By Kevin Kolodziejski Just before Christmas, a cyclist friend told me he weighed six pounds more than normal and 12 pounds more than the weight he likes to race at. Nothing odd about that. Nor is there anything particularly odd about the fact he’ll probably go on “some weird and extreme temporary diet” to get his…
by Arnie Baker, MD Sores of the buttocks and groin area are a common occupational hazard for the bicycle rider. Many causes can be avoided. Specific treatment is available if saddle sores do develop. Crotchitis is dermatitis: irritation or inflammation of the crotch. Redness, itching, and pain are problems in this area. Discussions about genital…
By Coach John Hughes Here’s what we can learn from three only chronologically old athletes. All three are relatively late bloomers. Nonagenarian At 93 the Irishman Richard Morgan is a four-time world champion in indoor rowing (winning in 2007, 2017, 2021, and 2022). He’s the subject of a study physiological characteristics published in the Journal…
By Kevin Kolodziejski It’s a Promise You Can — and Need — to Keep Nike and Nietzsche. It would be a really cool name for a law firm, but neither’s a member of the bar. The one’s an athletic footwear and apparel corporation whose value, according to Statista, is $31 billion. The other’s a German philosopher whose…
By Coach John Hughes I’m almost 75 and have the fitness of a 53-year-old (although I felt older shoveling the foot of snow in the driveway this morning). This column explains the importance of your fitness age and how to estimate it. Fitness age is an estimate of how biologically old your body is compared…
