tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86874141810831342262023-06-20T21:03:13.818-07:00Coach MicheleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687414181083134226.post-1698937751109467012016-08-04T09:54:00.001-07:002016-08-04T09:54:50.128-07:00<div class="MsoNormal">
This is the first time I have ever done anything like this
before, really get my personal opinion out there with how I feel about sport. Going
public with this has been a great challenge for me, but with the support of
some awesome and wonderful friends here it is.. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Thanks in advance for reading.. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I am not a parent or retired high performance athlete or
even an average athlete who has moved into coaching and sport administration. I
am a person who found sport and who sport has been a major reason why I am now
the person that I am. I love sport, the challenge, the learning, the skill
development, the research that is developing daily…. I love it all... Except
the negative parts. Maybe I am very naïve and maybe I live in an unreal world…
the parts of sport that are not good are the same as what is wrong with the
real world, jealousy, mistrust, lack of respect…. Bullying….<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is how I feel about sport.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There is so much good that comes from sport, it truly
outweighs the negatives. Sport is or can be such a great thing for all
athletes, able bodied and disabled alike, coaches, volunteers, administrators,
parents, fans. There are so many non-sport skills that are developed through
sport or any activity for that matter: time management, confidence, and respect
for others, working together, communication, travel, planning, goal setting and
personal evaluation. But sometimes sport is seen as the issue or the problem, I
think it more helps us to see the issues in the real world and can give us
methods to change the world in a positive way. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Competitive sport or recreational sport are all good and
provide wonderful opportunities to everyone involved. The skills and personal
development that can occur through sport is amazing. Bu there are negative
things that comes from both as well... We need to work harder at finding a way
to eliminate the negative and make the positive aspects even stronger. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So what are some of the issues? For the most part they stem
from one problem…. BULLYING<o:p></o:p></div>
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-athletes bullying athletes<o:p></o:p></div>
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-parents bullying parents<o:p></o:p></div>
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-parents questioning coaches and other volunteers <o:p></o:p></div>
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-administrators bullying coaches and other volunteers<o:p></o:p></div>
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-well-meaning administrators who do not fully understand the
sport. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The demand for respect and understanding of one’s situation
or perspective but the lack of respect for others. This is a two way street,
people want respect, but often are unwilling to give it and expect more than
they give. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Athletes who bully other athletes is very prevalent in
sport. Today athletes and young people are pretty good at hiding this. And
those being bullied are not so willing to come forward and tell someone this is
happening. Why? I am not sure… we talk about it all the time and tell people to
come forward, but it is still not happening. And if an athlete comes forward and tells that
they are being bullied? What do we do? How do we handle it? I am really not
sure. But we need to come up with something. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Kids bully others about their height, weight, skill,
ability, events they go to or not go to, equipment they have or don’t have and
sometimes athletes will follow their pre competition routine simply to disrupt
others pre competition routine. This has to stop. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sometimes parents, volunteers etc., do not trust others that
are part of the organizations that must work together. So sometimes these
volunteers do things that they feel are helpful to their program, club or PSO
(or their own child athlete) without taking into full consideration the bigger,
picture which has to remain Athlete Development<o:p></o:p></div>
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So what is Athlete Development? This is a process that can
take an athlete from their first exposure of a sport to the most elite level of
that sport, be it a professional league or tour or National Team. There are
many places along the way the athlete can start, finish or rejoin. And this is
if there are no injuries. This is a pathway with bench marks and “boxes to tick
off” that must occur at least in the more or less correct order if not at the
exact right times based on science, research and other evidences. Meaning
certain things must happen and certain things need to be done in a certain
order for the athlete to achieve the highest possible skill level. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Not all athletes will make it to the top of the sport. And
that must be OK. In large programs athletes that have the skill and the where
with all to be competitive and work towards the top have a solid structural
opportunities under which to work and develop. For those in smaller programs
the program has to be everything to everyone, meaning they must provide the
coaching, and training and competitive opportunities for those that want to
pursue the high performance stream as well as a less intense program for those
who cannot for whatever reason, be it financial, skill or desire. Or the
smaller program has to choose which it will do. And again, that has to be OK. <o:p></o:p></div>
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For provincial or regional organisations that work with
National Sport Organizations, their job is to bring athletes to the National
Team, That might be a junior team, a development team, or a C team based on the
structure and wording of the particular sport. The National Sport Organization
likely has these benchmarks laid out and have the expectation that the PSO or
region will have a structure to hit all or most of these with the best athletes
and using this structure to develop skills of other athletes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The things that are lacking in the world or real world are
also lacking in sport. Trust, respect, cooperation and appreciation. (For
others situations)<o:p></o:p></div>
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For young athletes we need to make sure there is a good and
proper balance between external motivation (top awards) and internal
motivations. Parents really need to listen to coaches and program directors
when it comes to number of training days or sessions versus competition days-
specialization.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Young athletes to a certain extent only understand their
value based on awards and placings in competition. And this fine, the coaches
and parents can see the skill development even when the athlete might not be
able to. Things such as top provincial or regional age group awards, being
selected to a top team for a major competition. These are great external
motivations and very needed, we as coaches need to do a better job at being
able to help athlete’s understand that skill development is a progression and
it take time and that they are making gains all the time. Even if they cannot
see it. In my sport athletes see time as their only way of measuring success.
