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The 'Did you know' section in Your Personal Trainer issue 2, states that you should stretch BEFORE and after exercise. This is a direct contradiction to 1) The latest research 2) What UK Athletics are telling us coaches 3) What it says in your 'Flexibility special' Please explain! (Refer to answer here)
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I am a 62 yr old 6. 1 and 87 kilos living in southern Spain, my passion is cycling , i have the book the clothes and footwear but no strength in my legs when it comes to hills , i frequently get assisted by my spanish clubmates to get up them, i ride about 250 ks a week carrying out trg what else can i do to increase my strength as i miss out so much when i get dropped from the peleton and end up on my own Again...Danny O'Dell (Refer to answer here)
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I have recently bought a treadmill. I am running on it for 30 minutes a day. At present, I am not quite sure what warm up and cool down exercises I should be doing. Can you advise me? Thanks (Refer to answer here)
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Hi, I was interested in your reply regarding dynamic stretching and am putting together a suitable warm up for a netball team and would like some ideas on specific dynamic stretches for netball. Thanks (Refer to answer here)
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I am a coach for a youth team teenagers and am having some problems with their attitude, and am finding that I am loosing their interest - can you help? (Refer to answer here)
- I have begun to coach an adult netball team and would like them to work out twice a week. I have a complete range of ages and abilities from one who runs marathons to one who does very little at all except the netball match! I have been giving them about half an hour before a match with simple basic warm up and netball exercises which seems fine; the second session I have started jog/walking with some strength exercises to build up stamina/strength but I would like to give them something for the third session to build up a bit more. Can you offer any suggestions on this (and either of the other sessions) please bearing in mind all the variables of age, ability, strengths etc All of these sessions are outdoors as none of us belong to the same gym. We use free weights, skipping ropes and a few exercise stations that are available in our local park? Monkey bars; step up blocks; press up bars at 3 levels and pull up bars.(Refer to answer here
- I am fourteen and I am a swimmer. At my swimming club we only swim and we don't do any land training. I started training at the beginning of the season like everyone else but I have not been able to improve my times for two seasons in a row. I have fallen behind in my age group because swimmers who are at the top of my age group do some form of land training. My coach does not believe in doing other sports or any training outside the pool to improve. I would like to increase my strength and endurance for swimming but I don't know what exercises are best for swimming. Please point me in the right direction.(Refer to answer here)
