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Moyes is a 'dinosaur': Jurassic training regime is why Van Persie is injured ...
Robin van Persie: fitness coach criticises 'dinosaur' training methods
The Dutch fitness specialist Raymond Verheijen has criticised the training methods of David Moyes, who claimed to have "overtrained" Robin van Persie "to build up his fitness". Though Moyes may simply have meant that Van Persie had been worked hard in Manchester United training sessions, Verheijen, who has been employed with Wales, Barcelona, Chelsea and Manchester City, was unhappy.
Through his Twitter account, he observed that Van Persie had been withdrawn with muscle tightness in his thigh during United's friendly in Japan, inferring it to be a consequence of the fitness work he had done in the preceding days.
"The only way to solve this problem in Jurassic Park is to improve education of these dinosaur coaches, fitness clowns & scientific cowboys," he wrote. "All over the world in preseason you see the pattern overtraining-fatigue-injuries'. Always avoid accumulation of fatigue in pre-season."
And Verheijen was dubious as to football's ability to align with his recommendations. "As long as most dinosaurs are still in denial and ignore how things develop in other countries, nothing will ever change," he said. "Obviously, players like RVP should learn to protect themselves better against 'overtraining'."
However, Van Persie is expected to be fit for United's game against Cerezo Osaka. "It was just a precaution," explained Moyes in his pre-match press conference on Thursday. "I expect he will play tomorrow."
Van Persie fit to return for United but Moyes fears his squad are wilting in ...
By Ian Ladyman
PUBLISHED: 03:52 EST, 25 July 2013 | UPDATED: 03:55 EST, 25 July 2013
Robin van Persie has made a full recovery from the thigh strain suffered in Manchester United's 3-2 friendly defeat by Yokohama F-Marinos.
The free-scoring striker has become United's key player since signing from Arsenal last summer and a lengthy injury risked disrupting new manager David Moyes' start to the job.
More to follow...
Moyes is a 'dinosaur': Jurassic training regime is why Van Persie is injured ...
By James Andrew
PUBLISHED: 02:30 EST, 25 July 2013 | UPDATED: 02:43 EST, 25 July 2013
David Moyes has been called a dinosaur and his coaching methods have been labelled as prehistoric and the reason behind Robin van Persie's injury concerns.
A leading Dutch fitness specialist has called into question Moyes' training regime and believes Van Persie being taken off at half-time during United's friendly in Japan on Tuesday because he had experienced tightness in a thigh was down to the new United boss.
Moyes said taking the striker off was precautionary and that he expected the striker to be fine.
But Raymond Verheijen, who has worked with Barcelona, Chelsea and Manchester City among others and has a reputation for being outspoken, hit out at the Scot.
Writing on his Twitter account, Verheijin noted that Moyes had previously said United had 'overtrained' Van Persie at the start of pre-season.
He wrote: 'In Sydney Moyes said: 'We've overtrained Robin this week to build up his fitness'. [In Japan] he picked up muscle injury. It really makes you wonder how these prehistoric training methods can still take place at the highest level.
'The only way to solve this problem in Jurassic Park is to improve education of these dinosaur coaches, fitness clowns & scientific cowboys.
'All over the world in pre-season you see the pattern 'overtraining-fatigue-injuries'. Always avoid accumulation of fatigue in pre-season.
'But as long as most dinosaurs are still in denial & ignore how things develop in other countries, nothing will ever change in Jurassic Park. Obviously, players like RVP should learn to protect themselves better against 'overtraining' & 'punishing training'.'
DEF LEPPARD's PHIL COLLEN Talks Physical Fitness In TV Interview
On July 13, DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen and his trainer Jean Carrillo were interviewed for a TV program in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. You can now watch the report below.
A day earlier, on July 12, Collen and Carrillo held the first-ever full speaking engagement seminar plus question-and-answer session for their workout regimen, "Physical Mechanics", at LaScène Lebourgneuf in Quebec, Canada. Phil and Jean spoke about health, fitness, what Phil does to get fit on tour and off, and what "Physical Mechanics" is all about.
