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Peak Performance Launches Olympics 2008 Blog
Telling Non-Olympians how to do it too!
David Walliam's Endurance Swim Coach Reveals All
Endurance Training and Mental Toughness for Long Distance Swimming
Strength Training for Endurance Athletes
Endurance Strength Training - Optimising muscle mass
Strength Training Program Part 1: Competition Preparation
The best Weight Training Exercises to prepare for competition
Children participating in swimming training exhibit increased oxidative stress
Oxidative stress in swimmers
Swimmers affected by body clock
Circadian rhythms affect swimming performance
Running and Swimming compared with Rowing exercise?
Power output and lean body mass – how do rowers compare with other athletes?
Sports News: Aquatic Plyometrics
The Benefits of Aquatic Plyometrics
Triathlon Swim: Swim slower for faster triathlon times
How To Train For A Triathlon : Your complete strength and conditioning programme
Sports psychology article: Beset by 'Olympic phobia' and lacking in focus and toughness: a sport psychologist's damning verdict on the underperforming GB swim team
Triathlon swimming techniques - Drafting for triathlon swimmers
Cold weather training: what your mother forgot to tell you
Interval Training 1: How to strike and sustain VO2max gold, and other benefits of high-quality workouts
Running injury: Pity the poor runner he'll have arthritis when he's older. Or will he?
swimming stroke technique training
Swimming Stroke Technique Training: Here's an overview of the basics of technique for all strokes (plus a bit extra) and specific training needs
Sequencing In Training 1: Get your training in order: how sequencing determines your overall fitness
Quantifying Intensity: How to use heart rate to quantify your fitness training intensity.
Ginseng, which has been used as a tonic and restorative for over 5000 years in China, is one of the most popular new nutritional supplements for athletes, but research into ginseng's effects on athletic performance has yielded ambiguous results.
Personal best training program
Personal Best Training Program: Moderate starts, consistent pacing, and negative splits can carry you to new PBs.
recovery | overtraining | swimming | norepinephrine
Swimming, overtraining, recovery and norepinephrine
swimming workouts | swimming strength training
Swimming workouts & swimming strength training
Distance running & testosterone
Distance Running & Testosterone: Can distance running determine the sex of your children
Triathlon Clothing: the benefits of wearing a wetsuit
Triathletes - why a wetsuit will improve your swimming leg
These sizzling 'super sets' will have a dramatic effect on your performance
These sizzling 'super sets' will have a dramatic effect on your performance
Freestyle swimming techniques: Only the development of swimming flumes in the 1970s allowed tests to be performed which compared to those being carried out on such activities as cycling and running.
Sport By Sport Diet Guide: Whatever your sport, nutrition should be an integral part of your training and competition strategy. Although the emphasis will vary according to the activity you're involved in, there is a consensus among sports scientists on guidelines that athletes should be aiming for.
Warm-ups: Fizzy bathing makes for great warm-ups
Why MCTs alone don't work. It's important to bear in mind that the MCTs had to be ADDED to carbohydrate in order to shore up performance; the MCT-only drink produced terrible results.
Age related training - To limit the effects of time,you must choose the right workouts.
Swim Training
Deep Water Running: When your training should land you in deep water
Cross Training Workouts
nervous system | muscle performance
How to improve your performance by optimizing the functioning of your nervous system
Time-splitting and race results
Time-splitting And Race Results: If it makes sense to run the second half faster than the first, then why do the Kenyans go out so fast?
Fluid Replacement: Are sports drinks suitable for interval workouts as well?
Neural Training
Endorphins: Weight trainers miss out on the "runner's high"
All work and no play makes Jack an underperforming athlete.
Motivation: Here's how to design a self-determined training programme that will drive you to new heights
swimming pools medical hazards
A quick look at the medical hazards of swimming in pools.
Strength Training Advice: Is strength training really beneficial for endurance athletes? Here's a sport-by-sport review
Swimmers - Is Fatter Faster?
Swim-benches: Another mechanical ergogenic aid to training is the swim-bench.