They only see that made gains if they narrow the gap between them and the
athlete they are chasing. For example an athlete at 11 years of age if the
athlete does not win the provincial title, this is in no way an indication of
where they will be at age 19 when the National team will looking at them. Small
improvements added together at the right time (which could be different for
many athletes) could be the catalyst which will drive an athlete to the top. We
also have to do a better job encouraging and finding a place on all teams for
the athlete that is not the best. Everyone has something to contribute to every
team, no matter their skill.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687414181083134226.post-71488278320088362512014-05-18T04:36:00.002-07:002014-05-18T04:36:49.837-07:00<br />
HI everyone, here is a cool article written by a canoe kayak coach for his athletes after National Championships. Now obviously , Canoe Kayak athletes competitive season is different from our but the message is very similar. Right now in May after our ski racing season you as athletes and us as coaches are in a transition phase. We are no longer racing and training, but we all need to get ready for that next phase of training.... summer. That phase of the year is called the General phase. During that time we will all be doing conditioning, either a specific program for another sport or the program that we are getting prepared right now. Or maybe you are just going to have a good summer of hiking, biking, swimming or whatever. Either way, you need to recover from the season. This article speaks to a lot of things to pay attention to and why we need this time. As always if you have any questions please let me know.<br />
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<a href="http://www.canoeicf.com/dms/icf/documents/Coaches-Corner/Coaches-Corner-The-Transition-Phase/Coaches%20Corner%20The%20Transition%20Phase.pdf">http://www.canoeicf.com/dms/icf/documents/Coaches-Corner/Coaches-Corner-The-Transition-Phase/Coaches%20Corner%20The%20Transition%20Phase.pdf</a>f<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687414181083134226.post-81761983692004513512014-05-18T04:21:00.002-07:002016-07-26T16:17:27.593-07:00<br />
HI everyone, please take a look at this article that Steve Cooke found. For one thing it is really fun to read and second of all it is very much how I feel about the topic. Also most of us have met the person who wrote it.<br />
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http://www.alpineathleticchamp.com/fitness-tips<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687414181083134226.post-18246032857632366682014-04-20T05:50:00.000-07:002014-04-20T05:50:01.899-07:00a link from Dr. Jim TaylorHi Athletes, I know it is strange for me to post twice in just a couple days but this article from Dr. Jim Taylor is a great read. And something I fully believe in. <br />
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<a href="http://drjimtaylor.com/2.0/ski-racing/make-mental-training-priority-season/">http://drjimtaylor.com/2.0/ski-racing/make-mental-training-priority-season/</a><br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687414181083134226.post-82270282060086045652014-04-19T03:56:00.003-07:002014-04-19T03:58:45.315-07:00Well ski season is over and now the athletes should be in the first stage of active recovery. And so should the coaches. It is really quite something to realize after a few days or a couple weeks off snow just how"injured" we were all season. Little aches and pains become more apparent, we now have time to feel them. It is important for these small injuries to be looked after now so once the next training stage starts we are ready to go. So athletes if you are feeling any tightness or other aches and pains try to see a doctor or a physio. Do the things we all know are needed to repair, ice, stretching, moist heat. Other things that are good now are things such as relaxation and imagery. <br />
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Make sure skiing and racing stay important to you over the next several months. If you are a Canada Games athletes, remember, one year and it is all over. We still have lots of work to do. <br />
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If you can please stay in touch with your coaches. Let them know what you are doing for summer activities. If you are not playing sports see if you can find a fitness program that works the aerobic capacities and strenght. No I do not mean you have to going running everyday.... Just something that gets your heart rate up. Go find what your training heart rate range is. Your coaches are there to help. <br />
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There is tons of stuff on the internet from World Cup athletes that you can do or be inspired by. See if your favorite athletes have blogs or websites or check them out on Youtube. I will post some things here from time to time so check back for articles on nutrition, mental training and planning. <br />
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Lets see just what we can do as Atlantic skiers to be better next season.<br />