At nearly 56 years old, Collen is a prime example of the "no-excuse" rule when it comes to being active, fit and healthy.
As a rock and roll guitarist in an internationally successful rock band, Collen didn't start out as a health and fitness enthusiast. After years of playing hard, partying hard, and leading a self-described "very unhealthy lifestyle," Phil decided to make a change. In his early thirties Collen decided to quit drinking and partying. His live-saving conversion came just before his DEF LEPPARD bandmate and "terror twin" of the party scene, Steve Clark, died of a prescription drug and alcohol overdose in early 1991. Inspired to lead a healthier lifestyle, the sober Collen no longer needed to "recover" each day from the previous night's debauchery, and instead found himself with numerous free hours in his day. Collen began exercising, running to start, and later taking up the martial art of Muay Thai kick boxing.
Collen began training in the martial art of Muay Thai kick boxing with Carrillo eight years ago and now both men, vegetarians as well, believe in bringing their positive experience to the masses.
Guardiola concerned with Thiago fitness
Munich: Pep Guardiola says he is still not satisfied with the fitness of new signing Thiago Alcantara after watching his Bayern Munich side beat Barcelona 2-0 in a friendly on Wednesday evening.The Spain midfielder has impressed in his pre-season outings since joining the Bavarians in a €25 million deal from Barcelona earlier this month, but his coach believes he is still physically some way behind his team-mates.Guardiola told reporters: "We have to know that he arrived in Munich a week ago. His physical condition and movements are slower than the rest."Goals from Philipp Lahm and Mario Mandzukic sealed victory for the treble-winners over an under strength Barca side, led for the first time by new boss Gerardo Martino, and Guardiola admitted it was a special night to face his former club."It was a very special day," he continued. "In all my life as a player and coach this was the first time I have faced the club.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Fitness specialist slams 'dinosaur coach' Moyes over Van Persie's injury
Robin Van Persie
David Moyes pre-season handling of Robin van Persie has been called into question by a Dutch fitness specialist who has worked with several leading clubs and was assistant to the late Wales manager Gary Speed.
Van Persie was withdrawn at half-time during United's friendly in Japan on Tuesday because he had experienced tightness in his thigh. Moyes said the substitution was precautionary and that he expected the striker to be fine.
However, the new United manager was still subjected to stinging criticism from Raymond Verheijen, who has worked with Barcelona, Chelsea and Manchester City among others and has a reputation for being outspoken.
Writing on his Twitter account, Verheijen noted that 'Moyes had previously said United had 'overtrained' Van Persie (right) at the start of pre-season'.
He wrote: "In Sydney Moyes said: 'We've overtrained Robin this week to build up his fitness'. (In Japan) he picked up muscle injury. It really makes you wonder how these pre-historic training methods can still take place at the highest level.
"The only way to solve this problem in Jurassic Park is to improve education of these dinosaur coaches, fitness clowns & scientific cowboys. All over the world in pre-season you see the pattern 'overtraining-fatigue-injuries'. Always avoid accumulation of fatigue in pre-season.
"But as long as most dinosaurs are still in denial and ignore how things develop in other countries, nothing will ever change. Obviously, players like RVP should learn to protect themselves better against 'overtraining'."
Moyes admits he will be forced to rely on Ryan Giggs to guide him through the early stages of Manchester United's Champions League campaign after admitting he has much to learn about the competition.
Moyes, who suffered a 4-2 aggregate defeat with Everton against Villarreal in the 2005-06 qualifying stages, will experience the Champions League proper for the first time as a manager when United begin their group stage fixtures in September.
Having taken charge of Everton on 26 occasions in Europe, Moyes was unable to go beyond the last 16 of the Uefa Cup or Europa League, but he takes charge of United aiming to build a squad capable of winning the European Cup for a fourth time.
