For many people of a certain age, high school gym class began with reaching for their toes. Then, over the years, we were told it was better to stretch after exercise.
7 hours ago
0
0
In recent years, the intense pressure professional athletes endure has come under scrutiny, highlighted by incidents like gymnast Simone Biles withdrawing from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and tennis player Naomi Osaka stepping ...
23 hours ago
0
1
High levels of the respiratory irritant ozone and grass pollen are likely during the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games if hot, sunny weather prevails, suggests an analysis of historic air quality monitoring data for the city ...
Jul 25, 2024
0
0
There has been no spike in COVID cases in France as tourists surge in for the Paris Olympic Games, a minister said Thursday, adding that the government would remain "vigilant".
Jul 25, 2024
0
0
There's a lot that goes into an Olympic athlete's quest for gold—years of training and rigor—but also, an athlete's age. A team of University of Waterloo students used statistics to figure out when an Olympic track-and-field ...
Jul 24, 2024
0
0
Recently, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wrote an op-ed in the New York Times to raise the alarm about the impact social media is having on the mental health of our youth.
Jul 24, 2024
0
1
In sports psychology, elite athletes are often said to have two identities—a "self" identity (who they are overall) and an "athlete" identity (who they are as a competitor). Research has shown that the intensity of elite ...
Jul 24, 2024
0
0
Olympic athletes with a nicotine habit, beware. New Brock-led research has found nicotine consumption—whether smoking, chewing, vaping or even wearing a patch—raises the risk of developing heat exhaustion while undergoing ...
Jul 23, 2024
0
9
History teaches us that movements require a moment. Nothing crystallized the cause of civil rights like Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus in 1955. For the plight of the mental health of athletes, ...
Jul 23, 2024
0
1
When milliseconds can mean the difference between silver and gold, endurance athletes in sports like marathon running, cycling, rowing and swimming optimize every aspect of their physiology for a competitive edge.
Jul 23, 2024
0
3
