In recent years, sports drinks have scored a major coup in terms of marketing and perception among the general public. Sports drinks like Gatorade and Powerade are designed as specialized beverages for athletes to refuel, rehydrate, and replenish electrolytes, during or directly preceding/following athletic activity.
But from a marketing angle, athletes are a small group,...
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Cycling log: 14×2 min intervals
Tim and Jason meet on Barbee Chapel Rd. for harder cycling workout. After 10-15 min of warmup (for Jason, on top of Tim’s already biking 15 minutes to meeting spot), started intervals of 2 minutes hard, 1 minute easy. We alternated pulls, so every...
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Log – weighted 40-yard and unweighted 100m sprints, overhead squats
Tim and Jason meet at soccer fields to run. Warmup jogs and plyos (A-skips, high-knees, butt-kicks).
8 x 40-yard sprints wearing 30# weight vests, 1 min rest between repeats. focus on power and acceleration. Jason’s medial shins were really bothering him.
4 x 100m sprints, unweighted,...
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Log – 200m intervals, crossfit’s “Cindy”
Tim and Jason meet at track, already somewhat warmed-up (Tim 1 hour yoga beforehand, Jason biked to campus). Easy 400m warmup jog, then 8×200m with ~2 min rest between...
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log – conditioning with step-ups and man-makers
conditioning workout with Jason building up toward peak-maintenance for Mt. Hood climb and Tim coming off 79-mile bike ride two days prior on Memorial day.
warmup in racquetball court:
two 30-sec...
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Log – 30y Sprints w/50# Weight Vest, Weighted Vertical Leaps
Ran 10 30 yard sprints with a 50# weight vest (1 minute rests between each) and then ran two more unweighted (felt like I was flying).
Followed that up with...
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Log – variety workout focused on balance and past rehab
Tim solo workout at SRC with Jason gone for weekend. Focused on well-rounded workout with balance, but also did some exercises from past rehab programs (originally prescribed by PT...
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