But while conceding that he will go into the Champions League as a relative rookie this season, Moyes believes that player-coach Giggs - who has more than 150 European appearances to his name - will be a crucial sounding board during the group stages.
"The Champions League will be a thrill, but I'm going to have to learn a lot quickly," Moyes said. "That's where I'm looking to the likes of Ryan Giggs and a few players around me for the things which I need to be told about.
"It's not all about the playing side of it - I've been in the Champions League (qualifiers), watched loads of games and managed in the Europa League - everybody has to start somewhere."
With efforts continuing at United to lure Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas to Old Trafford, Moyes, in Osaka ahead of tomorrow's friendly, remains hopeful of adding to the squad he inherited from Alex Ferguson before the start of the season. But having admitted that he must win a trophy quickly as United manager, Moyes is determined to add to the club's history of success in Europe.
"The history of this club is immersed in Europe and I think to win one of the big European tournaments would always be seen as something special," Moyes said. "Winning your own domestic league is very important, but winning the Champions League has become very important, for the country and the Premier League.
"I think the year when Manchester United and Chelsea played in the final, everyone connected to football in this country stuck their chest out.
"It was the German teams this year, in the past it's been the Spanish teams. I genuinely think there's a swell of pride from our country that we want the British teams to do really well.
"But I've got to say I'm really looking forward to it and hopefully we can do well this season and I do think it's a much more open competition than it has been in the past.
"Even from the draw - if you don't get a particularly good draw it can become a struggle whichever part of the world you're playing in now." (© Daily Telegraph, London)
What the Jane Fonda Fitness Revolution Tells Us About Success in College
Every time I hear about the online revolution that is occurring in higher education, I have a vision of the family room in my parents' home in the suburbs in the 1980s. There, underneath the television, was the remarkable technological innovation of its day, the VCR. And sitting on top of it was the best-selling video of the decade: Jane Fonda's Workout.
Jane Fonda's fitness videos were a national phenomenon, a blockbuster like nothing else the nation had ever seen. The news media featured stories about people who were inspired by the video to get off the couch and exercise. It was convenient, and it was fun, and it was supposedly transforming the country.
Yet despite the sale of more than 17 million Jane Fonda fitness videos, today we as a nation are lazier and fatter than ever. Our mistake was in assuming that the problem with fitness in America is that people did not realize that they could exercise at home. We are making the same error in our excitement about the transformative potential of online education. With the printing press, with libraries, and now with the Internet, access to knowledge is no longer the issue. Real learning is hard work, and just as with physical fitness the barrier to mental fitness is our human tendency toward slothfulness and procrastination.
Why do so many people go to a gym? After all, you can exercise anywhere. The primary reason is that at home you know you are likely to be a slug. Going to a gym is a form of self-discipline: You are surrounded by a social norm that is all about exercising. At home you'll wimp out. At the gym, if you don't exercise you are a loser.
College is like a gym, complete with social norms and peer motivators. A residential college is the extreme, like a fat camp that tries to account for everything. College "courses" -- scheduled classes over 15 weeks -- are not just administrative conveniences, they are personal commitment devices, designed to get students to agree in advance to exercise those brains, helping them resist the temptation to put off the hard work for later.
The problem in education is not the availability of knowledge; it is how to get sustained, progressively more sophisticated student interaction with knowledge. A good teacher provides information, but also probes, promotes discussion, offers praise, assigns writing tasks, provides feedback, and gives quizzes and grades. An excellent instructor is much like a personal trainer who pushes you to go just a little bit further than you knew you could, giving you both a sense of accomplishment and a sense of potential, inspiring you to aim even higher.
Unfortunately, whether online or in person, the incentives within higher education do not encourage good teaching. The common lecture-and-regurgitation format is less taxing for students than real brain exercises, and it is easier for faculty as well. A teacher who really challenges students risks negative reviews on online professor rating sites, driving future students away. And too many online courses only replicate this format or worse, failing to prompt students to engage in the brain exercises that tone and strengthen minds.
