Many people living with diabetes use continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) to track their blood sugar levels. These small devices, often attached to the back of your upper arm or abdomen, send data to an app on your phone. This ...
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Are you too old to be an Olympian?
Jul 10, 2024
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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
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The 2024 Paris Olympics are fast approaching and we can imagine the elite athletes maintaining a strict and grueling training regimen in order to give themselves every chance of standing on the podium with a gold medal.
Jul 16, 2024
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The Summer Olympic Games feature throwing events, such as shot put, hammer throw and discus. One training tool used by these athletes is throwing different mass implements to improve competitive performance, but the method ...
Jul 23, 2024
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With the 2024 Summer Olympics around the corner, all eyes are on Paris. Over 10 thousand of the best athletes from around the world will gather to compete in 32 sports, push the boundaries of athletic achievement and break ...
Jul 16, 2024
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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
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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 ...
Jul 26, 2024
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"Look for the gap!" "Move into space!" "Who's free?"
Jul 17, 2024
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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.
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