A partir del año 2002, el Instituto Gatorade de Ciencias del Deporte ha realizado un número importante de evaluaciones con equipos de fútbol de élite, para conocer sus necesidades de hidratación y dar recomendaciones ...

Both laboratory and field tests for measuring sweat rate in athletes have been performed more and more often this past decade. This workshop gave the attendants a hands-on opportunity to test two volunteers who exercised ...

Con motivo del Congreso Nacional del Deporte (ICODER, 2009), se me solicitó presentar mi punto de vista sobre la conveniencia o no de que los niños jóvenes participaran en deporte competitivo, propiamente en los Juegos ...

Entre varios productos nutricionales sumamente estudiados y puestos a prueba bajo todo tipo de circunstancias, se encuentran las bebidas deportivas que, debido a su aporte de carbohidratos, electrolitos y agua, logran ...

The growing participation of young people in soccer is a motivation so that the trainers, physical educators and parents know which are the special requirements to practice this sport in a safe manner, specially the ...

Objective: To verify the validity of the body adiposity index (BAI) in a sample of Costa Rican students. Methods: Volunteers were 93 females (mean age 5 18.6 6 2.4 years) and 106 males (mean age 5 19.2 6 2.8 years). ...

Aim: to assess the effect of water temperature on post-rehydration urine output and fluid retention Methods: on three different days, one week apart, 11 physically active men (24±4 years old, 1.73±0.05 m and 70.2±9.0 kg) ...

The purpose of this article is to describe the conditioning of elite taekwondo competitors based on the block-periodized training model. this model of periodization has been used by the Costa Rican National Taekwondo Team ...

There is a need to discuss, starting from some basic Christian truths, to what extent the Christian and athletic ideals are compatible; how sports could help modern men and women to be better Christians, and what kind of ...

Algunos autores de sociología deportiva o de religión se han referido a aspectos del deporte en la vida moderna y su relación con el cristianismo, como el conflicto entre el llamado “instinto asesino” del deportista y el ...