Technological change in higher education can be useful, but only if it promotes real learning by moving us beyond lecture-and-regurgitation habits. As it stands now, too much of what goes on in higher education is the equivalent of sitting and only watching Jane Fonda's Workout.
This blog is adapted from my presentation at National Journal Live, sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, on July 10, 2013. See the full video here.
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How do you design fitness trackers for the people who really need them?
Look at ads for the leading fitness tracking gadgets and you'll see a bunch of people who don't look the least bit like they need any help in the fitness department.At the Wearable Tech Expo in New York on Wednesday, Sonny Vu, CEO of Misfit Wearables, maker of the Indiegogo-backed Shine device, quipped," I was joking that these people don't need activity monitors, but they make it look good."
The people in real life who wear Nike Fuelbands, Jawbone Ups and Fitbits (see disclosure) may not be models, but they tend not to be the people most in need of extra fitness motivation. So how do you get the less-fit masses to join the fitness-tracking bandwagon?
Vu acknowledged that many people don't feel comfortable wearing fitness trackers because they don't think they fit the mold of the competitive, athletic type that the devices seem to attract.
Getting out of the Silicon Valley bubble
"We try to have Oklahoma City in mind," he said. "A lot of these products look like they were designed by Silicon Valley men for Silicon Valley men. And while there are a lot of Silicon Valley men, there are many people who do not fit into those categories. It's about finding a story related to your brand and design and experience that people can relate to."
Monisha Perkash, CEO and co-founder of LUMO BodyTech, who was with Vu on stage, said the key is figuring out how to make the devices more engaging to consumers over a longer period of time. "That's a nut no one in this category has completely cracked," she said. "For all the products in this space, after the initial dazzle of using the product wears off, you see a pretty steep decline in usage. I think the ones that are able to overcome that will be the ones that have amazing engagement."
Wearable technology and the so-called Quantified Self movements are still relatively young. And as with any new technology, it will take some time for fitness devices to spread from early adopters to the masses. But as we've argued before, mainstream users already own a wearable device: their smartphones.
With apps like Moves iOS and Noom's Walk (on Android) they can already track their steps and activity without shelling out more cash for a standalone device. Yes, they don't track activity as continuously as dedicated fitness trackers and they don't, at this point, generate the same kinds of data and analytics. But for people taking their first baby steps on a path to a more active lifestyle, they're a convenient, non-intimidating and low-cost option.
Creating community and competition around activity
After the panel, Avi Greengart, an analyst at Current Analysis, and the moderator of the panel with Vu and Perkash, told me that he believes competition and community support could be other key ways to help bring fitness tracking to a broader audience. Studies from Weight Watchers and other groups, he said, have shown that weight loss goes up when the activity is more social. (As we've seen from diabetes prevention startup Omada Health, for example, that principle is being successfully extended to other areas of health.)
Greengart said that even though its user base tends to favor sports geeks, Nike has done a great job creating that kind of social system among its Fuelband users. "The challenge is to be able to take that type of competitive environment and translate it from hard-core sports fanatics to consumers who simply need to be more active," he said.
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Ashes 2013: England sweat on Pietersen fitness for third Test
England's Kevin Pietersen holds his injured left knee as he watches the action from the dressing room balcony on day four of the second Ashes Test at Lord's Cricket Ground, London. Photo: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire
Sunday, July 21, 2013 9:36 PM
England are sweating over Kevin Pietersen's fitness for the third Ashes Test due to the calf strain he sustained at Lord's.
Pietersen was unable to take the field for the final two days as England opened up a 2-0 lead over Australia at the home of cricket and will face intensive treatment in a bid to get him back on the pitch for the Old Trafford Test, which begins on August 1.
Pietersen has already missed three of England's seven Test this year with a knee problem and was ruled out after two games of the 2009 Ashes, but remains an automatic selection when available.
