Go on a diet! You could join one of those weight loss clubs with an expensive meal plan, or starve yourself on a fad diet. Just quit eating anything that isn’t whole grain or green. Join a gym! Start exercising like mad and see how long it takes to drop the weight.

And Michael Phelps has been training with his coach for 16 years. Not sure which club Gabby switched from when she was 14, to go to Chow's Gymnastics club, but gymnastics coaching quality is very important not just for advancement of skills, but safety. As is the gymnastics equipment - pits for safe landing of hard skills as you learn them, a good spot, coaches teaching correct technique and[ Read More... ]

[COLOR=#000000]22 year old Lauren Kornacki found her 52 year old dad Alec crushed under his car in the family's home garage, trapped and unconscious, in Glen Allen, VA. He was working on his BMW 525i Saturday and the jack propping up the car slipped. Lauren swept into action to save her dad with the strength of Superman and her CPR traning from her lifeguard job. [QUOTE] “He wasn’t[ Read More... ]

Indian-born Brit Fauja Singh set a new Guinness World Record in Sunday’s Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon for oldest person to ever run a marathon at the age of 100 years old. Singh, nicknamed Turban Tornado, finished the race in a little more than eight hours, about six hours after the winner, Kenya's Kenneth Mungara. Singh started running at the age of 89, has run eight marathons[ Read More... ]

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Gross and strange, the latest weight loss diet - or more like placebo effect - in the media now is, believe it or not, daily urine injections. Fact or fiction, insane or miracle drug, Sheryl Paloni believes in this very unorthodox weight loss program because of her own experience with it, losing 43 pounds and more than 30 inches in 6 months: [QUOTE] "Physically I feel better. I feel light on my[ Read More... ]

Tips to avoid "overuse" sports injuries in kids - Packard Children's [YOUTUBE]pVrimp1rURo[/YOUTUBE] [QUOTE] James Gamble, MD, PhD, orthopedic surgeon at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, provides tips to parents and kids on how to reduce and avoid sports injuries. In particular Dr. Gamble discusses overuse injuries, how often kids should participate in strenuous activities, and the increase[ Read More... ]

Those infomercials were hilarious - it was on again Friday night during the all-around finals on Universal Sports TV. Reminded me of the comedy infomercials during the Dancing With The Stars show Monday, the Bruno dance video and rubber steps that can teach you how to dance and you can also use as salad scoopers...of course difference is that the DWTS was meant to be funny.

If you watched the 2010 Rotterdam World Championships, men's gymnastics team finals on Universal Sports tv Thursday evening, you might have caught the commercial on the bogus product 'iRenew', a bracelet that supposedly top sport athletes wear to supposedly increase their game. Keyword here: 'supposedly'. Among its claims: -it emits "natural frequencies that your body responds to" -it helps you[ Read More... ]

I was thinking about posting this under the Parents section, but decided to post here instead, as it is important information for young gymnasts to read and know the importance of listening to your body during your training. [COLOR=#000000][QUOTE]"The broad constellation of recent injuries is unusual and might point to something new going on in gymnastics training that is affecting young[ Read More... ]

And from ABC 7's broadcast: [QUOTE] Jancy's lawsuit filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court accuses swim coach Norm Havercroft of multiple acts of child molestation covering a five-year period starting when Jancy was 15 years old. Attorney Robert Allard says Havercroft used his coaching position to manipulate his victims and "groomed" them for sexual abuse. In Jancy's case, Allard says[ Read More... ]

And from ABC 7's broadcast: [QUOTE] Jancy's lawsuit filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court accuses swim coach Norm Havercroft of multiple acts of child molestation covering a five-year period starting when Jancy was 15 years old. Attorney Robert Allard says Havercroft used his coaching position to manipulate his victims and "groomed" them for sexual abuse. In Jancy's case, Allard says[ Read More... ]

Update to "Inside USA Swimming: Secrets and Betrayal" - ABC News 20/20 on Friday 4/9/10" [QUOTE] SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A California woman sued the governing body of U.S. competitive swimming and her former coach, claiming he sexually abused, humiliated and harassed her when she was a teenager training under his supervision. The suit announced Wednesday is one of several around the country[ Read More... ]

Center stage is the question whether universities can consider cheerleading a sport, thereby working under the Title IX cvil rights law that protects gender equality. Connecticut [COLOR=#0000ff]Quinnipiac University[/COLOR] has cut the women's volleyball program in favor of the cheerleading squad, leading to a lawsuit by 5 members of the women's volleyball team and their coach: [QUOTE] The[ Read More... ]

Coming from someone who knows the intimate details of how USA Swimming protects it's athletes, let me say that they are doing everything within their legal capacity to prevent this sort of thing. USA Swimming has had a background check system in place for several years now. It checks for any felony criminal convictions as well as charges involving felonies, illegal drugs, and sexual misconduct.[ Read More... ]

Looks like the same old story reported for the sport of gymnastics and USA Gymnastics a couple years ago, now for swimming, and the national organization USA Swimming... ABC News 20/20 will be airing an investigative story by Brian Bross called "Inside USA Swimming: Secrets and Betrayal" at 10pm on Friday April 9. Brief segment also at 5:30pm during World News with Diane Sawyer. Former swim[ Read More... ]

Aluminum/metal bats have been banned for the rest of this year's baseball season in the Marin Athletic League by a unanimous vote. The aim is to give the players in the field more time to cover their face and get a glove ready for the ball - balls jump off much faster off a metal bat than a wooden bat. The move has come from three parents of high school baseball players, referring to the Match 11[ Read More... ]

Playing ping pong can help prevent alzheimer's was a segment on Dr. Oz's tv show today, the spin off from his segments on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Why? Ping Pong improves cognitive and motor functions, improves body shape and memory. You have to anticipate where the ball is going to go and there's hand-eye coordination. If you don't like ping pong, do a crossword puzzle, or something[ Read More... ]

Here's the article online: Most Dangerous 'Sport' of All May Be Cheerleading http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/cheerleading-dangerous-sport-young-girls/story?id=9473938 [QUOTE] Two years ago, Patty Phommanyvong was a healthy 17-year-old. Now she will never walk or talk again. She was injured while cheerleading -- an athletic activity some say is now among [COLOR=#810081]the most dangerous for[ Read More... ]

Here's the article online: Most Dangerous 'Sport' of All May Be Cheerleading http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/cheerleading-dangerous-sport-young-girls/story?id=9473938 [QUOTE] Two years ago, Patty Phommanyvong was a healthy 17-year-old. Now she will never walk or talk again. She was injured while cheerleading -- an athletic activity some say is now among [COLOR=#810081]the most dangerous for[ Read More... ]

Watch "When the Cheering Stops" video segment on ABC's Nightline aired today regarding the dangers/risks of cheerleading: http://abcnews.go.com/nightline

This is definitely true. Of course, massages are incredibly expensive - but they do make a big difference when you are training hard. Hint: go to a massage school to get a massage from a student in training. They are usually about $30 instead of $100+

"The dangers of robot-like training, and not listening to yourself" - posted under All Sports category: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/showthread.php?p=90060#post90060

Coach and peer pressure: via [COLOR=#810081]The Doctors TV: [quote] Rechelle, 23, was a college cheerleader, but one stunt changed her life forever. As a freshman on the team she was asked to do a basket toss, where she would be thrown 20-feet in the air. Rechelle was concerned because one of her spotters was missing.

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