Usefull Links For athletes!

 What was a really good list of links two years ago has become suspect. The web is growing every day, but there is death along the way as well. So, I am in the process of cleaning up my links list, removing the dead URLS, and hopefully discovering some new stuff that I find interesting. This is a work in progress so be patient.

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General Health /Medicine

• MED FACTS SPORTS DOC Includes both direct readable info and access to an interactive resource on injury diagnosis.
• MedScape For medical professionals and interested others.
• The OnLine Health Network from the Mayo Clinic.
• The Heart: An Online Exploration
• The American Heart Association Home Page Both specific and general information.
• The CENTER for DISEASE CONTROL Your American Tax Dollars at work. There is a lot of information to be found here and it’s not all about chicken pox.
• The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) More Tax dollars at Work.

Exercise Physiology/Sports Medicine

• The Gatorade Sports Science Institute Gatorade doesn’t need to pay for research anymore to sell their products, but they still do, and they have a great website to help spread the facts on exercise and performance. The guys who write this stuff are top class investigators in their field.
• Sportscience This is a website I am quite biased about, because I am one of the editors. Bias aside, I think it is one of the best places on the net if your interest is human performance and/or research. It is loaded with resources for teachers and students alike.
• The Physician and Sportsmedicine Online This site can be a good resource on injuries and more. There is a major US journal by the same name.
• Human Kinetics Publishers This is the PREMIER source of both academic and applied literature in the area of Sport and Exercise. If you are a student, or just like to read it for yourself from the source. This is the place!
• The Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma This is a nice site with some good reviews on muscle contraction and cardiac function along with a lot of other material. From the famous Lennox Hill Hospital in New York.
• Dr. Pribut’s Sports Injury Page An early contributer to the Net and still a good one.
• Dr. Jenkins SportsMedWeb More good sports medicine tips for the endurance athlete
• Coaching Science Abstracts A monthly listing consisting primarily of article summaries related to training, overtraining, specificity etc. complete with their interpretation of the data. This is an excellent resource, but if your serious read some of these research articles for yourself.
• Physiology of Muscle An excellent source of basic physiology information. They go deeper than I did, for those who want more basic physiology and muscle function information.
• Kinesiology/Health Science Links. A good academic resource.
• The National Sports Medicine Institute in Great Britain.
• Muscle Injuries, from the Virtual Hospital.
• The Physical Activity and Health Network This is a good and growing academic resource from the University of Pittsburgh. Also includes a Japanese verion.
• Metabolic Pathways Ok, I confess, this is for me (and any other science geeks out there).

Sports Nutrition

( I am cautiously adding this section to the links list. However, since a lot of the nutrition info on the web is really just marketing CRAP!, I am afraid this section will stay small. )

• Personal Best Nutrition Nutritional products for Endurance Athletes. GET YOUR POWER BARS BY THE CASE HERE. They have GU too. That is a product, not a medical condition, for those of you who aren’t in the US. Ok, this is a small commercial site, but they asked nice, and I like Power Bars.
• Jean Fremont’s Food, Nutrition and Culinary Arts page No sales pitch here, just solid links to good nutritional information from dietician and professor Jean Fremont at Simon Frasier U. in Canada.
• Nutrient Data from the Department of Agriculture- This is a fantastic resource for full nutrient information on most every food you eat, at least if you are an American. I typed in “Seal” and came up empty, but How many Inuit are on-line anyway?
• Nutrition links list This list of nutrition related links was composed and reviewed by Dr. Bill Pierce form Furman University, chair of the Exercise and Sport Science Department there. It is presented by Dr. Keith Prestwich from Holy Cross. I accept their judement on the quality of the sites linked.

Cycling

• Cycling Performance Tips A nice site from Richard Rofurth M.D.
• A German cycling site with some nice European history and race results. Lots of Links, too. It is written in English.
• The  An excellent list of sites, including some great photos.
• Trento Bike Pages Based in Italy. A great and growing collection of stories and info on road and MTB trips throughout Europe. This is what the Web is all about.
• Fat Nick.com Focusing on European track racing and 6 day racing.
• Nomadic Research Labs This site describes the science and adventurous spirit behind an eleven year odyssey on the BEHOMOTH bicycle plus much more. Computer technology merges with Human Muscle Power.
  