Captain Alastair Cook admitted there was ongoing uncertainty over his fitness and almost talked himself into making it an even bigger concern before correcting himself.
"Clearly it's a concern. He's got a tear...sorry, a slight strain of his calf," said Cook.
"Sorry, that was a bad slip of the tongue - it is a strain. But it is a concern.
"We've got a great medical team who will work non-stop over the next week or so to try and get him fit for Old Trafford."
England do not have an obvious candidate to replace Pietersen and would probably have to choose from a group of players they are not entirely convinced by for a variety of reasons.
Eoin Morgan, James Taylor and Ravi Bopara are among those to have tried and failed to nail down a place, recently dropped opener Nick Compton is almost the direct opposite of a like-for-like replacement and Gary Ballance is well thought of but uncapped.
"Kevin is a world-class player with 22 Test hundreds...clearly that leaves a big hole if he's not there but if he's not available it gives someone else the opportunity to step up," said Cook.
"There are a lot of good players not playing in this team."
Jessica Ennis
Jessica Ennis-Hill's returned to competitive action for the first time since London 2012 with a bang but the Olympic heptathlon champion remains a doubt for August's World Athletics Championships in Moscow.
Having not competed this season after withdrawing from a series of events including the British Championships in Birmingham with a left Achilles tendon injury, Ennis-Hill returned at a low key Loughborough European Athletics Permit meeting on Tuesday.
The 27 year old threw a personal best of 48.33m in the javelin before winning the long-jump competition with 6.26m, however not everything is well with the Sheffield-born athlete, who remains troubled by a foot problem.
British Athletics confirmed earlier this month that Ennis-Hill was undergoing rigorous rehabilitation which threw into doubt her participation at the world championships next month.
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While her return raises hopes Ennis-Hill will compete at this weekend's London Anniversary Games at the Olympic Stadium, where she is scheduled to compete in the 100 hurdles and long jump, the former world gold medallist remains hindered by a foot issue which could still rule her out of the meet in Moscow.
"It's pain," she said. "It's one little bit that's really painful. When I compress it and when I'm pushing off it, it hurts.
"If I had one event to prepare for then maybe it would have been a bit easier but having to train for seven events and get all the work done that I needed to get done, it just hasn't happened unfortunately.
"It's been a long few weeks just assessing it each day, seeing how it's feeling and having to pull out of so many competitions that I'd planned to do. It's just been really frustrating and disappointing.
"I had such a great year last year and once I'd had a break I was looking forward to getting back into it. Once you see everyone competing and see the competitions you had planned to do but had to pull out of, it's really annoying.
"I am still hoping to be in London. We can assess how it goes, how I'm feeling physically, how it holds up the next day or two and then decide whether I'm ready."
The Diamond League event this weekend in London, which marks a year since the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, represents one of the last opportunities for Ennis-Hill, maligned by injury for much of the year, to compete prior to the world championships where she hopes to reclaim her title from defending champion Tatyana Chernova.
Ennis-Hill has been named in the British squad to travel to Russia for the championships between 10-18 August, but coach Toni Minichiello has admitted she is unable to train flat-out.
And the 2009 world champion is refusing to contemplate traveling to Moscow unless she is confident of claiming gold.
"I wouldn't go to Moscow if I didn't think I could be competitive," Ennis-Hill admitted. "I want to be competitive, I don't want to go to just enjoy it.
"I want to contend for the gold medal. The standard is not really amazing at the moment but Chernova's coming into form. I want to be ready.
"It's been really frustrating and disappointing. I didn't think I'd be opening up my season at practically the end of July.
"Having such a great 2012, I was looking forward to getting back into it in the summer and it is really annoying. I originally thought it would settle down really quickly, but it's one of those things that takes forever to be right."
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Fitness Experts Share Their All
If you could only do one workout move for the rest of your existence what would it be?
