BMI Calculator Calculate Your BMI Regarding for athletes, we will be doing a follow-up article on body composition tests which will be more appropriate for testing. Body mass index is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to adult men and women. Enter your weight and height…
Many Health Benefits of Walking Many Health Benefits of Walking Article by Susan Liu Walking is a simple and free exercise that can help people take a step towards better heart health. Regularly it can help you maintain a healthy weight. Also improving your fitness and reduce your risk of developing conditions such as…
Lydia De Vega JR 200m Record Seems Safe Legendary sprinter Lydia De Vega 200m Junior Record looks fairly safe. The National Junior mark of 23.54 has stood since 1981 Manila SEA Games. It was here that De Vega won the 200m as a 17 year old. De Vega resurfaced again when a newspaper falsely reported that…
Cray takes Silver 60m at the 2017 Asian Martial Arts and Indoor Games Eric Cray took the silver medal at the Asian Martial Arts and Indoor Games in Ashbagat, Turkmenestein. The 29 year old upgraded his bronze last year clocking 6.63 seconds, to finish second. While behind dominant Asian sprinter Hassan Taftian of Iran who…
Sexy Abdominals ….. Due to the popularity and over looked value of abdominal exercises. We have added another article on abdominal exercises. Here is a simple 30 Day Abs challenge to tone up your Abs and burn your stomach fats. I found this on Stumbleupon.com I personally plan to do this challenge now that I…
Philippines worst finish in the SEA Games since 1999 It seemed that during the 2017 SEA Games, the Mall across the road was having a 50% off sale. Which unfortunately also included the Gold Medal count for Team Philippines. When the task force had predicted 50 golds medal before the SEA Games its seemed a…
Aries Toledo Articles by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Rondo as he is more popularly known hailing from a poor family in the North. Was an SCUAA Standout. He made the move to the Decathlon. And was able to become the Philippines third ever SEA Games Decathlon Champion. He was the surprise winner at the 2017…
2017 SEA Games Athletics Day 3 Early Report Article by Manolo Pedralvez (NB: with some edits) KUALA LUMPUR – Fil-Am Trenten Beram was poised to avenge compatriot Eric Shawn Cray. After topping the men’s 200-meter heats Wednesday. While evergreen Arniel Ferrera reached the podium again in the second day of action of the 29th Malaysian Southeast Asian…
Tears of Joy Mary Joy Tabal, 28 followed in the foot steps of the Great Jhoann Banayag and Cristabel Martes to crown herself the SEA Games Marathon Queen. The emphatic victory of the tiny 4’11 girl from Cebu. Was a bitter sweet reward for years of hard work from her. And her hard working coach…
Olympic Bronze medalist Andre De Grasse of Canada followed on from his win in Oslo. His fastest ever 100m time albeit with a howling 4.8 tail wind. De Grasse clocked 9.69. Five other men also used the strong wind to dip under 10 seconds. Meite (COT) was again in the top three this week in…
100 years of New Zealand Track and Field The book is by the late athletics statistician Peter Heindenstrom. Peter Heidenstrom, who died in 2007 aged 77. He was New Zealand’s most perceptive and widely published writer on athletics. And he put his extensive records and encyclopedic knowledge into the most comprehensive book on 100…
Philippine Sports Senate Hearing MANILA, Philippines - The Senate committee on sports headed by Sen. Manny Pacquiao will take a closer look at the problems hounding Philippine sports when top officials from the Philippine Olympic Committee and Philippine Sports Commission appear before the committee today. Pacquiao set the hearing at 10 a.m. and in…
Kirk Bacas Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Their is only one thing I love more in athletics than watching a young athlete pursue a path way from grass roots to elite. That is watching an athlete over come barriers that make them into a better athlete. As the Team Manager for the…
Taipei Open Track and Field Analysis May 22, 2016 Full write up on the Taipei open later with in depth analysis. Only Lopena and Camino exceeded there personal best performances of the athletes sent. In the days of Keon and Tony Benson athletes being sent overseas should have been ready for the minimal which…
2016 PNG Final Complete Results Athletics The 2016 PNG Final Results of Athletics. Held in Lingayen, Pangasinan March 7-11 The Results were supplied by a good friend of mine. i will write a full commentary and analysis in my next report. 2016-PNG-FINAL-OVERALL-RESULTS Related articles PNG diplomats angry about poor communication PH vaulter…
