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Did you know …, that positive training results are inevitably connected with inflammatory processes and their successful healing?

Endurance performance is always accompanied by minute lesions of muscles, tendons, connective tissue and capillaries. These micro traumata are the preconditions that muscles adapt and allow a performance on a higher level. The lesions can apply to muscle cell membranes, single fibers or bundles of fibers. Depending on the dimensions of the lesions muscle pains occur. Tendons and connective tissue suffer from ruptures as well. Small vessels can tear apart.
Micro-lesions happen due to the mechanical forces on the locomotor system, temperature changes within the tissue, disturbances of blood circulation, pH changes and the piling up of oxygen free radicals. The degree of muscle lesions can vary, but it is impossible to avoid, if your goal is to achieve some training effect. Injuries induce the inflammatory process that is the precondition for healing and adaptation of muscles to a higher level of performance. Both are interdependent processes initiated, controlled and performed by the immune system. An intact immune system need 3 to 5 days for the healing of these micro-lesions.
It is definitely a high skill to dose the training load in a way that muscle lesions are not too massive. If you do otherwise you may suffer from DOMS* that is a well known  complication of a training overload among elite athletes. Muscle pain is subsequently not caused by excessive lactate production but by inflammatory substances.
If micro-lesions don’t heal due to an impaired immune system and lacking recovery times, then muscle ruptures or injuries of tendons may occur. The consequences may be delayed healing processes and an increased disposition for injuries.
As there are never all muscle fibers activated at a time – recent studies talk of a maximum of 50% in elite athletes – the muscle tissue tolerates overloads comparatively long. Fibers are activated following a sort of rotation principle. Even during one and the same training cycle the activation pattern of fibers changes. For this reason parts of the same muscle have time to regenerate, even if the the muscle as such does not get sufficient time for regeneration.

*delayed onset of muscle soreness

And did you know already…
…, that biestmilch modulates inflammatory processes and therefore influences recovery positively?

Biestmilch (Colostrum) is like an immune serum. It strengthens immunity, but not only in the sense of containing infections. Also other healing processes are fostered, as there are the muscle lesions occurring during training.

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Haben Sie gewusst …, dass Trainingserfolge an kleinste Entzündungsprozesse und deren erfolgreiche Heilung gebunden sind?

Ausdauerbelastungen gehen immer mit Mikroverletzungen in Muskeln, Sehnen, Bindegewebe und kleinsten Blutgefäßen einher. Diese Minischäden sind eine der Voraussetzungen für die Anpassung des Muskels an ein höheres Leistungsniveau. Die Verletzungen können nur die Muskelzellmembranen, einzelne Fasern oder ganze Faserbündel betreffen. Entsprechend unterschiedlich ausgeprägt sind auftretende Muskelschmerzen. Im Bereich der Sehnen kommt es ebenfalls zu Faserrissen und auch das Bindegewebe ist betroffen. Kleinste Blutgefäße können reissen.
Die Ursachen für diese Mikroschäden sind die mechanische Kräfteinwirkung auf den Bewegungsapparat, Temperaturanstiege bzw. -abfälle im Gewebe, Durchblutungsstörungen, pH-Wertverschiebungen, Anflutung freier Sauerstoffradikale oder/und mangelnde Energiebereitstellung. Das Ausmass des Muskelschadens kann stark variieren, umgehen lässt er sich nicht, will man einen Trainingserfolg haben. Die Verletzungen lösen einen Entzündungsprozess aus, der Vorbedingung für die anschließende Heilung und Anpassung des Muskels an ein höheres Leistungsniveau ist. Beide von einander abhängigen Prozesse werden durch das Immunsystem initiiert, kontrolliert und ausgeführt. Ein intaktes Immunsystem bringt diese Mikroverletzungen innerhalb von 3 bis 5 Tagen zur Ausheilung.
Die Kunst besteht darin die Trainingsbelastung so zu dosieren, dass die Muskelfaserrisse nicht so massiv ausfallen, dass es zu dem unter Leistungssportlern bekannt gefürchteten DOMS* kommt. Auf Deutsch hört sich das viel banaler an, es heisst nämlich Muskelkater. Ein Muskelkater hat also rein gar nichts mit Laktat zu tun, sondern wird durch die Entzündungsprozesse im Muskel ausgelöst.
Wenn die Mikroverletzungen aufgrund eines geschwächten Immunsystems oder wegen mangelnder Regenerationszeit nicht ausheilen, kann es zu einem Muskelrissen oder Sehnenverletzungen kommen. Verzögerte Heilungsprozesse oder Verletzungsanfälligkeit können hier ihre Ursache haben. 
Da nie alle Muskelfasern aktiviert werden, neueste Studien sprechen von maximal 50% bei Hochleistungssportlern, toleriert der Muskel Überbelastungen relativ lange. Es werden nach einer Art Rotationsprinzip unterschiedliche Fasern aktiviert. Auch während ein und des selben Belastungszyklus wechselt das aktivierte Fasermuster. So finden Teile des Muskels immer wieder Zeit zur Regeneration, auch wenn man dem Muskel an sich diese Zeit nicht gibt.

