Posts Tagged ‘sports training’
Ernie O’Malley has sent me a link to professor Doug Richards’ (University of Toronto St. George, Physical Education & Health Department) lecture on stretching and asked about my thoughts on it. You may view the lecture here: http://www.tvo.org/TVO/WebObjects/TVO.woa?videoid?24639991001. And here are my thoughts: Great lecture. Very accessible explanation of biomechanical concepts related to stretching. Professor Richards […]
Filed under: Flexibility and Stretching | Leave a Comment
Tags: conditioning, Doug Richards, Physical Education and Health, sports training, stretching and flexibility, stretching and injuries, Thomas Kurz, Tom Kurz
Recently someone asked me this question on losing weight: Mr. Kurz, I am coming off a 7 year break. Back in the day I was very flexible (but lacked your kind of strength). I damaged my meniscus cartilage (push from the outside in) and stopped training. I have gained a considerable amount of weight, and would […]
Filed under: Sports Nutrition | 2 Comments
Tags: carbs, fat, losing weight, nutrition, sports training, Thomas Kurz, weight-loss
Soccer and Yoga?
Soccer match on a cold October day. A cold northerly wind blows. The coach (school’s P.E. teacher) conducts the pregame warm-up. It begins with players (6th and 7th grade, from 12 to 13 years old) doing static stretches—first pulling arms across chest, then other arm stretches, followed by trunk stretches and leg stretches. The leg […]
Filed under: Exercises and Workouts, Flexibility and Stretching | 3 Comments
Tags: match, soccer, sports training, stretches, stretching, warm-up, yoga
On Elegance and Single Workout
Elegance is [achieved by] selectiveness or restraint in the use of means—a good selection gets to the point with just the right means. In my opinion, the crucial element of a training program is a workout. Not an exercise and not a microcycle but a single workout. Why not an exercise—the basic building block of […]
Filed under: Exercises and Workouts, Periodization | 9 Comments
Tags: exercise, microcycle, sports training, Thomas Kurz, Tom Kurz, workout