Metabolising Gluttony: A prolonged workout beforehand can help to metabolise the occasional gluttony
training: how sequencing determines overall fitness 2
Get your training in order: how sequencing determines your overall fitness
Stress Fracture: One in ten of all sports injuries is a stress fracture. Here's how to break the pattern..
Australian swimming | British winning
Australian swimming inspires five tips to help produce more British medalists at Sydney 2000
Nutrition: The latest wisdom on supplements: look, listen and think - before you eat (or drink)
Tapering For Competition 1: Why fast, exponential decay beats step reduction when preparing for a peak performance
emergency training | cycling training
If you need to get into competitive shape fast, follow the example of these South African cyclists.
tapering training | endurance training
Tapering training - What exactly happens inside your body when you taper - and why you should do it more often
Genetics And Performance: Now science is getting to the long and the short of how genes influence performance
thoraric pain | shoulder injuries
Case study: a swimmer with left-sided thoracic pain and shoulder pain.
Have carbs had their day? Here's another look at the controversial (not to say notorious) Zone Diet
How a spoonful of sugar helps keep your muscle protein from going down
rugby league training | strength | power
Rugby League Training - Strength And Power: Professional Rugby League is a demanding sport, combining raw aggression and subtle playing skill in equal measure.
Lactate Threshold: 2-2 T-20: Since I first started attaching a fairly specific intensity to lactate-threshold workouts about 10 years ago, the whole idea of threshold training seems to have gained in popularity.
periodisation training techniques
Periodisation Training Techniques 2: If you want to improve your performances, you can't train the same way all the time
Exercise And Immunity: Infection and swimming performance
veronique billat | exercise research:
Veronique Billat - Exercise Research
Conditioning: Next to cross-country skiing, running is the best type of fitness training for all sports.
Training Volume: Long workouts and fast twitch muscles - a nice combination
Lateral knee pain | iliotibial band syndrome (ITBS)
Lateral knee pain: here's the syndrome that could be to blame
Exercise | Pregnancy: Is it safe to exercise when you're pregnant? Here's what science has to say
Hydration: Drink your way to winning performances: the seven secrets of hydration.
Aerobic Capacity: What makes VO2max decline so rapidly as you age - and what can you do about it?
Marathon Carbohydrates: Which works best before and during a marathon: carbs in liquid or solid form?
If you want to keep well as you get older, adopt the " use it or lose it" philosophy.
The crucial importance of paying attention
The crucial importance of paying attention (part two)
Interval Training 2: How to strike and sustain VO2max gold, and other benefits of high-quality workouts
Stored Elastic Energy: Imagine the athletes' muscles are like the rubbery part of a catapult...
stretching and the risk of injury 1
Stretching And The Risk Of Injury 1: Okay, but does stretching really lower the risk of injury? Here's what science says
Sequencing In Training 2: Get your training in order: how sequencing determines your overall fitness
Tapering And Performance: In order to be the best in whatever swimming discipline, competitive athletes and their coaches are constantly seeking new and effective methods to improve performance.
Body Composition - Fat Measurement: How Good is the 'Bod Pod'?
Blood Cholesterol Levels: Swimming sometimes gets a bad rap. Although the sport provides a fine cardiovascular workout and bolsters overall aerobic capacity, some studies have shown that regular swimming doesn't reduce - and may even increase - body fatness. Also, the effect of swimming on blood-cholesterol levels has been uncertain.
Muscle building: Squats, leg press or knee extensions - which exercise is best for the quads?
Exercise-induced Diarrhoea
Choline: Supplements of this essential compound have helped swimmers, basketball players and distance runners
Training with verve gives you extra nerve.
Post Workout Burn: After you've finished a workout, your body is not finished working.
Hand Paddles: Considerable attention has been paid to the possible advantages of using hand paddles during training.
