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fromiRunFar
4 days ago
Exercise

Understanding and Improving Hip Efficiency, Part 2: Strength

Hip strength and stability are crucial for runners, optimizing gait and enhancing performance through efficient hip movement.
fromiRunFar
2 months ago
Exercise

Understanding and Improving Hip Efficiency, Part 1

Hip efficiency—coordinated, centered femoral head motion with minimal resistance—determines hip strength, mobility, and injury risk in runners.
Exercise
fromiRunFar
4 days ago

Understanding and Improving Hip Efficiency, Part 2: Strength

Hip strength and stability are crucial for runners, optimizing gait and enhancing performance through efficient hip movement.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
6 days ago

The Power of Negative Thinking for Athletic Performance

Imagery focused on negative possibilities can enhance performance and emotional regulation in challenging situations.
Running
fromThe Manual
2 weeks ago

I used a Hypershell "exoskeleton" to make my home workouts harder

The Hypershell is a carbon fiber exoskeleton that enhances walking and running capabilities, making workouts more challenging and effective.
Liverpool FC
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Lang to have surgery for 'serious' thumb injury

Galatasaray midfielder Noa Lang suffered a serious thumb cut during Liverpool's 4-0 Champions League victory and requires surgery in Liverpool, while teammate Victor Osimhen sustained a forearm fracture.
Exercise
fromwww.businessinsider.com
1 month ago

I adopted a new fitness strategy in my 40s that's helped me run half-marathons, hold handstands, and do pull-ups as I age

Setting physical goals in each decade enhances perspective on aging and provides resilience in facing life's challenges.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

New Insights on the Evolution of Right- and Left-Handedness

The fighting hypothesis proposes that there is a so-called frequency-dependent maintenance of left-handedness. The main idea is that over the tens of thousands of years of human evolution, left-handers did have an advantage in fights due to a surprise effect. This gives them an evolutionary survival benefit since they win more fights.
Psychology
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Responding to Mistakes With a Flexible Mind

Mistakes are inevitable in sports and performance; psychological flexibility enables learning and continued improvement rather than dwelling on errors.
#left-handedness
Women in technology
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Left-handers may have competitive advantage over right-handed people

Left-handed people demonstrate stronger competitiveness traits, which may provide a psychological advantage in competition and explain why left-handedness persists despite right-handers comprising 90% of the population.
Women in technology
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Left-handers may have competitive advantage over right-handed people

Left-handed people demonstrate stronger competitiveness traits, which may provide a psychological advantage in competition and explain why left-handedness persists despite right-handers comprising 90% of the population.
Typography
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Left-Handers Are Better at Mirror-Writing Than Right-Handers

Left-handers demonstrate significantly faster and more accurate mirror-writing abilities compared to right-handers, supported by scientific research.
Psychology
fromMail Online
1 month ago

'Lefties' are more competitive than right-handers, study finds

Left-handed people demonstrate higher competitiveness and stronger drive to win than right-handed individuals, potentially explaining the evolutionary persistence of left-handedness in human populations.
Snowboarding
fromUnofficial Networks
1 month ago

What's The Purpose Of That Little Loop On The Finger Of Your Gloves?

The loop on ski glove ring fingers is a backcountry feature that allows climbers to attach gloves to their pack using a carabiner for quick access.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

It's such a complex little area': how to really look after your wrists

The wrist is such a complex little area, Evans says, as they have evolved to allow an extraordinary range of movement while also supporting a high level of fine motor control the wrists mean we have the capacity to do both handstands and neurosurgery. It's got eight little carpal bones they're the axis of the wrist and then you've got your radius and your ulna, which are your two forearm bones, and then that joins in with your hand bones, your metacarpals, Evans says.
Medicine
Exercise
fromScienceDaily
1 month ago

Scientists found a surprising way to make exercise work better

A ketogenic diet high in fat helps normalize blood sugar and dramatically improves muscle oxygen utilization and endurance response to exercise.
Education
fromScience of Running
2 months ago

Training the Brain and Body: A discussion on the dynamics of physiology and neurology.

Effective coaching balances physiological and neurological understanding, values being 'good enough', emphasizes flexibility over rigid optimization, and tailors approaches to diverse athlete types.
Mindfulness
fromFast Company
1 month ago

This Olympic skill can boost your job performance

Elite performers manage attention and energy to minimize "thoughtload"—the cognitive, emotional, and energy taxes that undermine performance—thereby improving execution under pressure.
Psychology
fromWIRED
1 month ago

Left-Handed People Are More Competitive, Says Science

Left-handedness persists at stable 10% rates due to frequency-dependent evolutionary advantages in competitive situations, where left-handers' unpredictability provides strategic benefits that disappear if they become too common.
fromIndependent
2 months ago

'He thought that if it worked for a fighter pilot, it might work for a football player as well'

In 2017, Bjorn Mannsverk's phone rang. A year before, what was meant to be a special 100th anniversary for Bodo/Glimt ended in heartbreak as the Norwegian club were relegated from the top flight. A fresh approach was needed to get the club back on track. Having been stationed in Bodo before in his role as a fighter pilot with the Royal Norwegian Air Force, Mannsverk was familiar with the town, but not the football club.
Soccer (FIFA)
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 months ago

Heal your injuries faster using motion as the new potion

When you have an acute injury, your body is sending signals through the peripheral and central nervous systems and the immune system to say, hold on, I need to stop doing this so we can allow the tissue to heal, says Ericka Merriwether, a physical therapist and pain researcher at New York University. Rest, after all, is the first part of the familiar RICE therapy, which stands for rest, ice, compression and elevation.
Health
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

