Sentences with phrase «even as an athlete»

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I was at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Philadelphia last week, and it was very clear from my conversations with former DNC chairs, U.S. politicians, Bernie Sanders supporters, business executives, and even celebrities and athletes: a Clinton presidency will be viewed as positive for Canada-U.S. bilateral relations and a major step in the right direction for trade with Canada.

The problem is that top - flight athletes, and even serious amateurs, tend not to drink the stuff, as it is considered excessively sugary.

It will feature star athletes like Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings and surfer Maddie Peterson (both brand ambassadors), as well as Mexican ballroom dancers and even a DJ.

About 20 percent of teens want to work as musicians, athletes or video game designers, even though these kinds of jobs only comprise 1 percent of American occupations.

Henkel's Right Guard has not been able to lift itself from a mildly positive perception range with men, as it continues its traditional close alignment with athletes and sports, even going as far as giving away an award for the NBA's «Best Smelling Player.»

This notion isn't as outlandish as it might sound: some people believe that doping should be allowed in professional sport because if all athletes dabbled, it would create an even playing field.

If black athletes less frequently achieve the minimal academic standard set for those participating in intercollegiate sports, then let us promulgate for them a separate, lower standard, even as we accuse of racism those suggesting the need for a standard in the first place.

If you are an athlete and want to increase your protein intake even further, 2 tablespoons of brown rice protein powder would also be great as an add - in.

When the math is done (as shown on the page I linked you to), even athletes can get the protein they need simply by eating more whole plant foods.

As evening fell at Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, track and field athletes and a delirious crowd gave sport its most memorable moments of 1992

There are some who feel that spending this much on a single athlete, even one as marketable as Durant, is a waste in money.

Yet most athletic officials, even those who oppose it, regard Prop 42 as a well - intentioned effort to strike a balance between academic integrity and the need to provide an opportunity for the disadvantaged athlete who wants a degree and is willing to work hard to get it — a kid like John Thompson was as a high school senior in Washington, D.C. Thompson says he could not have gone to college under Prop 42, but he's careful not to paint Proposition 42 in racial terms.

Ward projects as not just a special athlete, but a special player and one on whom Pettine can rely, even as a rookie.

Even for an athlete as phenomenal as Ronaldo is, that's a lot of miles on his legs, so it would be unsurprising if he started a steep decline at a younger age than most top players, especially after the knee injury he suffered in the Euro 2016 final that kept him out of action for months.

The scream of Billy Cunningham as his knee tore and his season — perhaps even his career — ended, bespoke the savage hurt that can come with sport, the pangs and throbbing and enduring ache that athletes live with, scheme against and, at times, are beaten by.

A van full of reporters and TV cameramen followed them as they left the athletes» village by bus at 6:30 a.m., and even more greeted them at Simon Bolivar Airport.

«As good an athlete as he was, he was an even better person.&raquAs good an athlete as he was, he was an even better person.&raquas he was, he was an even better person.»

But even if, as Simon says, the American athletes were warned about testing well in advance of Caracas, they could not have been given complete, accurate information about the nature of the testing.

It's arguably even worse, as these supplements aren't known to be tainted before the athletes take them.

Even without the back injury, he projects as an above avg athlete.

Or even worse: suppose the bureau carried its thinking on this subject to a logical conclusion and decided that contributions for scholarships limited strictly to athletes were «not properly classifiable as exclusively educational.»

Let me put it this way, I'm not saying being a cheerleader is unskilled or easy work, but if the skill level was the same to be a professional athlete as a cheerleader you'd have guys lining up to be one for peanuts as well even if just for the attention.

You have people who are fighting on the TV for the» best promotion in the world» but they are struggling to pay their basic bills and some don't even have a place to sleep sometimes... but just because this is on TV and you hear all these high figures, you think these fighters are such high level athletes in all fronts... well, thats just not the case simple as that lol

While FCA rolls are expanding, especially as its roots spread — into junior high, even to girls — the group is returning more and more to its original homely precept of having young athletes support one another.

Like I said in a previous post it's what they contribute during their time with us as professional athletes and even though Henry is an Arsenal legend he's also a Liverpool fan...

It is only in the past couple of years that Kentucky has paid even lip service to the idea of recruiting Negroes who could qualify, in the NCAA's lexicon, as «student - athletes.»

I asked these experts which players glowed as dynamic, athletic, speedy, raw athletes even before analyzing the football part of it.

The halcyon days of the three - sport athlete are as gone as the one - dollar gallon of gas, and even playing two varsity sports is asking a lot, so tell your dad to chill.

Even if you, like me, eat an ungodly amount of bacon for breakfast when you're roommates aren't home, if your idea of exercise is walking to a bagel shop, you too can be a professional athlete — as long as you're one of the best NBA 2K players in the world.

There are mainly 3 things that may however incite a sports org to invest more seriously in testing: 1) Pressure from the fans, 2) Pressure from athletes themselves, 3) Risks of being eventually recognized as facilitating or being complicit with doping, especially if athletes are at greater risk of morbidity either during their careers, or even after.

But even with this lower rest to work ratios, as a trainer, I know I'm still getting enough recovery so my athletes can go hard the next rep or set.