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Have a great summer coaches athletes and parents. <br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687414181083134226.post-56239546100393025222014-02-10T12:48:00.001-08:002014-02-10T12:48:27.071-08:00Well it has been far too long since I last posted anything. And I have a lot to tell you. On November 15 2013 I have a total knee replacement of my left knee. I have suffered from Osteoarthritis now for a number of years. I have tried physio, acupuncture, laser treatment, massage, ice, heat, medications, and injections. All of which worked to a degree for a short period of time. Surgery has changed my life. No other way to express it. It has been a hard recovery in a lot of ways.... not the least of which is I have not skied or coached yet this season... <br />
I have done 5 weeks of physiotherapy at the hospital with an amazing therapist....have been doing the same or similar exercises at home since I got home from the hospital... I am going to the gym three morning a week again and I now cannot wait to get back to work... my real job...<br />
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Here is how this has been life changing. I can sleep through the night, I can sit and watch TV (Olympics) and not have pain, the can climb stairs, up and down and I walk with no limp. I can get into my car and drive and no feel after a few minutes like I could pass out. And as my trainer says I no longer walk like an old women. Not that there is anything wrong with that... I am just not old.<br />
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Getting ready for this surgery I was inspired to loose some weight, now I did not have much to loose but even 15 pounds has made a huge difference. I was inspired to get a much better diet, again not that I had a bad one, I just now have a much better one and I feel so good. <br />
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This has been life changing and I have not even started to ski yet. No idea how much better that will be. <br />
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I have several people to thank, and this is in no particular order. <br />
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Dr. Andrew Berkshire, and his staff, all the nurses (RN and LPNs) at the orthopedic wing at the DECH, Barb Toole at the Physiotherapy department at the DECH, all my friends, athletes that I have coached and all my coaching friends. Most important though... my family and even more important my mom. No way would I be where I am on recovery without her. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687414181083134226.post-39633150919420396322013-10-26T10:08:00.000-07:002013-10-26T10:08:00.424-07:00<a href="http://www.dartfish.tv/Presenter.aspx?CR=p1490c3372m171650#!AQECAAECAAEBAQAAAQEBAgIBAAIACUVxdWlwbWVudAlTa2kgYm9vdHMAAQEBEXAxNDkwYzMzNzJtMTcxNjUwAAAA">http://www.dartfish.tv/Presenter.aspx?CR=p1490c3372m171650#!AQECAAECAAEBAQAAAQEBAgIBAAIACUVxdWlwbWVudAlTa2kgYm9vdHMAAQEBEXAxNDkwYzMzNzJtMTcxNjUwAAAA</a><br />
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HI Gang here is the link to the boot fitting presentation we did at the NB Alpine Sport Science weekend.<br />
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Please take a look at this for more details on boot fitting and what to look for. <br />
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ThanksUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687414181083134226.post-75409609081541963092013-10-20T12:09:00.000-07:002013-10-20T12:09:16.656-07:00<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">HI everyone, So we have been doing for a couple months now. Things are going well. The athletes that are coming are showing some real progress. Good work and well done to all those athletes. And a big thank you to their parents who bring them every weekend. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So NB Alpine is hosting a sport science weekend next weekend, Oct 26 and 27 right here in Fredericton at the UNB gym. Please see the notices sent to the clubs from NB Alpine. Please let us know if you are coming so we can get the material and order lunch. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">To coaches this is a chance to gain at least some of you CSCF licensing credits. So again please let me know if you are coming. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Do your snow dance and get your gear ready. In NB you never know when we could be skiing</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687414181083134226.post-76839071591103836512013-09-06T07:10:00.002-07:002013-09-06T07:10:31.146-07:00Hey gang, one the things that is really important to ski racers young and older is agility and fast feet.<br />
Take a look at the video I have linked for you and be ready to perform at least some of these over the next couple months as we prepare the ski season. <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=B_bbBglPGHA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=B_bbBglPGHA</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687414181083134226.post-41811908915638907032013-09-01T15:07:00.001-07:002013-09-01T15:07:20.821-07:00
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Hey for anyone in the Crabbe Mountain Race club, fall dryland will start
next Sunday. That is September 8th. There will be an email going out very soon
