Category: Health
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‘No Sex Before Sport’ myth debunked for Olympians like Pellegrini (and Magnini)
Read the International Business Times (I kid you not) It’s been an old wives tale for Olympic athletes that engaging in sexual activity before competitions can inhibit sports ability ever since ancient Greeks as far back as 776 BC said abstinence, on the other hand, is key for performance enhancement. The myth, however, has been…
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Therese Alshammar struggling with a pinched nerve on eve of Olympics
Breaking news on aftonbladet.se via simma.nu/se, at a press conference today it was confirmed that Therese Alshammar suffers from a pinched nerve in her neck, which ultimately could mean that she will miss the Olympics. These last days of camp she has found it difficult to rotate in swimming, an MRI-scan confirming that she has…
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FINA on Shoulder Injury Prevention
Really nice, informative video from the FINA Sports Medicine Committee (SMC), illustrating exercises to strengthen the areas that stabilize the shoulder joint: The core muscles, the rotator cuff and the shoulder muscles.
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How to get Ryan Lochte’s body
Recently voted the most awesome (male) body in sports and the hottest summer body of 2012, it just takes healthy food habits and a whole lot of training and then some, to get a body like Ryan’s. Read The Telegraph.
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Nice you guys, one in five pee in the pool
“Cooling off in the pool is pretty normal for most people in South Georgia, but a new survey might make you think twice before diving in head first.” Read WALB News. WALB.com, Albany News, Weather, Sports
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Australian athletes slam sleeping pill ban
Oh my, now Olympic champion shooter Russel Marks criticizes Australia’s decision to ban sleeping pills and says it will cost the country medals at the London Olympic Games. Given the long distance Australian athletes have to travel to London and the jet-lag that will go with it, Mark says it will be unfair for Olympic…
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Aussie Olympic boss Coates bans Stilnox and warns of raids
Australia’s Olympic athletes have been banned from using Stilnox, Rohypnol and Mogadon and warned their rooms will be raided if they are suspected of using the sedatives. Read The Herald Sun. “Please confirm that the search and seizure provisions in our Team Membership Agreements for athletes and officials will enable the Team Executive to enter…
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Stilnox ‘cost Grant Hackett gold’ at Beijing 2008, coach Cotterell reveals
Grant Hackett’s former coach Denis Cotterell has no doubt the controversial sleeping medication Stilnox cost the 1500 freestyle champion his third and historic Olympic gold medal. Read The Australian According to Cotterell, Hackett had slipped into an adaptation phase after swimming two astonishing broken 1500m time trials at the Australian team’s staging camp in Singapore…
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Hackett admits abuse of Stilnox at the end of his swimming career
Olympic champion Grant Hackett battled a “heavy” reliance on the controversial sleeping pill Stilnox towards the end of his swimming career, an investigation has revealed. The pills were administered by swimming officials during meets, including the Olympics. “At one point they scared me,” he said. “They’re evil. The overuse was because of a shoulder injury…