Science digests for amateur athletes

(Top)   Science digests for amateur athletes

Wednesday, Nov 19, 2008

Amateur Athlete is set up to encourage, connect and inform amateur athletes of all ages as research shows that exercise and a healthy lifestyle prevents disease and helps us to live better and happier. "Weight Loss Training" is on sale at $7.99 USD for the rest of November from the Amateur Athlete Store. It is available as an e-book in the format (ePub) that is supported by Adobe Digital Editions, the Sony Digital Reader and the Mobipocket reader (version 6.2).

"Weight Loss Training" is a "Readers Digest" narrative of the research related to weight loss (primarily through exercise). The research surprised me in that weight loss is not just about will power or burning calories but of finding a way through our body's energy defense mechanisms. You can buy it now from the Amateur Athlete Store.

have a good day,

...Robert D. Klassen, Ph.D.

Here's a (very) brief audio clip on my intentions for this site. I'm building up podcasts for the articles below (look for "podcast available" in the title). If you have iTunes, they are also available here. Also, I would be happy to give a seminar to your group on this research.

The following are digests from a variety of research journals on a wide range of topics related to exercise.

• Your health and exercise
  • Aging runners have reduced disability and mortality rates (podcast available)
  • Marathon running after a myocardial infarction (heart attack)
  • Blood pressure reduction
  • Dementia and Alzheimer's disease
  • Less susceptible to depression
  • Exercise helps women to stop smoking
  • Anxiety and exercise
  • Exercise and type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • Exercise versus losing weight in reducing cardiac events in women
  • Physical activity and leanness trump age in aerobic fitness (podcast available)
• Endurance performance factors
  • Estimating your time in middle and long distance races (podcast available)
  • Lactate threshold (podcast available)
  • Training Zones for Elite Endurance Athletes
  • Maximum aerobic power (VO2max)
  • Training intensity and growth hormone (podcast available)
  • Linear increase in aerobic power
  • Measuring our own VO2max by ourselves
  • A no-exercise estimate of VO2max
  • Ambulatory cardiac patients and aerobic capacity measurement
  • Adaptation rate to interval training
  • Perceived exertion and anaerobic threshold during the menstrual cycle
  • Inhaled salbutamol not help non-asthmatics
  • Ideal Running Performance Weight Ranges
• Weight control and exercise
  • Burning fat better (podcast available)
  • Weight Loss survey results: which methods worked?
  • Nancy Clark's 9 Steps to Successful Fat Loss
  • Fad Diets
  • Weight-Loss Myths and Truths
  • Strategies for losing weight
  • Health care costs of obesity, overweight, smoking and problem drinking
  • Carb./fat use versus exercise intensity (podcast available)
  • Effects of exercise on food intake (podcast available)
  • Energy homeostasis and yo-yo dieting (podcast available)
  • Weight-loss training (podcast available)
  • Weight loss calculations (podcast available)
  • What controls our appetite (podcast available)
• Women and athletics
  • Quantity vs. Quality
  • Strength
  • Psychology
  • Diet
  • Oral contraceptives and fat burning during exercise
• Nutrition and hydration
  • Caloric needs
  • Diet sodas - how many can we drink? (podcast available)
  • Protein requirements
  • Hydration indicator
  • The Truth about Coffee
• Exercise-induced asthma
  • Mechanism of exercise-induced asthma
  • EIA and Olympic athletes
  • Management of exercise-induced asthma for athletes
  • Management medicine #1: Inhaled corticosteroid
  • Management medicine #2: beta2-agonists
  • Problems with daily use of beta2-agonists
• Sports
  • Running
    • Top 40 Boston qualifiers (podcast available)
    • Training to beat the "Wall"
    • Knowing if you are ready to try to BQ (Boston qualify)
    • Runners' high
    • Using orthotic inserts
    • Running and arthritis