with the details. Keep your eyes out for it. <br />
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This fall we are really organized and have a great plan to help you athletes
become the very best you can be. You have to do the work, but we will give you
the tools to do it. <br />
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We will work on not only fitness and conditioning, but flexibility and some
mental training skills as well. <br />
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So be ready, next Sunday September 8th 2013 we start the next ski season. <br />
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You have all heard this from me before, fitness and conditioning are the
great equalizers. No matter where we live in Canada, we have the same opportunity
to be at the same fitness level. Or better, if others do not do the work. With
improved fitness, we can ski and train on snow longer, having a better
training effect. A training effect is when each run is worthwhile and the
athlete can get something from it. In our case, I would say our best athletes
have had about 3-5 runs a day that they were actually getting a training
effect. I would like to see that get to 5-7 runs. 5 runs a day where we as
coaches can help you the athlete be better. FASTER.<br />
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Fitness and conditioning are only the first part of narrowing the gap. We
need to eat right, sleep right, get the best of our recovery time, and have the
athlete’s brains in the right place at the right time. The athletes need to
have as much experience as possible in order to draw from when certain
situations present themselves on the race track. <br />
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So let’s get this season started…. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687414181083134226.post-3644402532399844962013-08-21T11:21:00.002-07:002013-08-21T11:21:50.492-07:00Hey everyone, I was surfing on the net a few days ago and I am not sure how I found this video but it is cool. Please take a look at how Mike Janyk from the Canadian Ski Team trains. <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=O2KmEe0W1zw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=O2KmEe0W1zw</a><br />
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There are tons of videos like this from most of the World Cup athletes. Just go to youtube and type in your favorite racers name and you will find lots of stuff. <br />
Ski season is coming, faster than you might think. Some of us have been doing fitness training all summer, some have been playing other sports and getting fitness from that. Either way, all this work this summer will have a positive effect on your on snow training. The better physical fitness you have before the season, the better you will be able to train. If last season you could do three or four training runs a day before you started to feel it in your legs, and this season you can do five or six, that means there are that many more times you can actually make an improvement in your skill. <br />
Fall fitness is starting soon as well. More focused on the fundamental movement skills we as skiers need and more focused on the fundamental sport skills we need as skiers.<br />
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Things such as balance, agility, speed, jumping, landing etc. For sport skills things such as timing, reaction, balance, stability. All these things need to be worked on all the time to make sure athletes are at their best. <br />
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So once school starts training for skiing and racing starts as well. <br />
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Go find videos that you like and your coach will be happy to help you with them. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687414181083134226.post-64310070944145761512013-06-25T07:13:00.001-07:002013-06-25T07:13:08.031-07:00Hi everyone or anyone who interested in what I have to say about skiing and coaching and fitness. I have asked the athletes this summer to keep a bit of a journal listing their food intake and activities. I also promised I would do the same. I have not been good at it so far and was guilted badly Sunday by my youngest athlete who showed me her food journal. So here is my attempt to make this more right. <br />
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Yesterday was a bad day for food for me. We had a BBQ at work. I had a coffee and a bowl of cereal for breakfast, then another coffee later in the morning. At lunch I had a hot dog. I know I know that is not a good choice. Things got worse. At the BBQ I had 2 sausages so 2 hotdog buns, relish and two brownies. Then I had a piece of butterscotch pie. And did I feel it later. Too full. <br />
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But today I am making a public promise. I want to be fitter and feel better all the time. I want to be able to perform and get the most out of my training sessions. So today I had an orange before I went to the gym, a bowl of cereal and a coffee for breakfast when I got home. <br />
