Sentences with phrase «days as the athlete»

The cover details Bruce Jenner's early days as an athlete, his path to Olympic gold, and his subsequent search for his identity.

Avoid using it for more than a few days as the athlete may get to rely on it and muscles may start to weaken.

Not exact matches

This is not another self - absorbed athlete — not as long as he ventures into monologues about the «deep responsibility» that comes with being an Irish champion, or talks with humility about «showing up to the gym every day as a white belt.»»

Thurston, a onetime professional cyclist who maintained MapMyFitness's position as a top fitness app from the iPhone's earliest days, tells the story in his new office in downtown Austin, in a brand - new building where giant images of Under Armour athletes adorn the walls (amid, of course, motivational mantras) and several hundred new engineers and other tech employees work.

He's concerned that grandiose claims might one day trigger questions about the fairness of some athletes using technology to stimulate the brain, which has been referred to as «neuro - doping.»

With all the options available today finding a stylish suit look can feel overwhelming, but Dress for the Day is here to walk you through some of the best styles, as seen on some of the world's best dressed athletes.

Athletes tend to describe this day as «easy,» «effortless» or «simple» and confidence soars.

At the end of the day, I really enjoy the kids attitude, and he seems to have a very solid head, and support system to grow professionally as an athlete.

And as his boxing career petered out, Ramos, improbably found a calling, using his connections as a once famous athlete to create the Retired Boxers Foundation, an organization bent on helping needy former boxers with medical and financial support when their days as models of fitness and power were gone.

«We also found that many athletes were taking about 30 milligrams per day — the therapeutic dosage is five milligrams — and I discovered a great many taking as much as 100 milligrams.»

Rather than express any concern or willingness to accommodate this request from a man whose history with USC goes back 23 years to his days as a student - athlete, Haden's immediate response was to derisively repeat the phrase «Unbelievable.»

On the 21st day, the remaining 58 cyclists (out of 120 starters) rode finally toward the Paris finish, «united in their lassitude, having endured their private hell as valiant athletes.»

The clear implication is that there is something inherently undignified about an athlete competing in a sport that has been his lifelong preoccupation, simply because he is not playing as well as he did in his younger days.

These days it seems as though any athlete hoping to hoist a medal first has to drop trou.

Each day brings a new challenge, especially working with the scholarship athletes as they all have very different schedules and are at different stages of their respective seasons.

A top student and football star in South Central L.A., Kitam Hamm is one of a growing number of high school athletes who face life - and - death decisions every day as they try to survive in gang - infested communities

Our clinics are one to three day events taught by our team of coaches and trainers as well as special instructors, sports professionals, or ex-professional players, allowing athletes an opportunity to learn from the pros.

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Regarded as the world's largest cycling festival, this four - day «Celebration of Cycling» hosts nearly 9,600 professional and amateur athletes and 72,500 fans.

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.

As I watched the best athletes in California line up against each other, I told myself, «One day, I'm going to be down there with them.»

Join the River Cats and SportStars Media at the 7th Annual River Cats «SportStars All - City Team» as we payt homage to nearly 500 Sacramento valley student athletes this Mother's Day, May 9th at Raley Field.

Speed work for endurance athletes, or really for anyone just wanting to be fit and get faster, is not «work out at top speed for as long as you can every day.»

As I transitioned to coaching track athletes after my competing days (before I started my surgical training), I felt there had to be a better explanation than a muscle «strain» for the varying degrees of hip pain my athletes were experiencing.

It was a much more promising morning for Britain's athletes on day two of the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot on Saturday as a number made it through to the next stages of their events and both relay teams progressed.

GB's athletes win four medals on final day of IAAF World Indoor Championships action as USA claims men's 4x400m title in world record time

During a recent visit to Birmingham, 14 IAAF staff spent time at the arena as part of a two - day workshop to help plan the Championships, which will see more than 400 athletes from 150 countries take part in six sessions of competition from March 1 to 4.

Sports nutritionist and MomsTeam expert Nancy Clark's top three nutrition tips for athletes: think of food as fuel; fuel by day, diet by night; and, think quality calories.