Injury Rehab Programme: An injured sportsman is like a sick gorilla - no use and a lot of trouble. The coach has to deal with the mind as well as the body in maintaining the athlete's equilibrium.
training: how sequencing determines overall fitness 1
Get your training in order: how sequencing determines your overall fitness
If you want to improve your performance times, turn up the intensity and turn down the volume.
Sports Injury Avoidance: Like most athletes, you undoubtedly want to lower your chances of incurring an injury while participating in your favourite sport. Injuries decrease the amount of time you can spend in leisure activities, lower your fitness, downgrade competitive performances, and can lead to long-term health problems such as arthritis and/or joint stiffness.
British sports coaches | Australian sports coaches
Why blinkered British coaches have a lot to learn from Aussie champions
Why 'the curse' is often lifted for female athletes
Female and male performance times
Female and male athletes seem to respond to training in a comparable manner. As the quantity or intensity of training increases, aerobic capacity (V02max) shoots upward, body fat tends to decrease, and performance improves, regardless of gender.
Steph Cook: gold medallist. The inspiring tale of the rower who became a shooter-fencer-swimmer-rider-runner
tapering | the importance of tapering
TApering: What exactly happens inside your body when you taper - and why you should do it more often
Self-diagnosis: Your workouts can reveal what's wrong with your health.
Periodisation
How a spoonful of sugar helps keep your muscle protein from going down
fitness testing | critical swim speed
Critical Swim Speed: This reliable test of aerobic capacity is non-invasive and easy to do.
swimming techniques | swimming training
Swimming Techniques - Training: Although super-high training volumes are the rule rather than the exception for swimmers, there' s solid evidence that these heavy loads may be counter-productive.
Glycaemic Index: Things mother forgot to tell you about the glycaemic index of your food - and how it influences your training
Strength Training Routines: Is strength training really beneflcial for endurance athletes? Here's a sport-by-sport review
Eating Disorder Athletes
Mood States: High-level college swimmers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the States were studied for a research project published in 1991.
swimming related sports injuries
Swimming related sports injuries: You may think that swimmers never get hurt. If so, read on
shoulder rotator-cuff muscles exercises
Shoulder Rotator-cuff Muscles Exercises: What is the best exercise to strengthen your shoulder rotator-cuff muscles?
Creatine Effects: A man who is showing athletes how to use advances in sports nutrition to produce dramatic improvements in their performances.
triathlon training schedule | cross training
It can stop you getting injured and, who knows, might even help you to win
Training Intensity: On the threshold of something big: how intensely must you train to obtain real benefit?
Longevity: Exercise helps you to live longer, but how important is intensity?
Just how good is exercise for you? Damn good. In addition to improving your fitness and giving you more energy to carry out your everyday activities, regular exercise can limit your chances of suffering from a number of deadly - and not-so-deadly - diseases.
Alanine: Why you might expect to work out harder for longer with the help of the amino acid alanine
prehabilitation exercises | strength exercises | conditioning exercises
Prehabilitation exercises: these prehabilitation exercises will help reduce injury risk
shoulder excercises | shoulder injury prevention
Shoulder excercises and shoulder injury prevention
Questions
How can I strenghten any part of me without using weights. Like at home stuff.
I would appreciate some guidance on the best non-weight exercises for increasing the core strength of a swimmer. My son is only 12 years old and progressing nicely as a competitive swimmer.
Any athlete here has experience with Astaxanthin?
It seems this "new" carotenoid (astaxanthin) is the best for enhancing health and performance with basis on its unique properties, I need to confirm with experiences before I order some product. Tks
How does improving neuromuscular function aid performance?
I'm currently doing some P.E coursework and I know it helps, I just can't work out how...please help...:)
What are some good exercises to do for abs? I just had knee surgery?
I just had my lateral meniscus repaired and I cant swim for three months. But I'm training for a meet in Hawaii at the moment and this is a big hit on my training.
There's a lack of answers on these forums. Could the community please get involved...
can you define functional training & why is it important?
i wanted to gather all possible in formation about functional training(i.e. benefits, goal of training, factors affecting it, etc..)
Can anyone help me on a training cycle for swimming?
