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Veteran athletes can have unique sports questions. What are common osteoarthritis symptoms? What are good workout routines for knee injuries? What’s there to do about running and shin pain? These articles handle nutrition tips, how to deal with periodisation, and much more… To browse our library of free sports training articles, browse using the categories on the left or use the search box.

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Speed training for veterans: how to combat the decline of speed and power

Speed development for master athletes

Master training: the importance of maintaining strength and power

Training for master athletes: plyometrics, explosive and maximal strength training

Rowing Training for Veterans

Masters rowing – don’t fear the reaper!

osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis: What happens when you hang up your sports kit - for good?

knee injuries women

Women's knee injuries

female athlete triad

Female athlete triad: Most elite athletes at risk of 'triad'

speed | age | sprint training

Speed and age - The bad news is that speed declines with age; the good news is that you can arrest, even reverse, this degenerative process

degenerative joints | veteran athletes

Degenerative joints - The best foods and supplements to protect your joints from age-related degeneration

distance running veterans

Distance running veterans - Is ageing inevitable - or simply the result of 'detraining'?

fitness and brain power

Fitness and brain power - How fitness protects the ageing brain

fitness and memory

Fitness and memory - How fitness improves memory in mid-life

power | endurance | veterans

Power v endurance: what goes first in the ageing stakes?

scientific training | marathon training

Scientific training: How one former couch potato found a talent and then called on the appliance of science to become an elite performer

Bone Maintenance in Older Runners

Bone Maintenance in Older Runners

Ageing in sport: can creatine prevent muscle reduction?

Research suggests creatine can improve an ageing athlete's performance

VO2 Max: can veteran athletes prevent a decline in aerobic capacity?

The role of aerobic exercise in the veteran endurance athlete

strength-training for mature athletes | prediction equations

Strength-training For Mature Athletes: Using prediction equations to determine 1RM for strength-training older adults

Strength and endurance

Strength And Endurance

Age and fat

Age And Fat: As you get older, do you have to get fatter?

Dhea Danger | Dhea Benefits | Dhea

Dhea Danger And Dhea Benefits: Is DHEA really, as some suggest, the fountain of youth in a bottle?

Veteran runners, foot speed

Veteran Runners: improve your foot speed

Humidity | performance

Humidity and Performance

personal bests

Personal Bests: These are the changes to concentrate on if you want to produce more PBs.

Report on blood lactate 2

Report On Blood Lactate 2: Things your mother forgot to tell you about blood lactate

shin pain

Shin Pain Case study: a veteran runner with shin pain.

Age and exercise 1

Age And Exercise: Just a few years ago, exercise experts were certain about one thing: once endurance athletes reached the age of 35, there was no turning back. At 35, aerobic capacity began a steady decline, slow at first, but picking up momentum once athletes reached their mid-forties and then plunging out of control at about the age of 60. It was believed that very little could be done to alter this unremitting loss of fitness

Age and exercise 2

Age And Exercise: Just a few years ago, exercise experts were certain about one thing: once endurance athletes reached the age of 35, there was no turning back. At 35, aerobic capacity began a steady decline, slow at first, but picking up momentum once athletes reached their mid-forties and then plunging out of control at about the age of 60. It was believed that very little could be done to alter this unremitting loss of fitness

Age related training

Age related training - To limit the effects of time,you must choose the right workouts.

Personal experience: longevity

" I am now running, at 59, the sort of times I was running as a 19-year-old National Serviceman" .

Bone density and muscle mass

For endurance athletes, two of the key problems associated with getting older are a gradual decline in muscle mass and a potential loss of bone density. The missing muscle makes it more difficult to run, cycle or swim powerfully, and the shrinking bones increase the likelihood of injury and osteoporosis.

Aerobic training

Do the young respond more effectively to aerobic training? Don't you believe it. We hear it all the time: old people can't respond to training as young people do.

Skin creams

Rub on skin creams for injuries: real relief or just quackery?

Keeping cool

Keeping Cool: These nine warm-weather training tips might save your life

Performance secrets

Performance Secrets: This new research suggests that sometimes the most important thing is what you DON'T do.

Performance secrets

Performance Secrets: This new research suggests that sometimes the most important thing is what you DON'T do.

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