10 Things Endurance Athletes Need to Stop Doing. There is a lot that goes with endurance sports training. From the training itself to proper nutrition, good sleep and other aspects, the list of things to be done seems endless. However, there are also things you may be doing that are detrimental to your success. The following 10 items are 1. Stop Ignoring Recovery What you eat, how much you sleep, the beers, it all affects you. 2. Instead, focus on what workouts YOU need. 3.
When life gets stressful, skipping workouts because you're not in the mood only brings about more stress and frustration with training and lack of results. 4. What you eat affects your recovery. 5. If it really mattered, the athlete who did the most volume would win every race. 6. The body responds best to variance in training. 7. The older you are, and the higher your goals, the more they matter. 8.
You use technology in nearly every aspect of your life, from your iPhone/Android to your laptop and software at your job or at home. 9. You need to get training right. Confessions of an Anorexic Runner. There are a lot of words I could use to describe what recovering from an eating disorder looks like. Most of them would include explicit content not suitable for most audiences. Eating disorders are very prevalent in the running community, but not often talked about. Sure, after someone has recovered, they occasionally blog about their success story, but I have found that many of the raw details have been left out.
When approached to write about this topic, I wanted to wait until I felt like I was fully recovered to tell my story. After some thinking, I determined it would be more beneficial to tell you what an eating disorder looks like right here, right now. I have made progress forward on the road to recovery, but “recovered” is a word I cannot yet use. How it Started – Year 1 At the end of my sophomore year of college, I headed into summer deciding that restricting food would help me lose weight and run faster. Aside from decreasing food intake, I increased my mileage. Not really. Sport Science Infographics by @YLMSportScience. 50 Best Running Books of all Time: Motivation, Training, Nutrition ~ Runner training for life. Train smart, eat well, & enjoy the run! — P. Mark Taylor 8 small words encompass everything there really is to know about running…but let’s be honest we love the details!
We love to talk about our rave runs, blistered toes, what to eat and why. Luckily the running boom has also meant a growth in wonderful books about the sport. While I certainly read a ton of running bloggers and love my Runner’s World magazine, sometimes you need more. You need a beautiful story or a plan or meal and that’s why I’ve cultivated a list of the top 50 books for runners. Following are some of my must reads for any runner from those just beginning to those who’ve been pounding out the miles for many years! STORIES THAT MOTIVAE Following are true stories or biographies of runners that will inspire you to push your own limits...yes many are tales of doing things we may never dare like running across the country or even 200 miles, but it's the moments they go through that make you believe you can do more. Gluteal Retraining in Runners: The Missing Link? | Athletes Training Athletes :: Blog.
I seem to constantly be talking about the importance of looking ‘further up the kinetic chain’ when it comes to getting runners to consider their physical preparation to run. We know that many of the common running injuries affect the knees, lower legs foot and ankle. However, what is coming more and more evident is the extent to which movement at the hips play an important role in determining whether or not an athlete gets injured when running training load increases.
For example recent research has indicated that proximal control is an important factor in Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome, aka Runner’s Knee. Check out this podcast with Brad Neal for more info about recent research in this area. This will almost certainly not be the first time you’ve heard it… training the abductors and external rotators of the hip (gluteal complex) is an important area, not to be overlooked for runners and triathletes of all types. Gluteal Pre-activation: Two examples of such exercises: Gait Retraining: Vegetarian athletes: Q&A with JB. By John Berardi, Ph.D. Here at PN, we like to think our programs work for a wide variety of eaters. Indeed, the PN System isn’t a one-size-fits-all plan. It’s a set of concepts, principles, tools, and strategies that can be quickly and easily individualized to help you reach your goals, whatever they might be. For some of you, the goal is to become a successful plant-based eater.
Now, there’s a big difference between up and deciding that you’re going to avoid eating meat and actually doing the plant-based thing right. That’s why I did my own plant-based experiment a few months back. My own plant-based experiment Sure, I like my clinical research as much as the next nutrition geek. JB goes vegetarian - exactly what I did and Omnivore, vegetarian, flexitarian - what can we learn from each Meat: Good for us or disease waiting to happen? The Tim Ferriss interview Challenge 1: Calories Sport. Need advice? Ask our expert Physiotherapists | Nuffield Health. This site uses some unobtrusive cookies to store information on your computer.