Like her, we look forward to the day in the not - to - distant future when whether an athlete is black, white, gay, straight or transgender won't be described as an «openly gay» athlete or a «black athlete»; as Caitlin so eloquently put it in her Today Show interview, to a «tomorrow when these classifications no longer exist.»

While a young athlete's need to stay hydrated is a constant regardless of the sports season, athletes exercising in cool or cold weather need to be taught to drink more fluids throughout the day because the cold weather alters the thirst sensation so athletes don't feel as thirsty and as a result don't drink as much, which can cause dehydration.

As one critic pointed out, it's not a great idea to elevate a professional athlete to the status of role model when he may appear on the front pages of the next day's newspaper charged with date rape or wife assault.

The other day I received an email from a neuropsychologist at a well - known New England medical center (I'll call him «Dr.. A» for short) wondering whether there was any evidence to support the recommendation made in a number of articles in our concussion center, as well as videos, that, as part of the cognitive rest a concussed student - athlete needs during concussion recovery, he or she should not play video games:

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.

Recovery Phase: Once an athlete feels physical improvement (such as their headaches subsiding) and his or her post-concussion neurocognitive test scores have improved, he or she can be allowed to gradually return to a full academic day and phased back into normal activities.

Studies show that saccadic movements - the quick eye movements used in reading - are frequently abnormal following concussion and may predict whether an athlete will suffer from postconcussion syndrome (e.g. symptoms which persist over a long period of time, instead of clearing within the first 7 to 10 days, as in the vast majority of cases)(over 90 % in one recent study).

Imagine what sports - loving dads were thinking when they watched regular nightly exclusion during the 17 - day PyeongChang Games, as only mothers were thanked for helping athletes achieve their dreams.

«Special events and game day activities are important to our organization, as we seek to make each athlete's experience unique and special,» says Verdell.

Every day brings new challenges for youth sports administrators, as countless issues can surface at any time that affect young athletes» experiences.

Numerous celebrities and athletes are joining the effort and lending their names as Safe Kids Day «Celebrity Heroes», including Drew Barrymore & Will Kopelman, Nigel & Cristen Barker, Kate Hudson, Bill & Giuliana Rancic, Mark & Rhea Wahlberg, and more.

«As an athlete I spend hundreds of hours every year training my body, so it only makes sense that I have the best mattress to optimize my sleep and recovery so that I can perform at my full potential on race day.»

Just as an endurance athlete benefits from «carbo - loading» for a few days before an athletic event, a pregnant woman may benefit from a high - carbohydrate (high - starch) diet at the end of pregnancy in preparation for her «event» — labor.

In this day and age of pampered, over-compensated (and occasionally criminal) professional athletes, Mr. Bell appears to deserve his reputation as «the nicest guy in baseball.»

CASTLE HILL — Olympic gymnast and borough native John Orozco got a hero's welcome Thursday, as Bronx officials declared it «John Orozco Day» and hosted a «welcome home» lunch for the superstar athlete.

Each day, these athletes inspire each of us to overcome obstacles and challenges, and next month we'll cheer for them as they strive to achieve — whether that means winning a medal, simply competing, or making new friends.

But May's days as aworld - class blind athlete are behind him.

A blow to the head was once referred to as «seeing stars» or «having your bell rung,» but these days coaches, athletes and parents are taking concussions seriously.

Hemoglobin mass offers a detection window as long as 15 days after the initial transfusion, but testing requires athletes to undergo an uncomfortable carbon monoxide rebreathing test, which requires participants to inhale toxic CO, something that can reduce exercise capacity.

When controlling for other factors shown to prolong recovery time, such as a history of concussion or previous diagnosis of a learning disability, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or depression, the researchers found that athletes who delayed reporting a concussion still took an average of five more days to receive medical clearance to return to play.

«As a general rule, I recommend that athletes do yoga on a scheduled rest day, or a day which they are planning to do less intense exercise,» says Smith.

Though my approach on training has shifted since my professional volleyball days, I'll always see myself as an athlete.