  Rowing

  • RowersWorld.com New Kid on the Rowing website block. They have developed a world-wide rowing community concept that pulls together the different things rowers are after on the net (pics, results, equipment, training articles, etc.) and rolled it into one super website!
  • Rachell Quarrell’s Rowing Web Page If you are a rower you probably know about this comprehensive listing of Rowing Websites, also lists 4sales.
  • The Rowers Resource A new US based page. Has results of Olympic selection trials, collegiate races, and bios on National Team members. This will probably be your one of your best bets for rapid rowing results during the Olympics.
  • ROW as ONE This is a masters rowing camp program that started just for women but is including men in 1997. You should check out this page if you are in the U.S.
  • Heinks Rowing Information This is a nice page based out of The Netherlands. Focus is on Elite Rowing.
  • Concept II’s home page. Some nice basic info on ergometer workouts for new rowers.
  • Regatta Online- The electronic version of the British magazine, Regatta

  Running

  • National Runners Survey In the interest of health and science, go here to fill out the online survey that has already formed the basis for several major scientific publications. You will find out some interesting information for your effort
  • Running Tips from the Running Journal An interesting collection of articles. Chances are one or more will be of interest to you.
  • The Masters Track & Field Page. This site was the only one of its kind 2 years ago, but I don’tknow if he is updating it now.
  • Team Oregon This site has a lot of training articles. Worth a click.
  • Hal Higdon On the Run On line articles from the popular Runner’s World writer.
  • Calculate Your VO2 Max This page has an automatic form for estimating your VO2 max from running time in any of several distances. It is based on research by a physiologist who has focused on runners for years. Probably a pretty good estimate if you are an experienced runner.
  • Ultramarathon World- Dave Blaikie For you guys that run farther than 26.2 miles!
  • The Dead Runners Society Runners talking about……….yep, running. This is a list worth signing on to.
  • Athletics Australia The official site for Australian track and field.
  • Runner’s World Online The most redeeming feature for the Web version is that the news is more timely, and they do report master’s happenings.

  Swimming (see swimming section for more links)

  • Swimming Science Journal An on-line offering from the authors of Coaching Science Abstracts. This site will focus on swimming, and Coaching Science Abstracts will become more general.
  • Masters Swimming World Records “The Definitive Listing” This link is within World Masters Swimming.
  • Dunwoody Aquatic Masters Page (DAMP) What a great acronym for a swimming page! Check out the 2% Club.

  Cross-Country Skiing

  • Cross Country Skiing News
  • USSA The United States Skiing Team (has a section on cross country).
  • Nordic Skiing Links
  • Cross Country Ski World Educational Journal I good place to go for beginners, as well as veterans.
    

    Other Good Sports Sites

  • Lactate Threshold testing via mail! I don’t know how many people have written me asking “how can I determine my LT?” Well these guys have a way. THE way. Real measurements of your blood lactate responses during exercise. It costs 29.95 and you get everything you need to collect the 5 finger stick samples from your chosen intensities, mail it to them and get lab quality results fast. There are details you need to be real careful with, but this is not a bad deal folks. And after talking to them, I think they know what they are doing. You can also use this package to develop your own test protocol, such as lactate at standard speeds or heart rates etc.
  • The International Amateur Athletics Federation A nice site from the international governing body for track and field. Results, research, subscriptions etc.
  • International Triathlon Union Governing body for the triathlon. Good results and ranking listings.
  • The Trimarket.com page Go here if you are a triathlete. The author sells a very highly acclaimed training log and almanac for multi-sport athletes, plus he is the official Iron-man photographer and has some nice shots on display.
  • International Olympic Committee Home Page
  • Fundamentals of Strength Training for Sport The official web site for Myo Dynamics, Charles Staley’s strength training consultancy. Charles is an elite strength coach and is a regular contributor to Muscle Media and Martial Arts Training magazines. Lots of free content, training info, as well as Staley’s book Special Topics in Martial Arts Conditioning and Myo Dynamics Training-Nutrition Manager software.
  • OUTSIDE Online Any commercial site that covers the US Olympic Rowing Trials and Boston marathon (LIVE) in one day is a great site in my book!
  • Powerlifting Related Sites Do us endurance guys ever pump iron? Nice site nevertheless.
  • Triathlete Mag Current Age Group rankings for the top U.S. duathletes and triathletes.
  • Stevens Creek Software Sells a computerized training diary that I think is great (free demo version), books for athletes, etc.
  • The Fellowship of Christian Athletes Home Page Press on towards the mark…….