Advanced Fitness & Performance Training

The content provided in this section is for advanced study of fitness. It uses the fitness content as a basis for further exploration of fitness in more depth. For those studying general fitness principles in a coures like "Fitness for Life," examining this content is unnecessary, but may be worth exploring for more depth of information.

ACSM Position Statements

http://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/pages/collectiondetails.aspx?TopicalCollectionId=1
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM, website: www.acsm.org )is the organization of professionals that serves as the leading authority on physical fitness research. This link to position statements produced by the ACSM is very important, because it represents the current paradigm for empirically based fitness recommendations. Look for the physical activity guidelines.

Strength Training for Endurance Athletes

by Brian Sather, created Oct 14 2009 - 11:22am

Presentation notes for Quinn Wellness Center, Eastern Oregon University
co-sponsored OregonTrailRacing.com
Feb 2008

I am a competitive cyclist. I quit upper body strength training 3 years ago in order to lose arm and chest strength/bulk because it is needless weight. This year I abandoned weight training altogether. This is a general health sacrifice I made for being competitive.

Factors in strength development: Read more »

Muscle Physiology - UCSD

http://muscle.ucsd.edu/musintro/jump.shtml
Detailed information on muscle physiology presented by University of California San Diego.

Resistance Training Recommendations by ACSM 2009

by Brian Sather, created Jul 23 2009 - 12:25am

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Position Statement titled Progression Models in Resistance Training for Healthy Adults in (Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, March 2009 - Volume 41 - Issue 3 - pp 687-708) ( Read more »

Periodization for Bicycle Racing

by Brian Sather, created Oct 14 2009 - 11:15am

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Guest lecture for EXS451 Scientific Basis for Sports Conditioning at Eastern Oregon University, by Brian Sather, October 2007.

Designing Your Life - OpenCourseWare Class at MIT

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http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Athletics--Physical-Education-and-Recreation/PE-550January--IAP--2007/CourseHome/index.htm

Description from the website:

This course provides an exciting, eye-opening, and thoroughly useful inquiry into what it takes to live an extraordinary life, on your own terms. The instructors address what it takes to succeed, to be proud of your life, and to be happy in it. Participants tackle career satisfaction, money, body, vices, and relationship to themselves and others. They learn how to address issues in their lives, how to live life, and how to learn from it.

This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month. This not-for-credit course is sponsored by the Department of Science, Technology, and Society. A similar, semester-long version of this course is taught in the Sloan Fellows Program. A semester-long extension of the IAP course is also taught to the population at large of MIT.

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Learning Guide for Advanced Fitness & Performance Training

by Brian Sather, created Mar 5 2009 - 5:55pm, updated Oct 14 2009 - 11:26am

Description: Individualized and focused high intensity training for improving fitness and athletic performance. This class uses an online platform to enhance and improve participants' experience as they train for specific goals and events. Each student will interact with the instructor as a personal coach, helping to improve training techniques based on principles grounded in good scientific evidence. The process will include goal setting, planning training, logging workouts, performance testing, and sharing event results. Designed specifically for athletes training for target events like a marathon, triathlon, or an upcoming sport season. Read more »

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

by Brian Sather, created May 2 2010 - 11:59pm, updated May 3 2010 - 12:01am

 

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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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