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I found this gem in the stacks of UWO. I’ve been on the look out for swim workouts. Generally I don’t find it hard to make up sessions but sometimes it’s nice to have a few go to lesson plans. This book: Swimming Going for Strength and Stamina, has 60 workouts! Thats over a years [...]
Book Review
Up for discussion is a scientific book about running. But first, a little background about Salazar.
Alberto Salazar was a running star at practically every level: track, road and cross country. He’s most recognized by his three straight victories at the NYC marathon; 1980-1982. Since then he’s coached athletes at the Nike facility [...]
Book Review: Run With the Champions
“Training Programs and Secrets of America’s 50 Greatest Runners”.
This book has written exerps from the top 30 men and 20 woman runners of the 20th century. Inside, the runners are ranked by Runner’s World author Marc Bloom. These include runners like Steve “Pre”fontaine, Bill Rogers and [...]
About 5 years ago, phytochemicals were the newest word in the health industry world. Boasting its life saving qualities that will save humans from a common cold to cancer. Now, with more research being done, phytochemicals have lost a bit of their steam.
Before the product review, what are phytochemicals? Phtyo means from [...]
Labelled as “Organic Fuel” for the mind, body and soul, Steaz Energy drink, is just another can full of sugar except costs twice as much ($1.99). This product can be found in the organics section at your grocery store. Over 80% of the ingredients are organic so there allowed to market it as such. However, [...]
Tanita was the first company to design and manufacture body fat monitoring scales for in-home use. The technology you get when you buy a home scale is based on the same advanced technology found in the professional body composition analyzers used by doctors, medical centers, professional athletic teams, fitness clubs and personal trainers. Tanita continue [...]
I just returned from sunny Wintergreen, Virginia, soaking up the rays and doing some cycling. Because there were so many things I could talk about, I got some people to send me questions asking about the trips particulars.
what was the format (was it planned or wung)?
- we had a [...]
Finished Racing Weight by Matt Fitzgerald last week. Picked it up in California so I’m not sure if it is available in Canada yet.
The book is about how to eat (no kidding) for a better performance. Fitzgeralds writing style is a bit wordy but I think anyone could get into it. That [...]
You might remember that one of my chosen blogs is Steve Stenzel’s “Steve in a Speedo?!“? Well he’s been doing a series called “Does it Work?” reviewing tools that triathletes use on a day-to-day basis. Yesterday’s entry was Steve’s review of four online training logs … Beginner Triathlete, Buckeye Outdoors, Daily Mile, and Training [...]
I found this book while doing Christmas shopping for my Mom. In our family it seems like a lot of the literature that we pass around has been about running. Well I wanted to change that. So I started searching for a swim novel. Enter the book “Off the deep end” by W. [...]
We all have our favourite “go to” sites when we’re in need of information – bike setup figures, swim techniques, new interval workouts – and they fill a very important role in the 21st Century athlete’s Big Bag o’Tricks, but what about blogs?
For me, there is a pretty hard set of criteria [...]

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