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My workout was great today. I did three different sets of 2 exercises. I am suffering a bit of a shoulder injury right now so no heavy weights. At the end of the session I did 20 seconds on (hard) and 10 seconds of rowing for 7 minutes. That felt good. <br />
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So again I promise to be post at least weekly what I am doing and chat about my food intake and activity levels. <br />
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Keep me honest athletes. You inspire me every day. <br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687414181083134226.post-90305960368261362342013-06-02T09:29:00.001-07:002013-06-02T09:29:14.279-07:00Hey athletes. Here is a great little fruit smoothie that is good as breakfast or a post work out recovery snack. Try it, let me know how you like it and if you did anything different.<br />
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250 ml (1 cup) skim milk<br /> 200 g carton low-fat vanilla yoghurt<br /> 2 tablespoons skim milk powder (optional)<br /> 2 tablespoons wheat germ (optional)<br /> Any one of the following fruit portions:<br /> 1 large ripe banana<br /> ½ cup strawberries<br /> 1 peeled large peach<br /> 1 peeled small mango<br />
Put all ingredients into a blender. Blend until frothy. Drink immediately.<br />
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16 </div>
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1 </div>
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Preparation time: 5 minutes<br /> Cooking time: Nil<br /> Serves: 1Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687414181083134226.post-22474872453603737972013-05-28T09:39:00.001-07:002013-05-28T09:39:45.610-07:00Summer 2013 and monitoring athletes <br />
Hey, where did the winter go? And the fall of 2013? Well lets start again. Below is a link to a "survey" or questionnaire I have on Google Drive to help monitor athletes. This link is for your summer activity level. I know there are some of you that play a ton of sports and I am afraid that you are so busy, you may not know how to find the time to eat...., get the right type of rest and how to recover. So that you can go back to your sport after each game or training session and either play your best or get the best training effect possible. So if you can find the time, please click on the link below fill on the survey. (don't worry I am the only one who can see what you say) and if you are really busy maybe I can help you. Maybe you don't need help and that is fine as well. <br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1wsPvGlwRvzumJ7TviDjST-uvi3XXcXdaj28s9J2E0So/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1wsPvGlwRvzumJ7TviDjST-uvi3XXcXdaj28s9J2E0So/viewform</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687414181083134226.post-63832816037297186272012-04-15T16:58:00.000-07:002012-04-15T16:58:12.798-07:00Summer is coming fastWell we had a great meeting tonight with most of the athletes that took part in the ETP this past season. There was great feedback from both parents and athletes. I have offered to do a summer fitness program for this group of athletes. WOW are they busy, not one of them with no plans for the summer. One is going on a 5 week trip with his grandparents, another is hoping to be a camp counsellor, 4 of them are wanting to play soccer and do other sports camps. <br />
So we decided to take a look in about a month to see what thier summer is looking better. There was some interest in a one evening a week thing, the kids keeping journals and good monitoring of them so they keep them up. <br />
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I will start posting my work outs I am doing for me. I want to put up some video as well or photos and implement things I learn. <br />
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Lets have a great summer season and see what our skiers can become.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687414181083134226.post-70268172255108842802011-08-17T16:42:00.000-07:002011-08-17T16:42:57.530-07:00Summer is going FASTWell, student athletes are soon back to school. Sorry gang, but September is coming and so are the books. Which also means fall, which means maybe dry land from your club, planning late fall or early on-snow camps, maybe you will get away with your family or friends before the club programs start. <br />
A bit early but THINK SNOW.<br />
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I have been a bit lazy posting my fitness sessions. I am really not sure if anyone is interested but I like the idea of maybe someone getting the idea of getting in shape or better shape. Fitness is the greatest of equalizers, not only in skiing. But think about it. We struggle all winter trying to get on -snow as much as we can and make the best out of our time on snow by getting as many training runs in as possible. Some of the others we race against later in the season at Nationals or regional events ski more then us, but we do pretty well. Those things we have a hard time making better. We can only do what we can do with school time and other restrictions like no or few full time coaches who can coach during the week. But what if, just suppose we can be in as good physical condition as other athletes the same age across the country who ski more days than us? Do you think your time on snow that we get might be more benificial? If you the athlete have a good areobic base, meaning your body has better stamina and better ability to work longer do you think you could train even more runs that are effective? Without fitness training an athlete can train for just so long before runs become survival and next to no learning or development is occurring. But if you are strong and can do 2 more runs that are effective your training becomes more effective. So your day on snow is more effective. Maybe this is the way we can narrow the gap as it were when we get to the big important races near the end of the season. <br />
