Michelle skips lessons
America’s First Lady showed off her toned arms during a skipping session with students at a Washington school.
Month: June 2010
Cycling to win
From bike preparation to competitive tactics, Cycling Fast provides the essential information you’ll need in order to master each event.
Bike scanners for Tour de France
The UCI is set to introduce scanners to help identify ‘mechanical doping’ at next month’s Tour de France.
Soccer Practice Games
Soccer Practice Games provides coaches with the most effective and fun way to teach the game and is a book that will be referred to again and again.
School Sport Week kicks off
Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week is now underway. Britain’s biggest school sporting event will see nearly 14,000 schools and 5 million children take part in an exciting week-long celebration of school sport. Schools will be bringing the magic and anticipation of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to their classrooms, sports halls and playing fields, inspiring young people to do more sport. Olympic silver medallist Gail Emms ensured the event kicked off in style at The City Academy in Bristol on Monday, 28th June.
Plug pulled on free swimming
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport has announced that free swimming for those aged 16 and under and over 60 will be cancelled as part of government savings of around £73m. Funding for free swims under the ‘Free Swimming’ programme will end this summer and is sure to have an effect on participation.
Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription
…a text for upper undergraduate and graduate exercise science students in advanced courses dealing with physical fitness appraisal and exercise prescription.
Caster Semenya debate continues
Theoretically, these androgen effects could confer large performance advantages to these individuals, since testosterone stimulates muscle development and resultant speed, strength, power and endurance.