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A Take on Supplements

In 1994, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) allowed for "supplements" to be sold without requiring much scrutiny by the Food and Drug Administration. It was mainly a decision promoted by business-minded politicians. After that, the GNC-type stores came to prominence as lucrative businesses. In turn, marketing and sale of products over the internet proliferated too. Read more »

Physical Education vs Sport

In many countries, the terms physical education and sport are used together to describe the academic discipline that we commonly refer to as physical education in the US. However, the US is unique because we offer interscholastic sport competition. Only a handful of other countries do this. Others rely on independent club amateur, semi-pro, and professional leagues for competitive sports. Because of the coupling of athletic competition to academic institutions, physical educators have found it difficult to coexist with athletic personnel. Consequently, athletics and physical education have always had different goals and more or less have followed divergent paths in their development in the US. Read more »

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Brief Interview Responses about Attitude and Mental Aspects of Training

A student recently interviewed me with some questions related to sport psychology. Below were my responses:

Q: It has been said that if you have the mental attitude of “I'm going to lose” then you will lose every time. I was wondering what you think of this statement? Read more »

Oregon Physical Education Requirements Law ORS 329.496

Interview with Equipment Manager for University Athletics

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Interview with Brian Avila, Equipment Manager at Eastern Oregon University on May 11, 2010. Avila had been equipment manager for 25 years at EOU. In the interview he discusses strategies for purchasing equipment, choosing vendors, check-out systems, and inventory of equipment. Interview conducted by Brian Sather. 

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Calculating HRR with Google

The heart rate reserve calculation formula can be entered in a google search box as follows (replacing your age for "AGE" and your resting heart rate for "RHR" in the formula):

(((220-AGE)-RHR)*.85)+RHR

&

(((220-AGE)-RHR)*.60)+RHR

Presentations from Triathlon Clinic at Mountain Valley Physical Therapy, La Grande, Oregon

 

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 Swim Technique by Darren Dutto, Professor at Eastern Oregon University & high school swim coach for La Grande

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 Swim Training by Joe Andrews, La Grande Veterans Memorial Pool

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 Cycling Training by Brian Sather, Professor at Eastern Oregon University

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Bowling Skills

Rules and scoring