March 31, 2009
DOMS 101
DOMS, aka Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness syndrome, normally appears 12 to 48 hours after exercising and is characterized by tenderness and stiffness of muscles, as well as pain in the affected areas. It is not sport/activity specific, nor is it limb specific. It can happen to an athlete of any level participating in any sport, or non athlete. Weight lifters, rowers, gymnasts, runners, jumpers, swimmers - everybody is at risk. DOMS is tradionally associated with accumulation of lactic acid in muscles, which is not correct, and it has been confirmed by a number of latest studies (references available upon request)....
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March 24, 2009
BREATHING IN TRIATHLON SWIMMING
Breathing in triathlon swimming is different from any other type of swimming for two major reasons - 1. nowhere else will you go head to head with hundreds of other athletes and 2. do that in an open water. How hectic can a swim start get? Let's put it that way. A stronger swimmer that happens to be behind you will swim right over you if he has to. You might and most likely will get hit by someone’s hands flying through the air. You might get a bruise or two, ingest some seawater and get pushed around a bit....
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March 17, 2009
SWIMMING TECHNIQUE: PERCEPTION OF BODYWEIGHT
Anybody can learn to swim better. First step? Drills. Dryland drills to be precise. Dry land is our natural habitat and this is where we can comfortably learn one of the most important things in movement of human body - perception of body weight. It is as important in swimming as in running and other sports. Why do we need to learn the perception of our body weight (not to be confused with body mass)? Because in the gravity controlled environment like ours, movement is nothing but change of support. And he who can change support better than others will...
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March 10, 2009
DEVELOP YOUR PERCEPTIONS TO DEVELOP YOUR ATHLETIC ABILITIES
There are three main components of development of higher level athletic abilities: 1. Improving your body physically, 2. Improving your perception and 3. Improving your skill level. Everything else either falls under these three categories or is a "side effect" of development of all or any of the three. All three are very interconnected and are very important, but nothing is as powerful and significant as perception. A slight change in perception can change everything. In running, Bannister's famous Mile run in under 4 minutes (3 min 59.4 s) is one of the most famous examples of breaking barriers by...
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March 03, 2009
KNEE INJURIES IN GOLF
After posting of today's segment, this latest article was discovered. "Tiger has admitted to Golf Digest that the injury first occurred when he partook in "X-Games-style" activities as a boy growing up in SoCal". Golf looks like a very laid back type of game and it is indeed a lot less demanding than, say, running. While it is still somewhat physical, people normally do not expect to incur serious knee injuries that lead to surgeries. According to the Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine and Science, "there has been an increase in sports related injuries, particularly to the lower limbs". Rupture of...
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