Harder Better Faster Stronger

If my blog had a soundtrack this was the song I would have chosen. It's always in my mobile phone, playlists...

I imagine its cold

The first time I saw the sea in the UK.
On Saturday I went to Sheringam with some members of Tri-Anglia. We had a coffee and a cake in front of the sea.

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One of the best - Faris Al-Sultan

Many Portuguese will be there this year!

Science vs Beliefs

There is a common sense that stretching (before or after doing sports) can improve sports performance, reduce muscle soreness or clear the lactic acid that builds up during exercise. Other people think that they become more flexible with stretching. And biggest problem is the word of mouth because most of what people thought about stretching doesn't have any scientific evidence.

I have been reading a few things and this is what I found:

There are many studies who prove that stretching before exercise does not have any benefit and sometimes can be detrimental to sports performance (most of these studies were made for stretching before explosive sports).

Some people believe that stretching after exercise can reduce muscle soreness or work lactic acid out of the muscles. Wrong. Stretching doesn't do any of these things. There are many studies that saw the effect of stretching after exercise and there are no results that show a decrease in muscle soreness or lactic acid.

More flexibility - yes. Daily stretching can lengthen muscles, giving you more range of motion around a joint. I usually have a 10 minute routine each morning after I wake up to stretch my neck, back and legs. Or you can stretch after being seated for a long period of time.

So the next time you stretch yourself think about this and do it because you heard someone saying that you must stretch after every training session. 

Big weekend

So one week in and I'm back to the routine: lectures and training.

Tomorrow I'll have a big ride to Sheringam (Map)- 90kms. Finally I'll be able to see the sea and the beach in the UK!

On Sunday I'll have a 80km reliability ride (where you have time to complete the distance in a certain route).

Let's hope the weather will help - now is getting cold again but sunny!

From Vegetarian to Organic

This is a nice article about a journalist changing from a vegetarian diet to an organic diet. She found that most of all the problem was how the meat she ate came to her plate.

This is how it begins: "To be vegetarian is to be a pacifist, avoiding the fight against animal cruelty. Eat meat from sustainable farms, and we will win"

Vegetarian animal cruelty meat

Mental note

Hard training (and hard work) make things a lot easier!

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