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Snowboarding & skiing

Bronchoconstriction: Airway problems in ski-mountaineers..

Bronchoconstriction: Airway problems in ski-mountaineers...

Sports Dental Injuries

Dental Injuries : On-the-spot tips for dealing with the fallout from a knock in the teeth

agility

Agility: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee: sport-specific drills for boosting agility

drugs in sport

Drugs in sport: From EPO to gene doping: Ron Maughan on the ceaseless quest for the undetectable magic bullet and the sterling efforts of the 'good guys' to stay ahead of the game

distance runners

Distance runners: Running is a poor man's sport: Bruce Tulloh on the inexorable decline in Northern European endurance running

drugs in sport

Drugs in sport: “Far from being unfair, drugs that enhance performance actually promote equality”

sports vision training

Sports vision - How enhancing your vision can give you that extra edge in competition

Cross-country skiing: high intensity training results in increased VO2 max levels

Cross-country skiers should opt for intensity over volume

High-altitude eating

High-altitude Eating: Follow this eating plan to stop high altitude getting you down.

Exercise-induced diarrhoea

Exercise-induced Diarrhoea

Triglycerides

Triglycerides: Putting medium-chain triglycerides in your sports drink can increase your endurance.

Sequencing in Training 2

Sequencing In Training 2: Get your training in order: how sequencing determines your overall fitness

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?

Interval Training 1

Interval Training 1: How to strike and sustain VO2max gold, and other benefits of high-quality workouts

Interval Training 2

Interval Training 2: How to strike and sustain VO2max gold, and other benefits of high-quality workouts

Longevity

Longevity: Exercise helps you to live longer, but how important is intensity?

MCTs

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.

treadmill training

Treadmill training: In mid-May, newspaper headlines trumpeted the news: treadmills are the best exercise device for individuals interested in burning calories and losing weight, beating stationary bicycles, stair machines, rowing devices, and cross-country ski machines by a whopping margin.

Conditioning

Conditioning: Next to cross-country skiing, running is the best type of fitness training for all sports.

Vitamin C & Zinc

Vitamin C & Zinc: Do these popular supplements really reduce your risk of getting a cold?

Alpine skiing training

Alpine Skiing Training: Whatever sport you take part in, it's wise to remember certain basic principles when devising a training programme.

vision in sport

Vision In Sport: A guide to improving performance by training the eyes.

Cross Training Workouts

Carbohydrate protection against muscle damage

Eating in a way that keeps your body primed for peak fitness can also reduce your risk of injury. Firstly, eating foods that will help to fend off fatigue will minimise injuries arising from tiredness and weakness. Secondly, some of the metabolic processes which can lead to muscle soreness and damage can be counteracted to a degree by dietary factors.