September 30, 2008
4 STEPS TO SUCCESSFUL CYCLING UPHILL
Riding uphill could be what breaks or makes your race. Majority of cyclists, amateur and pro, find it to be one of the most difficult parts of riding. This task, however, can be made easier if you know precisely what you're doing. Then it becomes a question of not pure survival but the level of skill. Instead of simply hoping to make it at all, a cyclist with a correct game plan and a trained ability to execute it is looking forward to the climb because this could be a chance to break away and maybe even a ticket to...
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September 23, 2008
MORE ON PEDALING IN CYCLING
An improvement in the quality of cycling exhibited and experienced by an athlete comes partially by simply obtaining a better picture of what cycling is. Riding is not something you do to a bike, it is something you do with a bike. A combination of a rider and a bike creates an elegant system for human movement, and in a sense, the marriage of a cyclist to bicycle created the first cyborg, the original man/machine combination. Sorry to disappoint you, Mr. Terminator and Professor K. Warwick. For such a seemingly simple device, the art (or science) of riding a bicycle...
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September 16, 2008
RUNNING, JUMPING, THROWING - THE ESSENTIAL TECHNIQUES FOR MANY SPORTS
Observing training of various athletes, teams, groups, etc, it is noticeable that there is a strange tendency to focus on some essentials and to completely ignore the rest while training and practicing. It is not clear what guides some coaches and athletes to select what aspect of which technique to work on, but it is painfully clear that the fundamentals are often being completely ignored. Ever heard a coach instructing his student by saying: "Hold the ball like this, with your index finger on point and then just throw it as far as you can". WHO is going to explain...
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September 09, 2008
BREATHING IN SWIMMING
Breathing technique is part of the overall sport specific technique in any sport. That applies also to any other form of human movement. There is an optimal way to breathe during any activity, though in some it doesn't really matter, where in others it's crucial to overall performance. Breathing technique in swimming is of paramount importance because it can directly and significantly affect athletes performance. Just as with the swimming technique itself however, there is no consensus on the breathing technique for swimming. What we have are several approaches that bring in various logic behind them, and we have experiential...
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September 02, 2008
STRENGTH NEEDED IN SWIMMING
The typical thinking today is that the stronger the better, the bigger the muscles the more physical strength you have. That is not correct. Our muscles are a part of a larger mechanism, by themselves they cannot and do not produce power or showcase strength. We will write more about it in the forthcoming articles and books, in this article we'll try to give you a simple image of what you need to aim for in swimming. Swimming technique taught through the Pose Method is primarily about change of support. As your body moves through the water, your arms work...
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