    • Ideas about orthotics
    • Common Running Ailments: Causes and Treatments
    • Pacing Charts
      • Pacing Charts-- 05:00/mile to 06:41/mile
      • Pacing Chart-- 06:43/mile to 08:11/mile
      • Pacing Chart-- 08:13/mile to 09:41/mile
      • Pacing Chart-- 09:42/mile to 10:59/mile
    • You know you run cross country when...
    • Fuels used during a marathon (podcast available)
  • Golf
    • Golf ball dimples
    • Golf-specific conditioning
    • Health benefits
    • Excuses to play...
  • Cycling
    • Commuter bike fitting
    • Hill climbing and hydration
    • Training intensity and HGH
    • Aerodynamic drag for pro cyclists
    • Benefits of training above lactate threshold
    • Resistances to speed
    • Hydration and cycling less than 1 hour
    • Technologies to help us go faster
    • Bike fitting-pelvic rocking
    • Pedal power versus speed
    • Avoiding injuries in mountain biking
    • How to change a flat tire
  • Soccer/football
    • Curve kick-Part 1 (of 2)
    • Curve kick-Part 2 (of 2)
    • Towards a stronger kick
  • Swimming
    • Energy cost (of swimming)
    • Swimming in a straight line
  • Basketball
    • Effect of dehydration on skills
  • Racing
    • Pacing Options (running)
    • Race Tactics (running)
    • The Finishing Kick
• Training
  • Joe Friel's 10 Commandments of Training
  • Categories of Competitive Runners (as defined by Bob Glover)
    • Novice and Intermediate Competitors (below 50%)
    • Basic Competitor (50%)
    • Competitor (60%)
    • Advanced Competitor (65%)
    • Local Champion (75%)
    • Semi-elite (85%) and Elite (90%)
  • Race 5 km (running)
    • Bob Glover's 12-week 5K training schedules
      • Novice/Intermediate Competitor (5K)
      • Basic Competitor (5K)
      • Competitor and Advanced Competitor (5K)
      • Local Champion (5K)
  • Race 10 km (running)
    • Bob Glover's 12-week 10K training schedules
      • Novice/Intermediate Competitor (10K)
      • Basic Competitor (10K)
      • Competitor and Advanced Competitor (10K)
      • Local Champion (10K)
  • Race Half-marathon (running)
    • Bob Glover's 12-week half-marathon training schedules
      • Novice/Intermediate Competitor (half-marathon)
      • Basic Competitor (half-marathon)
      • Competitor and Advanced Competitor (half-marathon)
      • Local Champion (half-marathon)
  • Race Marathon (running)
    • Bob Glover's 16-Week marathon training schedules
      • Novice/Intermediate Competitor (marathon)
      • Basic Competitor (marathon)
      • Competitor and Advanced Competitor (marathon)
      • Local Champion (marathon)
    • Tim Noakes' 26-Week marathon training program
      • Beginners' Program (marathon)
    • Jeff Galloway's 29-Week marathon training program
  • Chris Carmichael's Cycling Periodization Training Plans
    • Foundation Period Training Examples
    • Preparation Period Training Examples
    • Specialization Period Training Examples
  • Triathlon Training Plans
    • Sprint and Olympic races
      • Sample 4-Week Schedule During General Conditioning Phase for Sprint and Olympic Distances
      • Sample 4-Week Schedule During Specific Conditioning Phase for Sprint and Olympic Distances
      • Sample 4-Week Schedule During Race Phase for Sprint and Olympic Distances
    • Long and Ultra-distance races
      • Sample 4-Week Schedule During Conditioning During Long and Ultra-distance Distances
      • Sample 4-Week Schedule During Specific Conditioning Phase for Long and Ultra Distances
      • Sample 4-Week Schedule During Race Phase for Long and Ultra Distances
    • World's Best Triathlon Swim Workout
    • You know you are a triathlete when...
  • Swim Workouts
    • Determining What Type of Swimmer you are
    • Components of a Swim Workout Session
    • Sample Workouts for Practice Swimmer
    • Time Trial to set up Training Paces
    • Sample Workout for Training Swimmer
• Online training logs
  • bklassen
  • 7ek4
  • sklassen
  • lostlaura
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  • Seminar request

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