by timeadmin | Apr 22, 2011 | Featured, TheABC
The Great VO2 max Myth – I often receive telephone calls from runners wanting to know if it would be possible to measure their VO2 max. The Great VO2 max Myth My standard answer is something along the lines that it is, indeed, possible. VO2 max measured However,...
by timeadmin | Apr 22, 2011 | Featured, TheABC
This article; Lactic acid and running: myths, legends and reality by Doctor Andrew Bosch Most runners still believe that lactic acid is released during hard or unaccustomed exercise and that this is what limits running performance, as well as being the cause of...
by admin | Apr 22, 2011 | Featured, TheABC
Historically, the understanding has been that runners collapse (often at the end of races) due to dehydration. This is popularly thought to be more likely when the environmental temperature is high and dehydration more severe. The term heat exhaustion has been used to...
by timeadmin | Apr 21, 2011 | Featured, TheABC
Lactic acid build-up is the cause of post hard-run stiffness ……. Wrong! Most runners believe that the stiffness and muscle pain felt after a marathon or hard run is caused by lactic acid. While this was believed correct some decades ago, we now know that lactic acid,...
by theed | Apr 21, 2011 | Featured, Strength
Weight Training has become a significant component in the everyday runner’s weekly schedule. It is no longer reserved for elite athletes only. Here we list some of the benefits of weight training. Top 18 Benefits of Weight Training 1. Weight training tones your...
by admin | Apr 19, 2011 | Featured, News
The great Norwegian Athlete Grete Waitz has died after fighting her battle against cancer. Just like her great friend Fred Lebouw, the founder of the New York City Marathon, Waitz succumbed to the scourge of cancer.Waitz was a 9 time winner of the New York City...
