Dr. Phil Maffetone is a very known medical doctor who has applied his mind to coaching with great success over many years. He is a really knowledgable and interesting guy to listen to (via podcasts) and writes great articles like the following one. After recently posting an article on running economy, I received many good
Peter Reaburn is a PhD physiologist from QLD who runs a web-site called The Masters Athlete (www.mastersathlete.com.au, and book of the same title) which even if you’re not old (like me) is a good source of quality information. This is the first of two articles he recently published. My dad taught me not to sweat
An interesting article from Alex Hutchinson at Sweat Science (http://www.runnersworld.com/sweat-science) on a topic that is getting a fair amount of media attention in recent times. I’m not a big fan of vitamin pills because, as far as I can tell, virtually none of the pills people take do anything useful. The only pill I take
Yet another article from Dr. Gabe Mirkin (www.drmirkin.com) A study from California State University, Fullerton shows that taking protein during exercise does not help you race faster (Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research/National Strength & Conditioning Association, May 2012; 26(5):1361-5). A study from Denmark shows that taking protein during endurance exercise does not increase muscle
This is an increasingly popular series, with organisation this being taken over by Start to Finish which was sure to bring a number of new people…which it did. The course was a 4km lap (closer to 3.8km) which included a lap outside the zoo walls, then heading inside for about 2km of tight twisting and
Budapest, Hungary The weather was cool over in Budapest, water temp at 14c and air temp about 16c with damp/wet roads. Nonetheless, there were World Championship titles to decide. The race was held over swim-750m / ride-20km / run-5km distance. Ben Wright put in a fantastic performance which produced a great result. In his 25-29