by Shwetha Bhatia | May 28, 2022 | health, Nutritious foods, Running, sports, Swimming, Woman's Health Day
The presence of women participating in competitive sports is steadily growing. Women in sport defy gender stereotypes and social norms, make inspiring role models, and show men and women as equals. Some challenges female athletes face: Gender...
by Varadayini Gorhe | Jul 30, 2021 | Cycling, diet, Fitness, health, Marathon, Psychological Trauma, psychology, Running, Swimming
Our Expert Sport Psychologist Varadayini Gorhe writes on how Olympic athletes have challenges in their mental health due to the pandemic and what provisions have been given to athletes to better their mental health during the Olympics. In week 1 of the Tokyo Games,...
by Dr. Janhvi Vayada | Jul 5, 2021 | Fitness, health, physiotherapy, strengthening exercises, Swimming
Rounded shoulders is caused when the resting shoulder position moves forward than the usual shoulder position. It affects the ideal shoulder alignment and causes postural imbalance if not corrected or treated. The shoulders look slumped in position, hence the term...
by Abhay Kedari | Aug 18, 2019 | cardiopulmonary system, Cycling, diet, Endurance, exercise physiology, Fitness, Ironman, Lactate Threshold, Marathon, Running, Swimming, Triathlon, Ultra-endurance, VO2 max
Understanding how our bodies work will be quite helpful in our pursuit to optimise Endurance performance. A person training for competing in endurance-based events requires a significant amount of energy. In this part, we will learn about energy and the various...
by Abhay Kedari | Aug 17, 2019 | cardiopulmonary system, Cycling, Endurance, exercise physiology, Fitness, Ironman, Marathon, Running, Swimming, Triathlon, Ultra-endurance, VO2 max
The cardiovascular circulatory system transports food, hormones, metabolic wastes, and gases (oxygen, carbon dioxide) to and from cells. Double circulatory system. Vector diagram In our earlier blog we have seen that endurance based activities primarily depend on...
by Abhay Kedari | Aug 17, 2019 | cardiopulmonary system, Cycling, Endurance, exercise physiology, Fitness, Lactate Threshold, Marathon, Running, Swimming, Triathlon, Ultra-endurance, VO2 max
Athlete doing a performance test in sports lab. Runner with mask running on treadmill machine and testing performance. Until now, we have seen that an improvement in the oxygen carrying ability is an important factor contributing to peak performance in endurance...
