Coach Robb’s Swim Drills: Body Balance

Coach Robb (coachrobb.com) illustrates some drills that you need to implement into your swim workout to avoid your hips dropping in between every stroke. Once you implement these drills, you will avoid the sinking hips syndrome and improve your efficiency in the water immediately (as illustrated by a lower stroke count with less effort). To order the second edition of his popular swim workout manual, please send an email to robb3@earthlink.net and put in promo code YTV1A in the subject line to save 50% off the normal price of .00 for this manual. This manual will instruct you on how to swim with little effort, minimize your risk of injury and provide you specific workouts to help you achieve your personal training goals – from weight loss & fitness to fast swimming for open water swimming in a triathlon.

Coach Robb’s Swim Drills: Getting Tall In The Water

Coach Robb (coachrobb.com) illustrates the law of hydrodynamics and a few drills that you can do to improve your body position in the water in between your swimming strokes. Remember, it is about how well you maintain your momentum in between strokes that allows you to move through the water. Once you master this concept, you will be more productive at establishing body balance (and avoid the sinking hip syndrome). To order the second edition of his popular swim workout manual, please send an email to robb3@earthlink.net and put in promo code YTV3A in the subject line to save 50% off the normal price of .00 for this manual. This manual will instruct you on how to swim with little effort, minimize your risk of injury and provide you specific workouts to help you achieve your personal training goals – from weight loss & fitness to fast swimming for open water swimming in a triathlon.

Coach Robb’s Swim Drills: Breathing Made Easy

Coach Robb (coachrobb.com) illustrates drills in the pool that you can implement into your swimming sessions to improve your ability to breathe without losing your body balance/body position in the water. To order the second edition of his popular swim workout manual, please send an email to robb3@earthlink.net and put in promo code YTV4A in the subject line to save 50% off the normal price of .00 for this manual. This manual will instruct you on how to swim with little effort, minimize your risk of injury and provide you specific workouts to help you achieve your personal training goals – from weight loss & fitness to fast swimming for open water swimming in a triathlon.

Accenture Triathlon: Pursing High Performance

Accenture salutes triathlons everywhere for their dedication and mastery of multiple skills and highlights its commitment to the sport with our technology and volunteerism.

Triathlon Transition Area Tips -Barb Lindquist and Accenture

Barb Lindquist, world-leading triathlete, shares her techniques for mastering Triathlon transition areas

Running Raw: Deep Vein Thrombosis

In this episode of the Running Raw Project: As Tim gets ready to head to the National Mtn. Running Championships in NH, he does a little research on the effects of flying on athletic performance.

Running Raw: Sears Tower Stair Climb 11/11/07

In this episode of the Running Raw Project: Tim hopes to keep his winning streak alive as he takes on the tallest building in North America – The Sears Tower. The race climbs 103 floors and 2109 steps up the stairwell of Chicago’s most famous building.

Rain Jackets

Rain jackets are the garments that offer the highest level of performance in the rain. These jackets are designed for severe wet weather conditions and can also prove versatile on cold days. Rain jackets are for all; men and women, young and old. These jackets are available in a wide variety of colors like red, brown, black, blue, cream and grey, and have distinct patterns. Sizes for all body types are easy to find and fit perfectly.

How would you like a jacket that would work as both water proof as well as a wind jacket?  These jackets have thermal insulated coating on the underneath which prevents the loss of heat in cold weather. Rain jackets are light weight, durable and easily packable. They are also very comforting while traveling.

If you are looking for a rain jacket, look for a garment that is either water proof or water resistant. Waterproof fabric should be able to seal or tape the garment so that no water leaks in through small perforations made during construction of apparel. In place of water proof fabric a water resistant material can also be selected because they have a hydro-phobic coating on the fabric that resists water.

Criteria other than waterproofing and water resistant that one should look for in a jacket are that they should be breathable and have moisture management. These qualities are achieved when ventilation is provided in the garment. Rain jackets available in the market today are made from three kinds of materials: PVC (Poly vinyl), coated fabrics and laminated fabrics. All these fabrics are waterproof however PVC is the only fabric that is not breathable as compared to the other two.