What Pressure Does to an Athlete's Body

Those of us who watch the Olympics as bystanders tend to smugly judge athletes for succumbing to pressure without understanding what we even mean by the term. The first thing to know about pressure is that it has actual physical properties. Feeling it is not a sign of a too-thin veneer of character. Pressure might as well be a snakebite, given its very real qualities in the bloodstream and how it can paralyze even the strongest legs. The way to deal with pressure, and become
Science
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Seek Daily Improvement Instead of Perfect Performance

Perfectionism creates stress and pressure that degrades performance, and unrealistic expectations from coaches, parents, and peers harm young performers.
Gadgets
fromMail Online
2 months ago

You're tying your shoelaces WRONG: Simple method takes one second

The Ian Knot ties shoelaces extremely quickly and efficiently, offering a symmetrical, secure alternative to traditional methods.
fromScience of Running
2 months ago

Fit and Fast: Achieving Robustness in Training

In this episode of the On Coaching Podcast, Steve Magness and Jon Marcus discuss the concept of 'fit but flat,' exploring the phenomenon where athletes excel in metabolic fitness but fail to perform competitively due to a lack of neuromuscular coordination. Using examples like middle-distance runner Ingram Brion, the hosts delve into how metabolic training alone can lead to race failures.
Running
Wellness
fromScience of Running
5 months ago

Recovery Demystified: Focus on What Really Works

Prioritize simple recovery fundamentals—sleep, hydration, nutrition, and social support—and use advanced tools only to supplement, not replace, these basics.
Productivity
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

A Guide to Strength Stacking

Combining disparate skills, knowledge, experience, and temperament produces amplified, unique problem-solving abilities that unlock opportunities others avoid.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

Want to get stronger? Start with these 6 muscle-building exercises

Prioritize a small set of multi-joint compound exercises and perform them consistently to efficiently build muscle, strength, and improve related health measures.
fromSnowBrains
1 month ago

It's Time to Stop Debating & Start Putting the Bar Down - SnowBrains

I have evolved from someone who didn't think much of the bar except for resting my legs to thinking of it as an obvious life-saving precaution. Dr. Bourne shared several examples from Mammoth in which the bar could have saved lives, including the death of her former ski coach, who fell from a chairlift to his death, most likely from a medical event which may have been treatable.
Snowboarding
Medicine
fromInsideHook
2 months ago

What Years of Typing and Texting Do to Your Hands

Frequent, prolonged typing and phone use can strain flexor tendons, increasing risk of carpal tunnel and other repetitive-use nerve injuries.
Health
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Bouncing back: from an ankle sprain to a shoulder pinch, experts on the best way to recover from common injuries

Address underlying imbalances with targeted, consistent movement, proper diagnosis and professional care; combine rest, sleep, nutrition and graduated training to prevent and recover from pain.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Clicking and Scrolling Our Way to Impaired Performance

Even thirty minutes of smartphone use can impair athletes' decision-making and training capacity, with larger effects depending on content, frequency, and individual vulnerabilities.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Four Strategies That Improve Pain and Athletic Performance

You feel an unpleasant sensation - like a sinking feeling of anxiety in your stomach as the game begins, and you think, "I'm anxious. Here we go again. I'm about to blow it." You feel your pain increasing, and the thoughts churn: "Great. I'll probably miss a whole week of work." Imagined catastrophes fill your mind. Manage these thoughts with the 3 C's: Catch it, Check it, and Change it.
Mindfulness
Education
fromScience of Running
8 months ago

Exploring the New Era of Training: Embracing Experimentation

Systematic, thoughtful experimentation with new technologies and methods, balanced against proven traditions, optimizes training and pushes athletic performance boundaries.
fromWIRED
2 months ago

We Strapped on Exoskeletons and Raced. There's One Clear Winner

An exoskeleton is a relatively new class of wearable device designed to enhance, support, or assist human movement, strength, posture, or even physical activity. The main piece goes around your waist like a belt, and from it, a pair of hinged, mechanized splints extend down over the hips to strap onto each thigh, where they provide some robotic assistance to normal movements like walking, running, or squatting.
fromNature
2 months ago

Exercise rewires the brain - boosting the body's endurance

Betley and his colleagues were curious about what happens in the brain as people get stronger through exercise. They decided to focus on the ventromedial hypothalamus, a brain region that regulates appetite and blood sugar. The team then zeroed in on a group of neurons in that region that produce a protein called steroidogenic factor 1 (SF1), which is known to play a part in regulating metabolism. A previous study found that the deletion of the gene that codes for SF1 impairs endurance in mice.
Science
Snowboarding
fromUnofficial Networks
1 month ago

6 Dryland Bodyweight Exercises That Will Improve Your Skiing Experience

Fundamental exercises targeting single-leg stability, lateral movement, and ski-specific muscle activation provide greater training benefits than complex advanced movements for skiers of all levels.
Education
fromNature
2 months ago

How learning handwriting trains the brain: the science behind the cursive wars

Cursive penmanship is being reinstated in schools because pen-based letter production activates the brain more than typing, though cursive-specific benefits remain limited.
Psychology
fromBig Think
2 months ago

How training your gaze could help you master sports - and your own attention

Superior visual search strategies and eye-movement use distinguish some elite athletes from less-skilled players, enabling exceptional performance despite ordinary physical attributes.
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