Looking for good home: Stationary Bike Trainer (Brand Star Trac)

I am looking for someone  to adopt my stationary bike. It’s a couple years old but will still provide a great spinning workout. ‘Free’ to anyone who will love it and spend time on it. Kindly arrange for collection by 22 May 2009 – please email info@sportinc.net if you would like to start spinning at home!

Extra Sleep Improves Athletic Performance

“Very interesting research on sleep and Stanford swimmers’ performances… so please get to bed by 8pm for 10 hours sleep before our Sat am session guys and girls!”

ScienceDaily (2008-06-10) — Extending their sleep to 10 hours per day enabled Stanford swimmers to improve their 15-meter sprint times, reaction times, turn times and kick strokes. Alertness and mood also improved. Results agree with data obtained from athletes on other Stanford sports teams in this ongoing study.

Run Right with Newton Running

simple and logical…

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Take your dose of yogurt before your run!

Came across something that caught my eye on the BBC website.  Apparently taking probiotic supplements can help endurance athletes!

“Probiotic supplements reduce the number and length of infections suffered by long-distance runners, Australian research has found.”

4 mins is all you need to get fit!

I started blogging about 2 years ago primarily because I wanted to share the benefits of sports and exercise and it dawned on me that I haven’t posted any training tips in a long time.  So what better way to start the year than with a training tip!

I’ll like to introduce the Tabata Interval Training, named after Izumi Tabata, PhD., a former researcher at Japan’s National Institute of Fitness and Sports who learnt about this training program from the National Speed Skating Team coach. 

It’s a very simple program consisting of 6 to 8 maximum-intensity sprints lasting 20 seconds each followed by 10 second recovery breaks in between each set.