I need basic help on a training swimming cycle for distances 50, 100 and 200m in the pool.
I have a coach that I don't like (can't stand) to be around, how can learn to tolerate him?
How do I make lower stomach fat into abs?
I can define and shape my upper abs but anything I do doesn't define or shape my lower abs. What can I do?
How can I improve my dolphin kick for swimming?
I want to make my under water dolphin kick better, what do I do?
How can I improve my breathing for swimming?
I'm joining swimming and it gets hard for me to breathe during flip turns. What exercises should I try?
How much can I swim safely with tennis elbow, both arms?
I am a lap swimmer, swim approx. 300 miles a year, and have been swimming for 20 years. never had a problem until now. But I don't think swimming, caused the injury.
Help on achilles tendon problems?
I am 50 y.o. male, keen swimmer, do a fair bit of walking also, smoker, drinker, but fairly fit. Work offshore, and do a lot of travelling.
Who or what are elite athletes ??
I am interested in strength and conditioning and may get accredited while at university.
Lack of questions on this page...
Why is nobody asking any more questions ?? Nobody knows everything, so get on here and learn from others. Okay I will start the ball rolling...
Swimming freestyle's substyles
It was a surprise when I started reading about freestyle for triathlon. It seems there is a mystery in swimming learning, specially for non-skilled beginners.
Why do my ankles hurt when swimming?
I'm a beginner swimmer. I know that I need to take lessons but in the meantime I just enjoy doing my laps;however, I've noticed in the past 3 weeks that my ankles hurt when I swim and afterwards.
Swimming drills won't improve your swimming?
Coaches have always used drills to teach swimming mechanics, like body positioning, gliding and neutral balance drills.
Kids age for competitive cycling and distance running?
Hey, I have a 7 years boy, I read that cycling and distance running (aerobic endurance) are not early specialization sports (contrary to swimming), although skills and physical literacy are worked ear
Any fast and effective ways to lose bodyfat?
I'm not afraid to work hard guys, all round I am pretty fit & quick but i would like to drop some bodyfat. Thank's to those who replied to my previous question they all helped me a lot. Cheers!
Total immersion and Pose swimming (triathlon).
Frankly, I am not a swimmer, and as beginner (29min in 1500meters) I want to do a good lap rather than mileage.
Anyone here have read the book of Dr Romanov for Triathlon? It seems interesting. Please comments about.
How to work out a subject's VO2 max...
Does anyone know of a more suitable equation for working out a person's VO2 max ??
How many hours of triathlon training should I do?
I am a serious wanna-be triathlete, and I want to become the best I can become.
I am 47 years old, & have recently started to train again, for weight loss & general good health. I am interested in an easy Circuit that I can do at home.
What are the major muscles in the freestyle swimming stroke
I have been trying to look on the internet for information relating to muscles used in freestyle stoke and what action they cause
I want to strengthen my legs but I have no equipment, any suggestions?
What do you think of the Peak Performance Premium area? (!)
As the main provider of information in this area, I'd like to find out what you think about the videos and the articles in particular.
I injured my shoulder 10 weeks ago...more than a strain?
I injured my shoulder 10 weeks ago, reaching backward to pull open a stuck door. I didn't go to the doctor right away, because it seemed just sore/strained.
What does "Whey Protein" do for you?
I know people who out it in fruit smoothies or energy drinks, but wat is it and what does it do?
'm 25 yrs woman.. am I too Old to get into training?!
I am 25 yr old woman, have always been into sport since school.., always enjoyed it but being from India, never had very good resources for training(other than cricket of course) plus women and sport
Effect of gender stereotypes on sporting goals/achievements?
any thoughts towards this topic? do you know of any articles i can read up on? thanks so much for your time
As a teenager would they affect your hormones?
What is the latest training Fad and does it actually work. Im really interested in the ones that do.
How do I improve my fitness fast?
I need to improve my fitness asap......
Has anyone had experience of training to swim under water for distance? I heard it helps develop your cardiovascular system (If you don't black out).
