I was watching the Santa Clara Arena Swim Series over the past weekend and I was reflecting on elite swimming careers. I watched the ageless Anthony Ervin and Natalie Coughlin race and compete at a high-level into their mid-thirties. Twenty years ago, no one was competing at this age!
I kept asking myself, how are these older athletes having this historic swimming career?
After much thought I realized, health is the answer!
Health is a broad term, but holistically all the elements of health feed into each other. For example, nutrition feeds into recovery. Muscular recovery interacts with sleep. Sleep alters sports performance.
I’m worked with Dr. Gian Migliaccio on the impacts of sleep and the late finals starting time at the 2016 Rio Olympics and we are uncovering amazing things! Below, sleep alters sports performance by altering all the following:
Mental level (mental strength)
Body temperature
Coordination
Physical level
Reaction time
Much more
Dr. Yann Le Meur of the LMSportScience.blogspot.com [must follow] blog has posted infographics of the importance of sleep and injury risk.
The most important to an elite swimming career is staying health. Leading the way for staying healthy is injury prevention!
Injury Prevention
When I work with clubs or speak at conferences, I am bombarded with questions regarding …show more content…
Mullen! Sorry to bother you, as I'm sure you're busy, but we’ve had a few of our top swimmers sidelined with shoulder injuries this past year. I want to start a team prevention program, but don’t know where to begin! How old should the swimmers be? How much time should we spend? I want to do this right, but can’t afford a physical therapist to come work with the team. Right now we’re just doing band external rotations, but don’t think it is a well-rounded approach. Unfortunately, our club doesn't have a lot of money, so we don't have a lot of equipment. What can I do to keep my team healthy from the little kids to the college
I kept asking myself, how are these older athletes having this historic swimming career?
After much thought I realized, health is the answer!
Health is a broad term, but holistically all the elements of health feed into each other. For example, nutrition feeds into recovery. Muscular recovery interacts with sleep. Sleep alters sports performance.
I’m worked with Dr. Gian Migliaccio on the impacts of sleep and the late finals starting time at the 2016 Rio Olympics and we are uncovering amazing things! Below, sleep alters sports performance by altering all the following:
Mental level (mental strength)
Body temperature
Coordination
Physical level
Reaction time
Much more
Dr. Yann Le Meur of the LMSportScience.blogspot.com [must follow] blog has posted infographics of the importance of sleep and injury risk.
The most important to an elite swimming career is staying health. Leading the way for staying healthy is injury prevention!
Injury Prevention
When I work with clubs or speak at conferences, I am bombarded with questions regarding …show more content…
Mullen! Sorry to bother you, as I'm sure you're busy, but we’ve had a few of our top swimmers sidelined with shoulder injuries this past year. I want to start a team prevention program, but don’t know where to begin! How old should the swimmers be? How much time should we spend? I want to do this right, but can’t afford a physical therapist to come work with the team. Right now we’re just doing band external rotations, but don’t think it is a well-rounded approach. Unfortunately, our club doesn't have a lot of money, so we don't have a lot of equipment. What can I do to keep my team healthy from the little kids to the college