Do Protein Shakes Build Muscle in Your Legs?

Regular gym-goers often guzzle protein shakes to augment their rigorous strength-training routine. These shakes usually contain some combination of whey and soy protein, along with carbohydrates and sweeteners. Consuming protein after a workout can help you with recovery, repair and muscle growth, but drinking them without exercising will not build muscle in your body,…

2015 Weekly Relays Report 4

2015 Weekly Relays By Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Weekly Relays Week 10 (04.10.15) delayed report (results): Ubas 2.08m SEA Games Bronze medalist Janry Ubas (FEU) improved on his PB of 2.06 from the 2013 PNG with a 2.08m leap in the Men’s High Jump. This is only 3cm off the SEA Bronze qualification standard. His…

Downhill Sprint Training

Downhill Sprint Training By Aaron Thigpen   (video by Adarian Barr) Downhill sprinting is basically a form of assistance or “overspeed training”. Basically forcing an athlete to move the legs faster than they could normally generate. I don’t have novice athletes run downhill. It pretty much should be reserved for elite caliber athletes who have…

2015 World University Games

2015 World University Games http://www.fisu.net/en/FISU-Athletics-3589.html http://www.fisu.net/en/FISU-Athletics-3589.html FISU Regulations The athletics events will be organised in accordance with the most recent technical regulations of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The programme and duration of the competitions will be fixed by the Executive Committee in agreement with the Organising Committee and the CTI. In principle,…

Gender Issues in Athletics: Nancy Navalta

  Nancy Navalta was not the first controversial athlete who undergo gender questions. Other Filipina female sprinter s Mona Sulaiman, Juliette Poulding, and Gina Sucopol created gender issue questions?   In the early 1990s, seventeen-year-old Nancy Navalta burst into Philippine track and field. While running the 100-meter dash at 11.44 seconds. Furthermore, It’s an even more…

Learning a Motor Skill: Juggling (rev 1)

Learning a Motor Skill: Juggling Submitted to Alison Rhodes Robinson Sports Performance II By Andrew William V. Pirie International Pacific College   Motor Skill Learning: Juggling In this topic we look at what motor skills are and how we learn them with Juggling as an example.   What is a skill! A skill is your…