As well as the household names, a number of athletes make their debuts in this year's Championships: these include Mazyar Ossmiasaeed, an Iranian born rider who has recently taken up a British passport; Rob Yeatman who won the national BTTC Paracycling time trial championships earlier this month and at 17 years old is an outstanding young talent; and even younger, there's Sophie Thornhill, a 15 year old rider will team up with 16 year old pilot Jessica Anderson in an exciting new tandem pairinAs well as the household names, a number of athletes make their debuts in this year's Championships: these include Mazyar Ossmiasaeed, an Iranian born rider who has recently taken up a British passport; Rob Yeatman who won the national BTTC Paracycling time trial championships earlier this month and at 17 years old is an outstanding young talent; and even younger, there's Sophie Thornhill, a 15 year old rider will team up with 16 year old pilot Jessica Anderson in an exciting new tandem pairinas the household names, a number of athletes make their debuts in this year's Championships: these include Mazyar Ossmiasaeed, an Iranian born rider who has recently taken up a British passport; Rob Yeatman who won the national BTTC Paracycling time trial championships earlier this month and at 17 years old is an outstanding young talent; and even younger, there's Sophie Thornhill, a 15 year old rider will team up with 16 year old pilot Jessica Anderson in an exciting new tandem pairing.

Available free of charge on MomsTEAM's new SmartTeams concussion website, the #TeamUp4ConcussionSafetyTM program, developed by MomsTEAM Institute as part of its SmartTeams Play SafeTM initiative with a Mind Matters Educational Challenge Grant from the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Department of Defense, is designed to do just that: to increase reporting by athletes of concussion symptoms by engaging coaches, athletes, parents, and health care providers in a season - long, indeed career - long program which emphasizes that immediate reporting of concussion symptoms - not just by athletes themselves but by their teammate «buddies» - not only reduces the risk the athlete will suffer a more serious brain injury - or, in rare cases, even death - but is actually helps the team's chances of winning, not just in that game, but, by giving athletes the best chance to return as quickly as possible from concussion, the rest of the season, and by teaching that honest reporting is a valued team behavior and a hallmark of a good teammate.

Add in the possibility that sideline personnel responsible for monitoring athletes for signs of concussion, such as team doctors and athletic trainers, or coaches and parent volunteers, may be away from the sideline attending to other injured athletes when a player sustains a high force blow, or, even if they are watching the field / court / rink, may miss significant impacts because they occur away from the play, and one can see why better concussion detection methods are needed.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has developed a heat index chart parents and coaches can use to determine when heat and humidity have reached the point where athletes are at serious risk of heat illnesses, such as heat cramps, heat exhaustion or even heat stroke.

Interestingly, just days before the NFL's decision to suspend the use of impact sensors was announced, my local paper, The Boston Globe, came out with a powerful editorial in which it urged college, high school, and recreational leagues in contact and collision sports to consider mandating use of impact sensors, or, at the very least, experimenting with the technology, to alert the sideline personnel to hits that might cause concussion, and to track data on repetitive head impacts, which, a growing body of peer - reviewed evidence suggests, may result, over time, in just as much, if not more, damage to an athlete's brain, as a single concussive blow, and may even predispose an athlete to concussion.

Entering college as an athlete often means arriving on campus early and having a built - in group of colleagues and companions, even before the majority of students arrive in the dorms.

Athletes may even be more susceptible to some types of drugs like steroids, as some good students may take speed to do better in their classes.

In a March 2009 article for Sport and Society, professors Ashley Stirling and Gretchen Kerr» research shows that some athletes imagine the coach's position, even when abusive, as comparable to a priest or a cult leader.

While sports specialization is recognized as one of the main concerns in youth sports today, and is linked to overuse injuries and sports burnout for young athletes, it remains a prevalent route for parents and athletes looking for an advantage to earn a college scholarship or to even make it to the pros.

Studies tell us that young athletes may not follow their thirst as an indicator to drink fluids, and may even ignore it, distracted by other events.

They help young athletes take pride in their accomplishments and in their improving skills, so that the kids see themselves as winners, even if the scoreboard doesn't show the numbers going in their favor.

With youth sports concussion safety laws in place in all 50 states, increased public awareness about concussions, and growing concernabout the long - term effect of repetitive head impacts, the demand for concussion education, not just for parents, coaches, and athletes, but for health care professionals as well is at an all - time high, and promises to go even higher in the coming years.

It is even being prescribed to chemotherapy patients to improve their immune systems, while extreme athletes are buying breastmilk online as a performance - improving, protein - packed energy drink.

Knowledge of the human body gathered from working with athletes can be translated to clinical settings, allowing exercise to be used as a form of treatment, rehabilitation, or even injury and disease prevention.

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Higher - skill athletes start at about the same age as less - skilled athletes — or even began a little later — according to Macnamara's research.

Other endurance athletes such as cyclists and swimmers may be at even greater risk as they train just as hard and restrict calories to keep their weight down but without doing any of the weight bearing activity that runners do.

Enough exercise can even keep older athletes racing with the pros — as long as they run far enough.

Even people who are not elite athletes may use doping substances as a faster way to get impressive looking muscles.