Blades of Glory
These blades will CUT YOU There are really only three blades you need to consider if you are a serious speed skater. This is not as bad a state of affairs as you might think [more...]
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The Future of Doping in Sport
blood doping, inexpensive and still commonly used For the longest time, I thought that it was a losing battle. The dopers would always outfox the anti-dopers. It was simply a [more...]
Getting Into… Archery
It’s been a while since I last posted, and in that while I’ve travelled a bit. One of the places I passed through in my travels was London, and I was fortunate [more...]
Basic Training Principles
A pillow fight is good stress relief Sport is a funny thing. It is almost universally recognized that if you want to be good at a sport, then you have to train for it. [more...]
Yeowie’s Technique Lab
I once read somewhere that if you took a race-ready rally car, and its street-legal equivalent (say a regular Subaru WRX), swapped the tyres, then drove both of them on a [more...]
Return to Enschede
Recently I have undertaken a new “job” as one of the coaches for the Danish junior ice speed skating team. Those outside of the world of speed skating will [more...]
Fluorinated Compounds
Last Friday I was fortunate enough to be present at my girlfriend's Ph.D. thesis defence at the University of Copenhagen. In case anyone is wondering, it went very well, and all the opponents spoke highly of her work, and now we can all call her "Doctor". [more...]
Technical Discussion: The Difference Between Ice and Inline Speed Skating
In this article, I will try to examine and determine the root causes for these differences, not only as a recreational, observational exercise, but as this examination may hopefully yield useful information for technique development in both ice and inline skating. [more...]
An Inliner’s Guide to Getting Into Ice Part 1: Gear
There are many reasons why an inline speed skater would want to have a go at ice skating. Whatever your reason, in this article I hope to provide some useful tips into making the transition into what may at first seem like a very alien new environment. [more...]
A Word on Supplements
Anyone who has ever been involved at a fairly serious level in the world of sport will have come across nutritional supplements of some kind. These can range from having electrolytes in your drinks to constructing entire meals out of powders and vitamin tablets. [more...]
Core Conditioning
How does one go about training our core muscles? Most people immediately think about doing lots of situps, or crunches. If you want to have good-looking abs, then by all means do lots of situps, but this is only a small part of the story. [more...]
Bad Advice Part 1: Fitness
In catching up with old friends in Melbourne, I have noticed a curious trend. Ordinarily, when one catches up with old friends after being overseas for an extended period, one is asked mostly about [more...]
Drugs in Sport
Take your pick It’s been a while since I’ve penned a controversial post. Experience (and my web stats) have shown me that the most popular posts on this website [more...]