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To control third party cookies, you can also adjust your browser settings. By using our site you accept the terms of our Privacy Policy. (One cookie will be set to store your preference) (Ticking this sets a cookie to hide this popup if you then hit close. About this tool About Cookie Control. Runner's World UK. Physiotherapy Ankle and Foot Ax - Physio Wizz. The Foot and Ankle Assessment is vital in the diagnosis of lower limb pain. The common saying “No foot no horse” in the veterinary world can be applied to humans. Foot and ankle pain can be particularly debilitating and its sometimes difficult to protect and rest due to its role it weight bearing. Any assessment should include a thorough subjective and objective examination with use of special tests to aid differential diagnosis. The best way to learn good assessment skills is through hands on practice and watching experts. Useful tip ”One way to get better at assessing is by practicing.
Areas to focus on: CommunicationQuestion askingHand holdsProfessionalism This page includes: Subjective Ax, objective Ax, Passive ROM, Active ROM, Strength Tests, Special tests, Differential Diagnosis. The subjective examination aims to gain valuable information on how the symptoms have come about and what is causing them. Knowing the history gives clues as to the structures affected. Plantar fasciitis. Tibialis Posterior Strengthening Exercises. Unresisted Movement Through Range Depending on your injury, in the initial stages of your treatment and rehabilitation, your Physio may well prescribe non-weight bearing, unresisted range of motion exercises, such as that in the video below. These help to develop strength and pain free range of motion into inversion and eversion in particular.
Resisted Movement Through Range As your treatment progresses, resistance exercises further help to build strength and stimulate the healing process of the Tib.Post. tendon. Using a resistance band as per the video below particularly helps to build crucial eccentric strength. Weight Bearing Proprioception The next progression adds the important weight bearing and proprioceptive elements. Dynamic Weight Bearing Proprioception As a progression to the above exercise, we now add more dynamic movement from the upperbody, while still in single limb stance. Heel Raise with Inversion Here’s another weight bearing exercise to build strength in Tibialis Posterior. Why I don't buy the idea that "trigger points" are in muscle. Image from Rempel D, Lundborg G, Dahlin L 1999 We've all heard of trigger points, right?
Those things that hurt when you press on them or when someone else presses on them. Right? So far, so good. They are spots, or points, fair enough; and they hurt when provoked, i.e., they "trigger" discomfort. I can accept all this so far. It all gets rather smushed together, this (ectodermal) phenomenon called "pain" being generated somehow, then "felt" or perceived as being associated with some (mesodermal) part of the body, with a motor deficit or malfunction of some sort, such that when a certain movement is attempted it is thwarted by a pain signal.
Now, why in the first place trigger points were ever blamed on muscle is probably, in retrospect, just sloppy, convenient, heuristic thinking. THE ANATOMY First of all, supposed "trigger points" are found/discerned/their existence implied from outside a patient by another person poking at them. 1. a huge amount of neural structure, i.e. 3. 1. #BelieveToAchieve.
I am a huge believer in positive thinking and the power of quotes to help people achieve their goals. I reguarly post #BelieveToAchieve quotes on my twitter account, but here are some of my favorites:"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone" Neale Donald Walsch"It always seems impossible until its done" Nelson Mandela "Miracles start to happen when you give as much energy to your dreams as you do your fears" Richard Wilkins"It doesn't matter how you get knocked down,that is going to happen. All that matters is that you get back up" Ben Affleck "Decide what you want ... believe you can have it, believe you deserve it, believe it's possible for you" Rhonda Byrne "History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. " MOTIVATION | Phil Learney. Just a brief blog post as I wanted to put down a few general things that have either been cemented through 2012 or a few things I've learned.
Almost ALL of my fat loss clients, athletes, bodybuilders, physique, bikini and figure competitors I've dealt with in 2012 all ate insufficient calories in the onset of diets. Metabolic rate needs ... PoP Athletes @ Work Archives - ThePoP. How world class athletes can take drugs... and get away with it. By Nick Harris Published: 21:11 GMT, 24 August 2013 | Updated: 21:11 GMT, 24 August 2013 Eight of the most explosively gifted sprinters in the world are settling into their blocks on the start line of the 100m final at a major championship.