When we think about Milo in the Philippines we may think of this. But the real story of Milo Began in Ancient Greece. In the 6th Century BC there was a wrestler from the city of Croton in the South of Greece. Milo was a six time athletic victor at the Ancient Olympic Games held…
Top 10 SEA Athletes Philippines Track & Field Article By Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician #1 Elma Muros, 15 Individual Golds Muros attended her first SEA Games in 1981 at the age of 14. One of the youngest ever competitors in Philippine Track and Field. She won her first gold medal in the Long Jump…
2015 Philippines University Games Athletics Articles by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician 2015 Philippines University Games Athletics Bacolod: Sprints Men’s Report: Michael Del Prado makes a name for himself It was Michael Del Prado who took the 200-400 double. Most noteworthy was Del Prado snatched the 200 title away narrowly from defending champion Anfernee Lopena.…
Day 1 Report (July 3): Rosales Returns This is my delayed coverage report for the Athletics segment of the Philippine National Games Luzon Leg held at Philsports in Pasig, the meet was held July 3-7. As i have had a lot of other things on and am reflecting right now moving forward this report…
How Many Filipinos qualify for Rio 2016 I am going to ask not just the athletic community and the sports community How many athletes are going to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics from the Philippines? The Question comes in light of the headlines in the Manila Bulletin, Tribune, and Inquirer. And other leading newspapers.…
World Youth Champs 2015 (Full Summary) 8 athletes qualified for Philippines? Qualfiying Criteria Will be held in Cali, Colombia in South America. July 15-19 Official Meet Website As of now a team has not been nominated as the selection period has not started yet. This is only for athletes born in 1998 and…
18 Filipino Athletes preparing for the SEA Games will be competing at the Taipei Athletics Open May 15-17. This is half the contingent to the SEA Games. The schedule has been kindly provided by National Head Coach Sean Guevarra. Womens 100m (Heats): H1 (0.3) 4. Menon (SIN) 12.51; H2 (-0.1) 1. Kongthong (THA) 12.07, 2.…
Western Visayas Regional Palaro Nothing but the best of Belibestre, qualifies for ASEAN School Games 2015 17 year old Jose Jerry Belibestre 5’4 sent a very clear message to his rivals that he will be in shape to defend his Palaro title. Belibestre also secured a spot in the ASEAN School Games with a leap…
Articles by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Week 3: PB for Alyana Very few members of the Fil-Heritage program competed this weekend and unlike previous weeks nobody made it past the SEA Games standards or set national records. Alyana Nicolas set a new personal best in the Pole Vault with a leap of 3.52m, improving on…
Bertek The oldest member of the Philippine National Team in Athletics Eduaro Buenavista, 36 (Bertek) rewound the clock back several years. The Veteran Bertek placed second at the Hong Kong Chartered Marathon. The Former SEA Games and Many time Milo Marathon Champion clocked a time of 2:24:11 finishing fourth in the Asian Category and 30th…
2014 World Athletics News Richard Kilty is the World Indoor Champion (video) (rev 1) March 10, 2014 Britain’s Richard Kilty sensationally became the world indoor 60 metres champion on Saturday night as he ran a personal best to stun the sprinting world. The 24-year-old from Stockton, nicknamed the ‘Teesside Tornado’, considered quitting athletics 18 months…
Power-lifting Power-lifting Philippine Powerlifting Records Below is a list of the Philippine Powerlifting Records (Deadlift, Bench, Squat to parallel or below). Kindly supplied by national weightlifting coach Edmundo Cardano. Included in the lists of Records is University of the Philippines Thrower Precious De Leon. 1. Raw records begin Nov 2011 2.…
Tony Benson Early Days Although not a Filipino. Australian Tony Benson contributed a great deal of development to Philippines Track and Field during the golden age of the Gintong Alay. It is very appropriate that Tony will now forever be immortalized among the greats of Philippines Track and Field. …
A montage of Olympic athletes training accompanied by a talk given by Owen Cook with music by Clint Mansell “Together We Will Live Forever.” . (Oct 17) The talk does not represent the thoughts, feelings, or attitudes of any of the athletes pictured in the video clip. However, the idea of making such a video…
Tudor Bompa June 27, 2013 Tudor Bompa is known to many as the man who single-highhandedly revolutionized Western training methods. Name your favorite strength coach and very likely he’s been strongly influenced by the work of Tudor Bompa. Learn his secrets! By: Mike Mahler Feb 21, 2003 After more than forty years of work…
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