworld.com web-site about a frequent topic of conversation in the running community. At the recent American College of Sports Medicine meeting, several experts discussed the well known dominance, by East Africans, of worldwide distance running. What are the causes? How can we decide how much is
Another article from Alex Hutchinson at www.sweatscience.com on a topic not really current for us in winter…but still interesting for when summer comes. Conventional wisdom says that we adapt to deal with heat after a week or two of high temperatures. But a study in the current European Journal of Applied Physiology suggests that it
Dr. Gabe Mirkin (www.drmirkin.com) publishes a weekly eZine on Health and Fitness, which covers some really interesting topics. The information below is from his recent newsletter about Fructose, which is a form of sugar and an energy source which is being increasingly used in sports performance. Although long, this is an excellent article. The Dangers
Joe Friel is a guru of coaching and performance, and is a big name is the USA being the author of numerous books (“Training Bible” series) and co-founder of www.trainingpeaks.com. He also writes an interesting blog, from where this comes from: There are 7 basic training assumptions that keep me on the right path with
There’s a lot of information around about running shoes which recently has focused on whether the (excessive) cushioning and support they provide is, in fact, “good” for us…I’ve talked about this quite a bit recently. The following was written by a physio from The Running Clinic (www.therunningclinic.ca) in Canada, which I think is a sensible
The following is an edited version of what appeared on www.speedendurance.com so don’t blame me if it turns out to be crap advice…take it with a grain of salt!!! Nonetheless, there are some useful tips in here: 1. Get Outdoors More This is the “Indoor Weather Theory” and not “Being in the Cold Theory”. First
http://running.competitor.com/2011/04/news/no-running-doesnt-kill-your-knees_24003 It may actually be good for your joints. The old line of thinking goes that running and knees don’t go too well together. However, a recent article posted on NPR’s Web site offers a different opinion about knee health vis-a-vis distance running. David Felson, a researcher and epidemiologist at Boston University School of Medicine
The following is adapted from the web-site www.swimcoachingbrain.com and applies across any sport, such as running. In the long term, the factors which determine success as a senior swimmer are the 5 Ps: Perseverance – the ability to try and try and try and try – and to never give up; Patience – it takes
The name Scott Molina may be familiar for some people with an eye for the history of triathlon – he was one of the “big four” back in the 80’s. As a professional Triathlete he raced 265 times and won 104 races around the world including the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii in 1988. His
By Bobby McGee, http://bobbysez.blogspot.com/ This is the last of the 12 part blog that has been going on over the last few months – or more than a few actually! If you have any requests for me to revisit issues, or embelish certain concepts, let me know. Thanks for the comments on the last blog by