Of course, it's just a hypothetical question -- we all know the best exercise routines are personal recipes of strength, cardio and fun -- but it's an interesting idea. We can all probably name a favorite food, so why not a favorite squat variation or yoga pose? Evaluating your routine, especially if you're stuck in a rut, might help you pare down the (inefficient) time you're spending at the gym.
We asked some of our favorite fitness experts to tell us which moves are their absolute favorites and why. Check out their responses below. Then tell us yours in the comments!
"The clean is my favorite exercise. While it is mainly used by athletes, I believe it is one of the best overall exercises for people of any age. The clean is an Olympic lift that is a total-body exercise with a focus on the posterior chain, the muscles in the back, glutes and hamstrings. These are the muscles that will make any pair of jeans look amazing. This exercise can be performed with dumbbells, kettlebells or a barbell. The clean focuses on explosive power first and foremost, while also building strength and speed. Olympic Lifting, such as the clean, helps build bone density, and will improve performance in almost any sport."--Collette DeBenedetto, fitness expert, author of "The Intuitive Athlete"
"My favorite workout is burpees. It's the best because it's a combination movement, forcing you to use your entire body, while raising your cardio! Great way to get a cardio and strength-training workout at the same time! Explosive. Start standing straight up, jump, then kick your feet back and bring your hands to the ground simultaneously. Hold your body in a plank position for a few seconds, then jump your feet right back to your hands, lift your hands up and jump again. Whew!! Easy huh?"--Dolvett Quince, trainer, "The Biggest Loser"
See the full burpee below:
"My absolute favorite exercise I would have to say is Downward Facing Dog. I always say a downward dog a day keeps the doctor away. Downward Facing Dog works the entire body from head to toe. You use your arms and legs to stretch and strengthen the body. Your core is keeping you supported. It's an all-over toner for the entire body, while also lengthening and opening you up. You can do it anywhere and anytime, with or without a mat. I like doing it before or after a run or walk, in the morning, at the end of the day, before strength-training or just as a full-body move. Try holding it for three to five minutes."--Kristin McGee, celebrity yoga and Pilates instructor
"There are so many to choose from, and sometimes it really depends on the individual and their goal. But if I could pick just one, I'd say the kettlebell swing. Here's a picture of me doing a swing in my kitchen. The beauty of the exercise is you can do it anywhere -- and it burns more calories than sprinting."--Ben Greenfield, fitness and triathlon expert, Get-Fit Guy podcast host
"Seated meditation is most valuable to me. All the poses are a movement that provide great benefits as long as you are moving with ease, instead of moving tense. Finding a moving meditation is a great way to practice instead of performing poses. Beginning with seated meditation helps my body to relax and my mind to calm and focus and intuition to take the wheel."--Tara Stiles, founder of Strala Yoga
"If I had to pick one exercise, I'd probably go with a Prowler -- Lower Body Push. I like it because depending on the chosen load, speed of movement and/or the distance to cover, it can be a very demanding exercise from both a strength and conditioning perspective. In addition, there's a very low learning curve, so it can be incorporated into a beginner's program while still offering a tremendous training effect. For those individuals that don't have access to a Prowler, I would suggest hill sprints as an alternative."--Joe Dowdell, CSCS, personal trainer and strength coach
"For non-[Olympic]-athletes, I'd say the front squat. In the front squat, you carry the bar just above your collarbone, rather than across your upper back. Due to this placement, it's rather hard to have bad squatting technique: if you lean forward, the bar falls to the ground rather than continuing to crush you and hurt your back. Also, the upright posture while squatting targets your core. Lastly, the front squat also works the upper and mid back, while still hitting the legs as well as other squat variations."--Rob Schwartz, U.S. Olympic Committee strength and conditioning coach
"I really like doing the sprawl. It's a great move that gets your entire body working. It targets legs, chest, back, abs and arms."--Ramona Braganza, celebrity trainer
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