Some of the special features that will be seen in rain jackets are fleeced lined collar which are not only soft but also comfortable and have the ability to absorb moisture, shock cords to allow adjustment of waist girth, wind flaps or storm flaps to prevent air and water blowing on face, hoods to save head from wetting and pockets to keep important stuff that needs to be saved from rain.

John smith is the owner of Australian Sporting Groupand it has been operating from few years.His indoor sports centre is mainly used for specialised Cricket training, coaching and matches and also manufacturers and exporters of clothing.

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What about Caffeine and Athletes

By Stephanie Nunes, RD

There is much confusion on the health effects of caffeine. I am going to address specific topics that may be of interest to athletes: Dehydration, Bone Health, Sports Performance, Cancer, and Heart Disease.

Extensive research has been conducted on the health effects and safety of caffeine consumption and the general consensus appears to be that moderate caffeine consumption (approximately 300mg/day) is safe. It is estimated that the average daily caffeine consumption among Americans is 280mg/day.

 

A Few Common Sources of Caffeine
Source	Caffeine
8 oz Brewed Coffee	135 mg
1 oz Expresso	30-50 mg
8 oz Green Tea	25-40 mg
8 oz Black Tea	40-70 mg
12 oz Coca-Cola	34.5 mg
12 oz Diet Coke	46.5 mg
12 oz Mountain dew	55.5 mg
SoBe No Fear	158 mg
1.45 oz Sweet chocolate bar	27 mg
Exedrin	65 mg

Dehydration

Researchers used to believe that caffeinated beverages had a diuretic effect and caused dehydration. Recent research now shows that coffee, tea, and other caffeine-containing beverages do not affect hydration status on those who are already accustomed to consuming caffeine. Caffeine only has a diuretic effect if you consume large amounts of it (500-600 mg/day).

My advice: Enjoy your favorite caffeinated beverage while continuing to focus on maintaining proper hydration with fluids such as water, juices, sports drinks, etc.

Bone Health Research has shown that caffeine is not a significant risk factor for poor bone health when adequate calcium is consumed.

My Advice: Include at least 2 servings of calcium rich foods daily and add milk to your coffee or tea (my favorite is a non-fat mocha!)

Sports Performance

Early researchers thought caffeine's benefit on sports performance was linked to its ability to spare muscle glycogen and increase fatty acid metabolism. Now the current thinking is that the positive effects of caffeine have more to do with "mental energy". Studies on sports performance have shown that caffeine had a 24% improvement in endurance performance and 4% improvement in strength performance. The quantity used which showed the biggest improvement was 6 mg/kg body weight. Less than 3 mg/kg showed a smaller improvement or no improvement at all. It is also thought by some that the amount of caffeine needed for sports performance depends partly on "caffeine sensitivity".

Additional Note: Substances in coffee and tea can interfere with iron absorption.

My Advice: If you suffer from anemia, do not drink tea or coffee with your meals or within one hour after. The best advice would be to drink them an hour before eating. If you don't usually use caffeine but want to try it for sports performance, watch for stomach distress.

Cancer

The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) recently released an article, "The Truth about Caffeine and Cancer". The AICR stated that coffee is no longer associated with increased cancer risk. In fact, "because it contains antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds, coffee may actually boost health and possibly reduce cancer risk." Tea continues to show cancer combating benefits, especially green tea.

Heart Disease

Recent research has shown no relationship between caffeine ingestion and heart disease. However, there can be exceptions to this rule in that some may react differently to caffeine than others.

My Advice: Check with your physician if you are experiencing elevated blood pressure or arrhythmias.

Summary:

Caffeine beverages can be worked into an athletes meal plan as long as you pay attention to overall daily hydration, continue to eat/drink the recommended calcium products, and follow an overall balanced meal plan that meets your sports- specific nutrient needs.
 

 

Stephanie Nunes is a Registered Dietitian and runner residing in San Luis Obispo, California. Her private practice is "Rock Solid Nutrition" and she provides individual counseling, on-line counseling, lectures or presentations for specific groups, and nutrition related articles. If you would like to contact Stephanie for any of these services, her e-mail address is Rocksolidnutrition@sbcglobal.net.