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Triathlon for the every woman : you can be a triathlete. Yes. You.
\"Meredith Atwood was a tired, overworked wife and mom who never thought she'd run a mile, let alone swim, bike, and run. But after trial, error, tears, chafing, and a lot of grit, she went from stressed-out lawyer to an IRONMAN 70.3 triathlete in just over a year. Now a triathlon coach and four-time IRONMAN triathlete, Meredith shares her hard-won widsom and tips, anecdote, and laughs. In Triathlon for the Every Woman you'll find: a basic blueprint for getting started that will inspire you to find your motivation. Lists of equipment necessary to do your first (or next!) triathlon-what you don't need, what you do, and how not to go broke getting it. Expert nutrition advice that won't starve, shame, or sabotage you. Compact and easy-to-implement training plans that won't kill you. Practical advice on how to fit triathlon into your busy life.\" -- Page 4 of cover.
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A Nurse's Step-By-Step Guide to Transitioning to an Academic Role
A Nurse's Step-by-Step Guide to Transitioning to an Academic Role gives you a detailed road map for a successful transition to academia, offering guidance in how to balance competing priorities and avoid burnout.
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Boxing for MMA : building the fistic edge in competition & self-defense for men & women
This manual serves a dual purpose. First, it is a boxing primer to review (or discover) the boxing basics including stance, footwork, punches and combinations; and the filp side: defenses and counters for each fistic attack. Second, it takes these boxing skills and shoots them through an MMA prism that addresses the realities of mixed martial arts competition or combat. This guide will be your go-to resource for absorbing the boxing game and blending those skills into your MMA fighting arsenal.--Publisher.
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Sprint versus isolated eccentric training: Comparative effects on hamstring architecture and performance in soccer players
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of hamstring eccentric (NHE) strength training versus sprint training programmed as complements to regular soccer practice, on sprint performance and its mechanical underpinnings, as well as biceps femoris long head (BFlh) architecture.
In this prospective interventional control study, sprint performance, sprint mechanics and BFlh architecture variables were compared before versus after six weeks of training during the first six preseason weeks, and between three different random match-pair groups of soccer players: \"Soccer group\" (n = 10), \"Nordic group\" (n = 12) and \"Sprint group\" (n = 10).
For sprint performance and mechanics, small to large pre-post improvements were reported in \"Sprint group\" (except maximal running velocity), whereas only trivial to small negative changes were reported in \"Soccer group\" and \"Nordic group\". For BFlh architecture variables, \"Sprint\" group showed moderate increase in fascicle length compared to smaller augment for the \"Nordic\" group with trivial changes for \"Soccer group\". Only \"Nordic\" group presented small increases at pennation angle.
The results suggest that sprint training was superior to NHE in order to increase BFlh fascicle length although only the sprint training was able to both provide a preventive stimulus (increase fascicle length) and at the same time improve both sprint performance and mechanics. Further studies with advanced imaging techniques are needed to confirm the validity of the findings.
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Training for the new alpinism : a manual for the climber as athlete
Applying training practices from other endurance sports, the authors demonstrate that following a carefully designed regimen is as effective for alpinism as it is for any other endurance sport and leads to better performance. They deliver detailed instruction on how to plan and execute training tailored to your individual circumstances, translating training theory into practice to allow you to coach yourself to any mountaineering goal.--Publisher.
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Effects of resistance training vs high intensity interval training on body composition, muscle strength, cardiorespiratory fitness, and quality of life in survivors of breast cancer: a randomized trial
Purpose
Breast cancer treatments often lead to unfavourable changes in body composition, physical fitness, and quality of life (QoL). We compared the effects of resistance training (RT) and high-intensity interval training (HIIT) on these outcomes in survivors of breast cancer.
Methods
Twenty-eight survivors of breast cancer, post-treatment (Stage I–III), aged 55.5 ± 8.8 years and body mass index 27.9 ± 5 kg/m
2
were randomly allocated to a 12-week supervised RT (
n
= 14) or HIIT (
n
= 14) intervention, 3 days per week. Body composition (dual energy x-ray absorptiometry), upper and lower body muscle strength (1-repetition maximum), cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) (Ekblom Bak Cycle Test), and QoL domains (EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-BR45) were assessed at baseline and 12 weeks.