*delayed onset of muscle soreness

Und haben Sie auch schon gewusst …
…, dass Biestmilch Entzündungsprozesse moduliert und deshalb die Regeneration positiv beeinflusst?

Biestmilch (Colostrum) ist wie ein Immunserum. Sie stärkt die Immunität, nicht nur wenn es darum geht, Infektionen in Schach zu halten. Auch andere Heilungsprozesse werden unterstützt, so die Heilung der im Rahmen des Trainings auftretenden Muskelverletzungen.

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Biestmilch and I take a break

xmas09

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WHO reports 100 million H1N1 flu shots have been administered in 40 countries

this data was published by WHO today.
Around me more and more people come down with a (swine) flu, most of them with the mild form. Schools around us stay closed. Fatalities are meandering through the press. The causalities between the death of these persons and the swine flu are not more than assumptive, far from confirmed.
People are not sure whether they should favor the vaccination or not, uncertainty is increasing, and the information policy from authorities and media are in line which means pro vaccination program. Some of you may call this propaganda ;-) (more…)

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Beneficial effects of exercise other than weight loss

Currently biestmilch is supporting a weight loss program of two of its friends. My view on this topic was from the beginning that the guys should not focus on weight loss only, should not put the scale into the center of concern as other health aspects may be even more important and significant, as there are blood pressure, aerobic capacity and resting heart rate.

Today I found confirmation in the current issue of the British Journal of Medicine. Dr. N. King and his co-workers from the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, School of Human Movement Studies, Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia published a study that underlines the approach that weight loss is not the one and only health benefit of exercise. Their study group of 58 overweight sedentary individuals undertook the effort of physical workouts 5 times a week for 12 weeks. Energy expenditure was 500 kcal per session. It is interesting and important to know that weight loss was less than expected for the majority of the participants. But they showed other positive changes which are of great significance for the health condition of an individual. (more…)

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The triathlete’s training bible – a book review

November is probably the only time of the year where athletes have got the mental strength to read a book that is not only entertaining but instructive. Triathlon is a very consuming sport, it takes a lot of energy also from the brain, not only as a pro, but as an age grouper with ambition too. Because job and family come on top of training.

On the Blog of the British Journal of Medicine I found this a book reviewed, I shall definitely read. Perhaps you would like to do so as well. It is “the triathlete’s training bible” by Joel Friel, 3rd edition.

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Ross Tucker whom I appreciate a lot wrote the book review: He says, that this book has become an indispensable tool for triathletes of all levels wishing to improve their performance using evidence-based methods and principles. Of most credit to the book is that it is very obviously a sound theoretical treatise, heavily based on scientific truths, as well as Friel’s own experience of having worked with triathletes for many years. Yet it does not overplay its hand, forcing technical scientific information on the reader and aspirant improver. Rather, it guides decision-making for all situations, covering topics ranging from motivation (the art) to metabolism (the science), always in a very clear, concise and practical manner. As for scientists who work with athletes, the value is in appreciating how Friel balances the complexity of the science of performance, with the requirement to give athletes tangible, easily implementable advice, and this is something all sports scientists can borrow from.

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Everybody knows, or maybe not!

20 years ago in Berlin it happened that the cold war ended; at least this is the label we gave this event. I think it has been such a ground-shaking incident that my blog is allowed to pick up, but I refer to a more competent platform with respect to this topic, New York Times “A Division Through Time”

SNAKING ALONG, cutting through fields and streets, yards and gardens, the 28-mile-long Berlin Wall stood as a border between East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989. That all changed on Nov. 9, 1989, when an inexact translation, a confused border guard and a natural longing for a better life opened a hole in that wall that would eventually end the Cold War.

Almost everybody knows this, there is currently a lot of buzz around this event, probably not only here in Germany but all over the Western hemisphere. In the New York times I found an article that illustrates the change during all this year in a very special way. You may like to have look at it, and perhaps take some inspiration from it.

New York Times, a division through time or open this Gate

Brandenburger Tor, 1989 and 2009

Brandenburger Tor, 1989 and 2009

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A charming visitor on our terrace

A visitor coming closer

just arrived

Having a curious look

having a closer look

Taking off

Taking off again