How much can I swim with a Tennis Elbow?
Been swimming since age 7,Competitive - short & long distance swims, was on the National Swimming, diving & waterpolo team for most of my School and highschool years.Had to stop swimming after marriag
When should a triathlete travel before a sea level race?
We live and train in Mexico city at 2300 meters above sea level. I have received conflicting evidence regarding travelling to sea level races.
I have dificulty shaping the lower part of my stomach. What exercise can I do to reach that area.
What can you do in an overtrained state to remedy the position?!
I am 27 and compete in many sports and train with weights additonally and have done from a young age. I do have an addictive requirement to exercise hard and compete, often 'pushing through'.
How do you tell if you have shin splints. I have a pain in my left leg above my ankle, but I don't know what it is.
How do I loosen my hamstrings?
I have really tight ham strings and it affects me physically. What is a good stretch or exercise that will help me to loosen them.
Why in distance/swimming training do swimmers work on breath holding?
I am relatively new to swimming and have stumbled on workouts that include breath holding.
Masters training near Rugby....
Does anyone know of a masters training group around Rugby? I know that there is a tri club in Rugby but I am more interested ina pecific group for those near to, or over, 50 specifically. Grumpy
Incorporating swimming into weekly triathlon training....
Help!!! I hate indoor pools and it is too cold to do any open water training at the moment. Does anyone have a more interesting swim training plan other than up and down, up and down.....?
Are the eas myplex drinks good?
is eas myoplex good for your body does it have any side effects any one tried it yet?
Strength training for Swimmers
My son 14 and his peer group are all top Swimmers and Surf Life Savers. I want to help them with a simple resistance and strength training program that will improve their performance.
Im a 13 boy and im 13st and 5"7. Is there A way to lose weight without dieting?
How long and what yardage should a high school swimmer taper?
The high school swim team averages 4000 - 5000 per day six days a week. The end of the season consists of sectional, district and state competitions. There is one week between meets.
Des resting heart rate affect your performance?
i am a 22 year old male having played soccer my whole life, my resting heart rate is about 68 beats per minute, this is quite high compared to other elite athletes, would this affect my performance, c
What should I do if my nose-clips keep falling off?
I've recently brought a new nose-clip to help my underwater dolphin kicking - what should I do if it is too big and it keeps on falling off. I checked and there isn't much to do with sizes.
uses the the entire lower body, to what extent does it work the hamstrings and calves?
What is the right diet and exercises for swimming
I am asking this question on behalf of my 9 year old son. He has won regional level championships in Maharashtra, India. He wants to improve his performance. We are vegetarian, but take egg.
Should I weight train to lose weight?
I run, swim and cycle (doing at least one or a combination of the three each day for at least 1 hour per day). I also do weight training 1-2 times per week.
How do you condition fast twitch fibres?
I hear that is what makes you faster. This is because I am looking to get a faster time in my 100m and 200m
Opinion. If you could only do one aerobic exercise, which would it be?
Facts are lovely. Which one provides the best overall benefits?
I am a 39 year old 800m / 1500m runner. I took up running in my early 30`s and have settled on running middle distance for the Veterans (Masters) team for my local club.
Has anyone dealt with vocal fold dysfunction in a swimmer
My daughter, a competitive swimmer, has developed vocal fold dysfunction.
How to increase performance in your sport?
Pre & post regimes.
Comparison charts for 1 minute of sit ups, push ups and press-ups?
Does anyone have charts for adults performing 1 minute of sit-ups, push-ups and press-ups?
What is the best diet for a football player before and after a match?
I am an amateur footballer but try my hardest and want to achieve what i can at this level and need to do whatever i can for optimum performance eg best training best diet best lifestyle.
How can I reduce chronic hard muscle after exercise?
I am 43 year old male, 150lbs, and 5'11".
what do you do to heal hip flexor injury?
I am a very serious competitive swimmer. I injured my left hip flexor six weeks ago and i keep aggravating it in small ways and its not going away.
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