Running economy, defined by de Oliveira Assumpcao, et al 2013, as the energy demand for a given velocity of submaximal training, will determine how two athletes of equivalent VO2max will race. Now, few people only train running but incorporate sports activity, weight training, plyometrics and other forms of training. This creates muscle damage which can(…)
Sled towing is an accessory exercise used frequently in sprinting, American football, rugby, powerlifting and strongman training. Various attachments can be used for sled dragging. Around the hips, ankles, shoulders, with straps to include arm or shoulder work and some even wrap them around elbows and knees. Lawerence, et al 2012 decided to see what(…)
Creatine has been around for over 20 years. Its uses for enhancing strength, size and endurance and the various regimens to get there have been well documented. At this point, secondary effects are being explored- for example, does creatine alter the oxidative stress profile of an athlete? Pecario et al, 2012 tried to answer this(…)
Very few athletes train a single energy system, a single type of strength or a single type of endurance. The majority of events are a mixture along the continuum. Thus, most athletic training, even during a strength phase will include running. We know from specialists that distance running hurts lifting and lifting hurts distance running-(…)
It has been established that training 1 limb will elicit some gain in the opposing limb. This is done primarily through changes in the central and peripheral nervous system. Goodwill and Kidgell, 2012 performed an experiment with two groups. The first group performed unilateral leg training while the second group performed unilateral leg training and(…)
Masters athletes (those more than 35 years old) will slow down. The question is simply the rate. Numerous studies have demonstrated that compared to their inactive counterparts who peak at 35 and begin a rapid decline, athletes have a slower gentler curve, with decline somewhere between 50 and 70 years old (depending on the sport(…)
Cerebral palsy is a disorder in which the motor control portions of the brain are damaged in utero, during birth or shortly after birth. Infection, radiation exposure, low oxygenation of the brain and poor nutrition seem to play roles. The underlying cause(s) are still being explored. The rate of CP is generally 2.1-2.4/1000 among western(…)