We’ve discussed this before but it bears repeating, everyone stands to benefit from plyometrics if they are programmed properly. Ramirez-Campillo, et al 2013 assigned 18 distance runners to a control group where they ran 3 days/week and 18 to a training group where they ran 3 days a week and performed plyometric exercises 3days/week. Pre-post(…)
A common excuse on hears for poor health is lack of time. It is very common to find middle aged male and female professionals working 55 hour weeks, helping their children evenings and weekends and finding a few hours to zone out and recover. Where on earth will they find the 150min/week for light exercise(…)
Fatigue is the enemy in training. It destroys skill work. It eliminates explosiveness. It cuts endurance. Fatigue is our enemy. This is why such an emphasis on training and recovery needs to occur in the preparation of any athlete. Until now, our way of measuring fatigue has been rate of perceived exertion- basically asking from(…)
Squatting is generally termed the king of exercises. No exercise, in the history of the world is used as a mainstay in so many different sports. Squatting requires mental toughness and physical strength. No amount of leg curls will prepare someone for feeling a bar on their spine; their erectors won’t be ready. Gorsuch, et(…)
Anyone who has exercised for a period of time has experienced a ‘high’ from it. The rush of endorphins that occurs during and shortly after activity is an inherent part of the work done and directly related to the level of intensity one can tolerate. The endocannabinoid system is a group of neuromodulatory ligands and(…)
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(…)
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(…)
Brown, et al 2011 had 419 marathon runners complete a survey on race day. This was used to gather different data. First, the average age of men and women were 41 and 38 respectively indicating that marathon running is popular with a slightly older sports crowd. They had trained 6.8 months for this race and(…)