Around The Web With Amby

Great stuff to ponder on your next run. A wrap up of this week’s articles on exercise science as tweeted by Amby Burfoot, Editor at Large of Runner’s World Magazine.
You can follow Amby’s tweets at http://twitter.com/exerscience and his Runner’s World blogs at http://peakperformance.runnersworld.com and http://footloose.runnersworld.com.

Surprising sudden cardiac death result from Danish study: lower frequency in gen population than in sports. http://bit.ly/cUkJFg

Endurance training vs combined endurance/strength training: Endurance reduces body fat more, but second better with belly fat. http://bit.ly/bksAWG

Triathlon study finds that combined cycle-run time is best when cycle leg completed at highest possible effort. http://bit.ly/ddjdK5

Unproven heel-raise belief that actually seems to be true: foot placement and gastroc strength improvement. http://bit.ly/dt9mP1

Month of L-arginine supplements doesn’t boost vo2max in highly trained male cyclists. http://bit.ly/aZjGPJ

Women aren’t men. Theme of the day? Midlife women have lower exercise heart rates than men, & lower than prediction formulas. http://bit.ly/cBzjmZ

Women aren’t men, not in a lot of ways, and not in the way they respond to certain exercise studies. From NYTimes. http://nyti.ms/bTYyOT

Injury prevention technique? Modest reductions in stride length can “substantially” decrease forces at knee and hip. http://bit.ly/agIBtv

The most emotional subject: Cardiac screenings for young athletes? This “decision tree model” argues, No. http://bit.ly/awPZE4

Post-endurance-race collapse (postural hypotension) well treated by raised feet and fluid drinking. IV not required. http://bit.ly/asSXg4

Fatness precedes inactivity among 7-10 yr olds in England. Explains why exercise fails to prevent childhood obesity? http://bit.ly/dp4wXC

Moderate intensity aerobic exercise good for insomniacs. http://bit.ly/bRRUY

Success with injuries: “Clinical prediction rule” for orthotics; gait retraining lessens knee pain. http://bit.ly/drsgbc http://bit.ly/cDkHns

Failure with injuries: Fitting runners to anti-pronation shoes doesn’t work; nor does “wet test.” http://bit.ly/9HxkvK http://bit.ly/c6a3Jb

Exercise as positive addiction: It can help in battle against smoking, first link, or alcohol. http://bit.ly/b4LGf1 http://bit.ly/dgSy1i

Fructose good in sports drinks. Added to glucose, it can increase carbohydrate burning by 75 percent, and boost performance. http://bit.ly/cMS891

Fitness report from Iraq: After 13 months, U.S. solidiers gain muscle, but also fat. They lose 13% of aerobic fitness. http://bit.ly/cSA339