The movie

It's one thing to watch athletes onTV or DVD, and admire their strength,perseverance, and skill. But what about behind the scenes? What doesit take to become a competitor at the highest levels? What do theathletes go through, not just physically but emotionally, as theystrive to be the best? I've always found films that answer thosequestions to be very interesting, and Triathlon: Through the Eyesof the Elite joins the company of documentaries like TheHard Road and Proin looking behind the scenes at an interesting sport. In this caseit's the triathlon, a relatively new discipline that combines thesports of swimming, bicycle racing, and running into one challengingevent.

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The movie

Triathlon: Racing Fasterbills itself as a way to improve your racing speed as a triathlete(hence the subtitle, after all), but it's really more of anintroduction to competing in a triathlon. Rather than offering a lotof improvement tips, it's more of an overall primer on what to expectfrom all the different stages of a triathlon, and how to prepareyourself to have a good experience. That makes it a useful program,especially for newcomers to the sport; it's simply not titled asdescriptively as it could have been.

The format of Triathlon: RacingFaster is somewhat different from what I expected, but actuallyquite effective. Instead of having one person explaining everything,we have two hosts who introduce a variety of different experts onparticular topics related to triathlon racing. The film is hosted ...Read the entire review

The movie

Athletes can be divided into twocategories: those who stretch, and those who don't. Usually the oneswho don't stretch are more or less aware of all the benefits thatstretching provides, such as injury prevention, increasedflexibility, better performance, and better recovery... but somehowthere's this feeling that stretching "takes too much time"or isn't a real workout. That's where Performance Stretching forMulti-Sport comes in: this fitness program offers three shortstretching routines, plus an assortment of other stretches that canbe used at various times, that any athlete can work into his or herworkout schedule.

The main program consists of threesections: performance, supine, and recovery stretching. You can playthem all together, for a total of about 40 minutes, or you can selecteach individual stretch...Read the entire review