human performance
By Tim Lightfoot on 3/8/2013 3:53 PM | Filed Under [sports medicine], [Uncategorized], [human performance], [performance enhancing drugs] Popular tags: runner's high, cannabinoid, marijuana, exercise, activity, opioids
Studies now suggest that the compounds that trigger and sustain runner’s high are compounds called ‘cannabinoids’. You may recognize that term, especially if you are familiar with some of the synonyms for marijuana.....
By Tim Lightfoot on 10/17/2012 2:11 PM | Filed Under [Uncategorized], [activity], [exercise], [human performance], [performance enhancing drugs] Popular tags: Lance Armstrong, PEDs, USADA
I’ve purposively not touched the Lance Armstrong story because it is so tragic on so many levels. While there has always been a lot of ‘smoke’ (allegations), there never has been the amount of evidence that was released a week ago by the...
By Tim Lightfoot on 7/20/2012 12:44 PM | Filed Under [sports medicine], [Uncategorized], [activity], [exercise], [human performance] Popular tags: exercise, fatigue, activity, human performance, sled dogs
By Tim Lightfoot on 7/13/2012 9:08 AM | Filed Under [Uncategorized], [human performance], [military]
By Tim Lightfoot on 6/29/2012 9:44 AM | Filed Under [sports medicine], [Uncategorized], [human performance]
By Tim Lightfoot on 3/21/2012 1:38 PM | Filed Under [Uncategorized], [exercise], [education], [human performance]
By Tim Lightfoot on 2/24/2012 5:06 PM | Filed Under [sports medicine], [Uncategorized], [human performance], [cheating], [performance enhancing drugs] Popular tags: PEDs, Ryan Braun, doping, baseball
Why do elite athletes risk take performance enhancing drugs (PED, dope)? This question continues to be raised....
By Tim Lightfoot on 1/17/2012 4:25 PM | Filed Under [Training], [Uncategorized], [exercise], [human performance], [running]
If you didn’t see it, the U.S. Marathon Olympic Trials were held this past Saturday morning in Houston.... have you ever thought about how fast these people run over 26.2 miles? What it really means to try and compete in the marathon at the world level?
By Tim Lightfoot on 12/8/2011 12:25 PM | Filed Under [Uncategorized], [activity], [exercise], [human performance]
I normally consider myself a fairly rational and logical person – that’s part of my job description as a scientist – but when it comes to sports, it seems that my rational and logical side gets kicked to the curb.
By Tim Lightfoot on 11/15/2011 1:10 PM | Filed Under [sports medicine], [Uncategorized], [activity], [exercise], [education], [learning], [human performance]
At the Huffines Institute, we are thrilled because our local newspaper - The Eagle - has agreed to start porting the content from our website to their website to a new....