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One of the fastest men on the planet, George Bovell from Trinidad and Tobago shares some of his favorite drills for improving freestyle. The Race Club is proud to present this series Powered by Platinum with George who is training for his 4th Olympic games with Coach Mike Bottom at Michigan. George is set to compete the 50 and 100 meter freestyle in London.
Platinum Bars… Good For All Swimmers
Filed under: Aqua Notes | January 30th, 2012
Many of you who have been to The Race Club camps have heard the story before. But it is worth telling again.
In 1999, one of the most promising thoroughbred stallions on the racing circuit, Fusaichi Pegasus, sustained an injury to the front elbow at a crucial time in his career. The owner was considering putting the horse to stud and never racing him again. Dr. Doug Herthel, an equine veterinarian in Santa Ynez Valley, California, heard about the injury and offered to help. The owner agreed and allowed Doug to take the horse to try to rehabilitate it. His program included changing nutrition and using Platinum Granular formula, essentially the same ingredients as in the Platinum bar.
Remarkably, a horse that was never supposed to race again, Fusaichi Pegasus came back from the injury to win the Kentucky Derby in 2000. Doug attributes much of that success to changing the horses diet. Read the rest of this entry »
L-carnitine shown to improve athletic performances
Filed under: Nutrition | November 23rd, 2011
L-carnitine is a molecule formed from two amino acids and is known to improve the breakdown of fats and fatty acids and convert them into energy in the form of ATP. An efficient production of ATP is vital to high-level athletic performance. L-carnitine has also been shown to be beneficial to the heart and brain.
The problem with L-carnitine is that until recently, it was not understood how to get the molecule into the muscle. Researchers Benjamin T. Wall, Francis Stephens and others at the University of Nottingham Medical School in the UK reported in the Journal of Physiology that L-carnitine is readily transported into the muscle in the presence of insulin1. Since insulin is a banned substance and cannot be taken (except by diabetics that do not produce it), they found that by combining L-carnitine with a carbohydrate drink mix, called Vitargo S2, that causes an increase in insulin production, it also caused a significant increase in muscle L-carnitine over a 4-month period. Read the rest of this entry »
Food supplements setting up for golden London Olympics
Filed under: Nutrition | October 15th, 2011
Improved anti-doping testing methods will make it almost impossible for athletes to blame contaminated food supplements if they are caught for doping at next year’s Olympiad in London, a science congress has heard. Read the full article at NUTRAingredients.com
Activated Stabilized Oxygen (ASO)
Filed under: Nutrition | May 3rd, 2011
ASO is an all natural supplement containing one of the highest concentrations of activated oxygen available. It is pH balanced, non-toxic and safe to use orally. It contains distilled water, sodium chloride, bio-available oxygen and essential trace minerals. Learn more about ASO and how and why it can help you reach your full potential for best performance possible by watching the below video presentation. Read the rest of this entry »
Swim Tips for Jan 3 – 9, 2011
Filed under: Swim Tips | January 12th, 2011
Monday, Jan 3
Tired of getting colds and flu during the season? Try Platinum Immune Formula to boost your immune system.
Tuesday, Jan 4
By using the right nutritional supplements, you can increase recovery and improve your training performances.
Wednesday, Jan 5
Don’t always have time to eat a meal before practice or a meet? Try Platinum Bars to give the energy you need. Read the rest of this entry »
Secret Video Tip – Muscle Cramp
Filed under: Videos | January 5th, 2011
This week we’re going to talk about one of the strangest phenomenon ever which is very disconcerting to a swimmer or any athlete and that’s a muscle cramp. When a muscle cramp occurs whether it’s in practice or in a race, it usually means the end. And it’s a very painful and debilitating experience. So question is “Why do they occur?”. Read the rest of this entry »
Supplements: Behind the Flashy Ads
Filed under: Nutrition | November 8th, 2010
This month I wanted to take the opportunity to cover a common topic but with a little bit of a different tone this month. Supplements, as we know, can be a great addition to any athlete’s training program. But, on the same side of the coin, athletes — especially those with Olympic aspirations — need to be wary of what you’re taking. Not just for the simple fact that, if you’re a drug-tested athlete you could test positive and be labeled a cheat, but also because some ingredients can have deleterious effects on the human body.
The reason I felt compelled to write about this is because a couple of weeks ago I was traveling and happened to be on the deck of a pool while some local teams were training. I noticed next to a swim bag was a container of a supplement called Jack3d. This is a pre-workout “enhancement” product that is, for the most part, getting rave reviews from fitness enthusiasts around the country for helping “pump up” their workouts. But this is also a product that USA Swimming sent out a notice to coaches and athletes about, back in July, letting them know it contains an ingredient, (1, 3 Dimethylamylamine) that will cause them to test positive and fail an anti-doping test. Now, the teams that were training didn’t — as far as I know — have any athletes with them that are subject to drug testing, but they also didn’t have any swimmers that could be classified as an adult, either. So with some general presumptions, one could conclude a child is the owner of this particular supplement, and that is what startled me. Read the rest of this entry »
Swim Tips for Oct 25 – 31, 2010
Filed under: Swim Tips | October 31st, 2010
Monday, Oct 25
“Recover with soft hands” -Troy Dalbey, 1988 USA Olympic swimmer.
Tuesday, Oct 26
In freestyle, if you breathe every cycle, your respiratory rate will usually be between 25 to 30 breaths per minute.
Wednesday, Oct 27
To learn to swim with long-axis rotation, use our three progressive body drills. Read the rest of this entry »
The Power of L-Phenylalanine
Filed under: Nutrition | April 7th, 2010
One of the several powerful ingredients you find in The Race Club’s Thunderbolt supplement is L-Phenylalanine, an essential amino acid your body must obtain through dietary means.
Why is L-Phenylalanine beneficial and why is it in Thunderbolt? As I’ve covered in previous blogs, when Thunderbolt was being designed it was intended to energize both the body and the mind, and with the inclusion of L-Phenylalanine, we further the goal of the latter. Here’s how:
Phenylalanine is a precursor in the body for production of norepinephrine, epinephrine and dopamine. As a whole, it comes in three forms—D-Phenylalanine, L-Phenylalanine and DL-Phenylalanine—with L-Phenylalanine playing the biggest role in regulating mood and assisting in maintaining an alert mind. Read the rest of this entry »
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