Training Articles - Physiology

• The best way to develop your athlete's Energy Pathways

  Advice on the body's energy pathways and how to develop them

• Get to know your muscle fibres

  The major structural, physical, biochemical and energetic characteristics of muscles

• It is all in the shape

  An overview of the three body types - Endomorph, Mesomorph and Ectomorph

• Lactate - what is it?

  An overview of the body's energy systems and the foe of all endurance athletes - Lactic Acid

• The Truth about stretching

  A review of the research work conducted on static and dynamic stretching

• Adaptation of bone to exercise

  An explanation of how exercise is beneficial to bone development

• Pronation, Supination and choosing the right footwear

  An overview of the foot conditions, prevention and treatment of pronation and supination

• Physiology and injury prevention

  How an understanding of physiology can help keep you injury free

• How to lose fat without losing muscle

  The secret to losing fat without losing muscle starts with not being too aggressive or extreme with your reduction of carbohydrates.

• Keep Kids off of Machines!

  The reasons why we should limit the use of machine-based training with young athletes

Literature Review - Physiology

• From Ironman to iron in man
• It still holds: 'Train don't strain…'
• Real men eat fat
• Training loads and energy systems
• What is the pace for success?
• Muscling in on speed
• Anaerobic assessment and recovery
• Measuring creatine levels
• Mystery solved - why women don't feel pain!
• Amino Acids - from myth to legend
• Men and women are different!
• Aerobics energy system
• Laying down the gauntlet for women
• Cool running not inhibited by dehydration
• Have you got the stomach for endurance?
• Pound for pound - women trainable as men!
• Swim training - take your breath away!
• Ultra marathon runners are all heart
• Elite gain more endurance capacity!
• Vigorous exercise is healthy
• The appliance of science
• Getting specific
• Barriers no obstacle for women steeplechasers
• Young athletes are incomplete
• Females do not need to change their diet for endurance - just eat more carbs…
• …but for strength, the opposite may apply
• Sprinters enjoy great old age
• Marathon runners access fast twitch fibers through current practice
• Anaerobic training for pace changes
• Check your energy system training goals
• Factors affecting pulmonary oxygen uptake
• Testing for peak oxygen uptake
• Short reps do not affect muscle buffer capacity in females

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