This summer I have tried 2 things. 1) I am really paying attention to what I am eating. I have really cut down on the amount of chemicals that are going into my body. And 2) I have been going to a personal trainer three days a week. I feel so good, I sleep better, I can think better, I have lost weight. I am stronger and happier.<br />
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I have been busy but summer is almost over and I kick into high gear gettting ready for my favorite time of the year COACHING. <br />
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I will post my session Friday, POWER, I like that one. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687414181083134226.post-85891847564673006722011-06-13T06:58:00.001-07:002011-06-13T07:22:52.006-07:00WOW that was hardLast Friday I hit the gym for my fitness session. Looked easy. 4 stations 20 seconds each, 10 second rest between, still sounds easy??? Then it was 8 times around. Not easy. Then to top it off, there was another circuit of 4 more exercises. <br />
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To be honest with you, here is what happened. I got through the first 4 exercises all 8 times, no problem? No it was really hard but I did it and I was pretty pleased. Then I had to get into the second go round. Different story, I only got through 4 of the 8 rounds and I mean I was done. DONE. <br />
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Then I had to work at the store. again to be honest I really did not feel very good the rest of the morning. <br />
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For some reason I find this stuff fun. I worked hard I am feeling stronger and that is the best part. It is hard for me to judge though as my trainer keeps making the sessions harder. <br />
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Today I did 15 dead lifts, 20 knees to chest, 25 situps 30 push ups 35 walking lunges. times 4. Then there was another set of 2 exercises back to back with 30 second rest(if you can call it that) times 4. I hurt today as write this.<br />
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Enjoy the training gang it pays off you will see.<br />
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watch on CBC run run revolution. really good show. It is was on last night. All the athletes should see this.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687414181083134226.post-25983914536288365582011-06-01T08:43:00.000-07:002011-06-01T08:43:18.103-07:00today at the ymI have been going to a personal trainer for over a year now. With the winter so busy I did not do anything this ski season and did I ever notice that the first week of April. We work for a full half hour, might not sound like much but it is full tilt, non stop exercise after exercise. <br />
For example, today things were for 30 seconds at a time. 30 seconds of jump pull-ups, then two laps on the agility ladder, 30 seconds of sling shot lunges, agaility ladder, 30 seconds box jumps, (the middle sized one),ladder, 30 seconds of large tire flips and burpees, back to the ladder, then as many as I could do push ups with the stretch band around my back and shoulders I did this at least 5 times?? <br />
This week has been hard, I am at the gym at 7:30 in the morning, a 15 minute warm-up then the half hour with a retired Pari Officers from the Military. (Frank) <br />
I have been having a harder time this week, not sure why, but this training I think really helps me relate to how the athletes might feel when we as coaches are pushing them hard. I push hard in this, Frank keeps reminding how hard I ask the athletes to work... suddenly I find one or two more reps in me just when I want to move on. <br />
So there we go an example of my work out.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687414181083134226.post-84669846777750318722011-05-31T07:33:00.000-07:002011-05-31T07:33:26.541-07:00My first blogging experienceHey everyone, <br />
I am doing a blog, this should be interesting. On this blog I will post the fitness program I am doing, maybe some photos and maybe even some video. <br />
As we get going I will post some ideas for fitness for the summer and also post some full programs. <br />
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I will put links to some cool stuff I am finding all over the interent and some links maybe to other skier's blogs so you can see what they are doing. <br />
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So bear with me first time posting stuff on the net. I will try to make this as fun as possible.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0