New Age Grade tables for 2010

A major contribution of masters athletics was the introduction of the Age-Graded Tables, a set of "age factors" and "age standards" that, when multiplied by a time or distance, allow athletes of any age and event to compare their performances with more...

Fast or slow twitch Muscles

Skeletal muscle is the most abundant tissue in the human body and also one of the most adaptable. Vigorous training with weights can double or triple a muscle�s size, whereas disuse, as in space travel, can shrink it by 20 percent in two weeks. The many biochanical and biochemical phenomena behind these adaptations are enormously complex, but decades of research have built up a reasonably complete picture of how muscles respond to athletic training. more...

How to Become a Better Sprinter

Words of Advice from Carl Lewis.........
There are no shortcuts to running faster. You can't cut corners. You can't cheat. You have to stay focused on your goals. And you have to do all your drills. more...