November 25, 2008
COMPRESSION SOCKS 101
Got varicose veins? Try compression socks/stockings - they could help you! These specialized long socks are made out of strong elastic material and fit tightly from the foot to the knee/thigh. They are helpful in dealing with certain vein problems, but could have an adverse effect of eventually affecting the leg muscles and their natural work. As an old saying goes: too much of a good thing is always a bad thing. Who should wear the compression socks? Anyone who needs them, really. From the runners to the workers of various professions performing their tasks standing, and everyone in between....
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November 18, 2008
WHAT IS A PROPER TRAINING PROGRAM?
Training is a very individual process and training programs are always very individual masterpieces. They are specific structures of volume, intensity and exercise used in training, distrubuted over days and weeks of the cycle, allowing to achive cumulitative effect at the end of the cycle in a selected direction (exercise, distance). A knowledgeable and experienced coach can skillfully lead his athlete to better performance level, better results and a longer career in sports. Majority of people however do not have the luxury of working with a coach and are left to make training decisions on their own. Obtaining a good...
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November 11, 2008
TRAINING FOR SPECIFIC DISTANCE IN RUNNING
The subject of training for specific distances in running is not as simple or "obvious" as it might seem. Preparing for a marathon? Then you should run one during training! Getting ready to do a 10K? Then it only makes sense to run 10K during training. Have an 100, 200, 800m race coming up? Keep running until you believe you're getting faster! Right? Wrong! A final goal of anyone running any race is to try to run it with a good resulting time, or faster than before. But simply running more miles will not make anybody a better or faster...
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November 04, 2008
WHAT SIZE CHAINRING TO USE?
As many other parameters of cycling that are traditionally thought to be depended on something else, the size of the chainring is also determined more by the level of your skill of riding rather than anything else. There are three main factors in cycling that separate the better cyclists from the rest of the pack: 1. Skill of movement (ability to use your bodyweight to your advantage). 2. Muscle strength and 3. Aerobic capacity. At the elite level, the latter doesn't play that big of a role because all elite cyclists have more or less similar aerobic capacity. If you...
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