Posted by: Joe Nuss
on Jul 29, 2009
By Joe Nuss When the weather turns hot here in North Carolina, it's best to find a nice pool and kick up your swimming a notch. If you are like most triathletes, you have probably put off joining a masters team for far too long since you don't think it's all that important in a race anyway. Well, the low-impact and cardiovascular benefits of swimming are far too beneficial to overlook, not to mention the fact that masters will make you faster. When it comes to a sprint triathlon, every second counts, so check out our Getting Started article on swimming and how to hook-up with a masters team.
Another favorite way North Carolinians choose to keep cool is to head to the mountains. While on average (based on my highly scientific research on weather.com and some conversations with people who live in the Blue Ridge Mountains) the temperature is about 10 degrees cooler in the mountains, which are far too beautiful to overlook when you live this close. Like the many old textile and tobacco barons used to do, use the summer heat as an excuse to pack up and head to the mountains.
In one of our features, "Bike, Bites, & Brews", freelance writer Rob Lamme gives you the basics in planning your own mountain biking bash. With an emphasis on good eats, homemade brew, and not-too-technical but still epic trails (for all the triathletes and runners out there), you're sure to find a reason to dust off that mountain bike and head west.
Posted by: Joe Nuss
on Jul 28, 2009
By Joe Nuss
When Mick Gunter's mother, Karla Bolen Gunter, was killed in a car accident nearly 20 years ago, he was a senior in college and getting ready to start a tour of duty in the Marine Corps. While he hoped to eventually do something to honor his mother, a well-respected teacher, he fell into a trap of postponing his grief in order to deal with his immediate challenges.
Posted by: Joe Nuss
on Jul 27, 2009
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Posted by: Joe Nuss
on Jul 25, 2009
By Greg Ryan - CrossFit Durham
Perhaps one of the most challenging abdominal exercises around, the Hanging Knees to Elbows are for athletes tired of traditional sit-ups who demand a total core strengthening movement. The muscles of the core generally include the oblique and abdominis family (belly), erector spinae (lower back) and the pelvis region. Where traditional si
t-ups target the abdominal muscles, the Hanging Knees to Elbows require recruitment of the entire core. What's more, Hanging Knees to Elbows also develops grip strength as the exercise requires the athlete to execute a static hang from a bar.
Posted by: Joe Nuss
on Jul 24, 2009
Jason Harloff, PT, MSPT, LAT, ATC
Every year about this time, we start to see the effects of improper stroke mechanics in our multisport athletes and swimmers. Improper stroke mechanics can result from a variety of sources. Once such source stems from the fact that the human body is extremely efficient and finds ways to compensate for joint and soft tissue restrictions. Another factor occurs when we force our bodies to move through less than optimal movement patterns and is especially common in the sport of swimming. Each stroke has its own common compensations. For the benefit of multisport athletes this article will address freestyle and the common problems associated with it.
Posted by: Joe Nuss
on Jul 23, 2009
By D.C. Lucchesi
Charlie Engle knows about maintaining momentum. As an adventure racer and ultra-distance athlete, you can't run across the country or another continent without being able to keep your focus on a finish line that could be weeks or even months away. But one of this Greensboro resident's current challenges may never have a finish line: maintaining the public's interest in H20 Africa, the charitable component of his historic run across the African continent. Even in the heat of summer training and racing in the Carolinas, the lack or absence of water is never a consideration. But to many in the heart of Africa, it is a striking reality. Engle's epic run and Africa's enduring water crisis are documented in the new film Running the Sahara. The film, narrated and produced by Oscar-winner Matt Damon, is being showcased primarily at major marathons until the end of the year. An advance screening in Charlotte gave us the opportunity to talk to Engle about the film and the effort to access water in Africa.
Posted by: Joe Nuss
on Jul 22, 2009
By Brandon McDearis
