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Greetings,
This week: Captain Ed's Journal; Lessons from
Beijing; Dave Scott Q and A; Athletic
Performance and Total Body Toxin Load.
Have a great week.
D.I. Minkoff, M.D.
| Athletic Performance and Total Body Toxic Load |
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Engaging in athletic activities puts a high demand
on your body to go faster, jump higher, and lift more.
Two very important factors must be considered so that
your genetic endowment can be maximized:
1. Nutrition is the most important factor. Adequate
nutrients must be available to build tissues and
organs as well as to provide fuel for energy.
2. Toxic influences in the environment must also be
constantly removed so the body's tissues are not
contaminated by heavy metals and chemicals. These
factors actually block enzymes needed for the body to
make energy and protein. When the body is under
toxic stress, it will not perform or recover properly;
fatigue, lack of energy, inability to recovery, or injury
result.
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| Q and A with Dave Scott |
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From Jeff in Mobile:
Do you do strength and
stretching every day in addition to the SBR workouts?
Which are the key strength exercises for each sport?
From Dave Scott:
Jeff, Stretches can be implemented on a daily basis.
These should include dynamic (I.E. leg swings,
standing on a single leg) and static stretching.
Additionally, facilitated, or proprioneuromuscular
fralitation (PNF), stretching with a partner is very
effective. PNF stretching should be done with a
qualified coach, or trainer. This will be a good topic for
further discussion in future Q&A's.
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| Captain Ed's Journal |
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July was a great month of training, but as we
rolled into August, I knew that training opportunities
would be few and far between as I knew that I would
spend over 3 weeks of August in the field conducting
training with my unit. Despite long hours and working
on a reverse schedule (up all night, going to bed in the
morning), I believe that I was able to maintain my
fitness over this period with 8 or 9 well placed
workouts.
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Lessons From Beijing |
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by Cherie Gruenfeld
During the past seventeen days, I've morphed into
someone I hardly recognize. I'm sleep deprived, I keep
the TV on all day, I sit at my computer in the middle of
the night and I've become an expert on such things as
tie-breaking rules in gymnastics, how to pass the
baton in a running relay, the population of Jamaica
and what the perfect swimmer's body looks like. I
believe the term for what I am is "Olympics Junkie"
(OJ).
You don't have to be an OJ to have been thrilled and
awed by Michael Phelps's achievement or to
understand the significance of Dara Torres defying
conventional age limits. Everyone could recognize the
extraordinary talent of Usain Bolt and feel the
heartbreak of the women's softball team.
But looking beyond the obvious stories, I find that
there is much I've taken away from these great
athletes and their amazing performances that made
my 17-day odyssey a worthwhile venture. There were
no great new insights, just good reminders of things
that all dedicated athletes know but sometimes need
to see through another's eyes.
· LaShawn Merritt was part of the relay team that
dropped the baton in the semi-finals, thereby
depriving them of the opportunity to compete for gold.
It was a major disappointment for the USA and an
embarrassment for every team member. But a few
hours later Merritt came back and posted a
resounding win in the individual 400 meter event,
going home with the gold. This was a demonstration
of something you see frequently in elite athletics - the
ability to ...
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