Sports: Quotes: Modern Holy Men

"Professional athletes are in many ways our culture's holy men.  They give themselves over to a pursuit to endure great privation and pain to actualize themselves at it, and enjoy a relationship to perfection that we admire, reward and love to watch, even though we have no desire to walk that road ourselves.  In other words, they do it 'for' us, sacrifice themselves for our (we imagine) redemption."

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David Foster Wallace

Sports Training: Recovery: Active Recovery

Try add active recovery to your recovery regimen.  Active recovery can be added after a workout or on a scheduled rest day.  There are both physically and mental benefits to active recovery.  Physically, active recovery, in the form of low-intensity exercises, allows you the needed rest without sacrificing your fitness levels.  And mentally, it allows you to step back from the psychological stresses of hard training days and competition.  Although the overall usefulness of active recovery still needs to be researched further, for now, it seems active recovery does more good than harm. 

Nutrition-Rice: All White Ain't That Bad

Based on some really quick research, white rice does not appear to be to all that bad for you if it is combined with exercise or an active lifestyle.  Although if eaten without exercise, it can contribute to an increase risk of diabetes.