The tension is almost unbearable; the rewards for success are huge. To the spectators in the stadium and millions of fans watching on TV around the world, it is a spectacle without equal in sport. But what very few of them will even suspect is that it is statistically likely that at least one of those runners will have a genetic make-up allowing him to take performance-enhancing steroids for his entire career — and never fail a drug test. Science fiction? The race that shocked the world: Ben Johnson won the 100m final at the Seoul Olympics but failed a drugs test and was stripped of the title Now imagine the starting blocks of a swimming final at a significant international event in Asia — the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, for example. Athletes Training Athletes :: Home.
A Word On Nutrition. The After-life...a guest-post from Jo Mersh. I was a World Championship Bronze medallist, a former British Record Holder, ex-adidas pin-up girl, and I even performed my own songs on stage to Lord Coe and Daley Thompson. I Modeled for Stella McCartney, and played football with David Beckham. My name was Jo Fenn and I was a somebody. But 16 years after beginning a career in track and field, it all came crashing down... The after-life My career in track and field started when I was 14 and ended when I was 30. I say ended because it was taken from me...in spectacular Liam Neeson fashion. I didn’t choose to end it, it chose to end me. How many walk away and do the dumping? Last month, I met some recently retired athletes in a Shoreditch roof top garden. One of the athletes - an innovator in a new sports venture - has moved out of her home city to set up in London because she feels there are more opportunities and like-minded people.
Both former athletes realize that they need to get out there and make it happen. So what went wrong?? Perhaps... Body Shop: Fix Muscle Imbalances. Move Those Hips! Physio Edge – giving Physiotherapists an edge in the clinic. Injury. Ask The Physio — Common running injuries and how to treat and prevent them. Nutrition - Common Nutrition Issues – Runnerslife – The Home for athletes of all calibres. Published on by A Word on Nutrition Fitting in the fuel A poorly planned diet or one that places too much emphasis on protein rich or high fat food choices will result in inadequate repletion of muscle glycogen stores. This may have a negative impact on training performance and recovery, especially if this period of inadequate refueling goes on for long periods of time.
Your carbohydrate intake should reflect your daily training load i.e. more for harder training days, less on easy or recovery days. A useful strategy is to establish a dietary routine that emphasises nutrient dense carbohydrate rich foods that meets the fuel demands on an easy training day. Excellent foods include brown rice, wholegrain bread, pasta, quinoa, couscous, lentils, starchy vegetables, cereal and beans. On heavier loading days, where fuel requirements are increased, additional carbohydrate rich foods can be orientated around training to enhance performance during or recovery after the session.
Optimising recovery. Strength training for youth | JMR Sports Performance (John Radnor) I have a great interest in youth training. I think this was almost forced upon me having Rhodri Lloyd as my supervisor at Uni for 3 years! However, I have grown to really enjoy this area of S&C, with all my previous work being predominantly with young athletes. I feel that you can get so much out of seeing youngsters develop over time, not only as athletes, but as people as well. Over the last year I have understood that training youth is completely different to training adults. Nevertheless, a number of S&C coaches still don’t understand this, with many still believing that strength training for youth is dangerous.
I had a chat with one of the trainers at a local gym yesterday. 1. A major concern in resistance training for young athletes is that it will damage the epiphyseal growth plate. 2. An adult based resistance training program is not suitable for children. 3. 4. 5. We are currently living in a society dominated by obese youngsters. 6. 7. 8. 9. Like this: Like Loading... 2013 the year of adventures and fun times | Gemma Hillier. Choosing the Right Running Shoes: A Look at How Trainers Affect Training and Running Performance. Recovery Series Part 6 – Massage. Ask The Physio — What not to do when injured. Ankle Mobility Exercises to Improve Dorsiflexion. Muscle Cramps during Exercise-Is It Fatigue or Electrolyte D... : Current Sports Medicine Reports. HallisseyC: Sleep is for winners. Jerseytouchcouk.ipage.com/uploads/2/9/3/2/2932124/nutrition_mistakes.pdf.
Welcome to the Sports Podiatry Info Blog! | Ian Griffiths Sports Podiatry. Hip strength and running form: Role of hip drop in running injuries.