Results
There were no significant differences between groups at baseline. Exercise attendance ranged from 81 to 85%. Between groups, there were significant differences (
p
≤ 0.001) after 12 weeks in chest press strength for RT (mean difference [MD] = 4.7 kg) and CRF for HIIT (MD = 1.9 ml/min/kg). Within groups, there were significant improvements (
p
< 0.05) for % lean mass and % fat mass in both RT and HIIT, as well as for upper and lower body muscle strength, CRF, and QoL domains. No major adverse events were noted.
Conclusion
Both exercise groups improved body composition, physical fitness, and QoL domains over 12 weeks of RT or HIIT, although mode-specific benefits were apparent with more substantial improvements in lean mass and muscle strength with RT and reductions in % fat mass and improved CRF with HIIT. Tailored exercise programs should address the specific health needs of each patient.
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High-intensity interval training and moderate-intensity continuous training in adults with Crohn’s disease: a pilot randomised controlled trial
Background
This study assessed the feasibility and acceptability of two common types of exercise training—high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT)—in adults with Crohn’s disease (CD).
Methods
In this mixed-methods pilot trial, participants with quiescent or mildly-active CD were randomly assigned 1:1:1 to HIIT, MICT or usual care control, and followed up for 6 months. The HIIT and MICT groups were offered three exercise sessions per week for the first 12 weeks. Feasibility outcomes included rates of recruitment, retention, outcome completion, and exercise attendance. Data were collected on cardiorespiratory fitness (e.g., peak oxygen uptake), disease activity, fatigue, quality of life, adverse events, and intervention acceptability (via interviews).
Results
Over 17 months, 53 patients were assessed for eligibility and 36 (68%) were randomised (47% male; mean age 36.9 [SD 11.2] years); 13 to HIIT, 12 to MICT, and 11 to control. The exercise session attendance rate was 62% for HIIT (288/465) and 75% for MICT (320/429), with 62% of HIIT participants (8/13) and 67% of MICT participants (8/12) completing at least 24 of 36 sessions. One participant was lost to follow-up. Outcome completion rates ranged from 89 to 97%. The mean increase in peak oxygen uptake, relative to control, was greater following HIIT than MICT (2.4 vs. 0.7 mL/kg/min). There were three non-serious exercise-related adverse events, and two exercise participants experienced disease relapse during follow-up.
Conclusions
The findings support the feasibility and acceptability of the exercise programmes and trial procedures. A definitive trial is warranted. Physical exercise remains a potentially useful adjunct therapy in CD. [ID: ISRCTN13021107].
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Metabolic effects of resistance or high-intensity interval training among glycemic control-nonresponsive children with insulin resistance
Background:Little evidence exists on which variables of body composition or muscular strength mediates more glucose control improvements taking into account inter-individual metabolic variability to different modes of exercise training.Objective:We examined 'mediators' to the effects of 6-weeks of resistance training (RT) or high-intensity interval training (HIT) on glucose control parameters in physically inactive schoolchildren with insulin resistance (IR). Second, we also determined both training-induce changes and the prevalence of responders (R) and non-responders (NR) to decrease the IR level.Methods:Fifty-six physically inactive children diagnosed with IR followed a RT or supervised HIT program for 6 weeks. Participants were classified based on ΔHOMA-IR into glycemic control R (decrease in homeostasis model assessment-IR (HOMA-IR) <3.0 after intervention) and NRs (no changes or values HOMA-IR[egs]3.0 after intervention). The primary outcome was HOMA-IR associated with their mediators; second, the training-induced changes to glucose control parameters; and third the report of R and NR to improve body composition, cardiovascular, metabolic and performance variables.Results:Mediation analysis revealed that improvements (decreases) in abdominal fat by the waist circumference can explain more the effects (decreases) of HOMA-IR in physically inactive schoolchildren under RT or HIT regimes. The same analysis showed that increased one-maximum repetition leg-extension was correlated with the change in HOMA-IR (β=-0.058; P=0.049). Furthermore, a change in the waist circumference fully mediated the dose-response relationship between changes in the leg-extension strength and HOMA-IR (β'=-0.004; P=0.178). RT or HIT were associated with significant improvements in body composition, muscular strength, blood pressure and cardiometabolic parameters irrespective of improvement in glycemic control response. Both glucose control RT-R and HIT-R (respectively), had significant improvements in mean HOMA-IR, mean muscular strength leg-extension and mean measures of adiposity.Conclusions:The improvements in the lower body strength and the decreases in waist circumference can explain more the effects of the improvements in glucose control of IR schoolchildren in R group after 6 weeks of RT or HIT, showing both regimes similar effects on body composition or muscular strength independent of interindividual metabolic response variability.
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