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I arrive at the Westridge Road Trailhead around 6:30am expecting the small parking lot to be empty as it is every Monday morning. Why there are so many cars at the trailhead? And what’s this police car doing parked at a 45-degree angle, sticking out into the street? Is someone being robbed? The dirt lot, which holds nine cars …
Twenty-some years ago, I helped an active woman who lived in Los Angeles stay fit during the last five months of her pregnancy. Her doctor had discovered a meniscus tear in her right knee, but didn’t want to do surgery until after the baby was born. She turned to me and the gorgeous pool in her back yard overlooking the …
I had known Wilt Chamberlain for nearly three years when I introduced him to track coach Tracy Sundlun. That introduction took place at UCLA’s Drake Stadium, the center of the track world in Southern California. It was June, 1974, and it was the California State AAU Championships for Women’s Track and Field. Tracy had coached our San Luis Obispo Track …
. Cross-training for your sport in water becomes more and more appealing as the days get hotter during the summer. You can’t always train in the cool early-morning hours or evening, but you may live somewhere that there simply isn’t a cool time of morning or night. So on particularly hot days, stay cool in the pool while you …
How many doctors do you know who have spent time with U.S. Presidents? How many are so excited about sharks that they fly around the world to scuba dive with them? And how many have been official USA team doctors at the Olympics and the World Cup? Well, you may known some that have worked at the Games or World …
Fitness doesn’t come overnight, although it can certainly disappear quickly. Ask any competitive athlete who was injured how soon they felt out of shape and they’ll tell you it happens within days. Research shows a loss of both muscle strength and cardiovascular fitness within a week of becoming inactive! From that, you can see how important it is never to …
An ankle sprain can happen so easily: jumping up for a rebound and coming down on another player’s foot, stepping in a hole that you didn’t see in the thick grass of a big field, twisting an ankle when stepping off a platform in the gym or an aerobics class. Collegiate and professional athletes have athletic trainers to help them …
Florence Griffith Joyner is the athlete who comes to mind whenever I work with anyone in a pool with a hamstring strain. Florence was nearly sidelined prior to her huge 1988 Seoul Olympics success with a “pulled” or strained hamstring. Since she was the fastest woman in the world, she set the bar pretty high as to what was possible …
When you can’t run on land, you CAN run in the water. And you, like hundreds of skeptical world-class athletes before you, will change your mind about the pool being for sissies once you feel the power of water. Here are a few of the top runners who have benefited from my program: Mary Decker Slaney was America’s premier middle-distance …
Injury often strikes suddenly and wipes out your sports plans. It happens all the time to runners who increase speed while training for races. It happens to basketball players as the season starts to heat up. And it can happen to you when you’re feeling in great shape for tennis, soccer, baseball, volleyball or any other recreational activity. Maybe you …
Los Angeles is the sports capital of the world for many athletes both professional and recreational. Where else can people hike, mountain bike, surf, and play beach volleyball all within a few mile radius? And nearby is the elite UCLA track at Drake stadium that is known around the world. On any day of the week an array of entertainment …
If you want to run fast, you have to run fast. If you want to kick hard, you have to kick hard. No matter what the sport, sooner or later you must approach full speed, full strength, full distance in your training. High-speed, high-impact, or long-distance repetitions often cause injuries, so athletes and coaches walk a fine line when scheduling …
