Tweet The fourth section displayed a model of a rugby player diving for the ball.  This was really something else.  The women beside me asking “How did they get it into that position?” and “How can they move it if the body goes into rigormortis? Maybe it doesn’t last that long?”. These questions still remained unanswered. I walked right around the specimen viewing every part I could in detail. As with the “runner” it was easier for me to see what is going on when an athlete is performing and …

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The second section of the exhibition concentrated more on the arteries, veins and blood vessels and showed the various internal organs beginning with the heart. I can’t say I spent too much time in this section as the muscles and the structures that hold us together are more to my interest. Moving on, we were shown the difference between a smokers set of lungs  and the lungs of a non smoker, quite shocking to see and hopefully a reason for people to stop smoking. In between the cases of …

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On Wednesday this week, I finally made it to the Bodies Exhibition in Dublin. It had taken me six months to manage to get to the exhibition, having had to decide whether to go alone or find someone to go with me.  Human anatomy has been of great interest to me since I was very young, so naturally as soon as I heard about the exhibition coming to Dublin, I had to go!  Eventually I decided to go alone. I very much enjoyed being by myself, in my own …

Tweet What a pity, an eighteen year old Aerobic gymnast has tested positive for the banned substance Hydrochlorothiazide. It’s strange that she would be taking a medication which is usually used to treat blood pressure and is a diurectic meaning that it prevents the kidneys from retaining water, so I wonder what her reasons were. Silly girl in my opinion. 
 
Gymnast Shih-Hui Chiu (TPE) is suspended for a period of 24 months, starting from the day of the doping test on November 3, 2008 up to and including November 2, 2010.
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I recently began subscribing to  The Gymnastic Minute ,  a clever tool used by Gym Smarts.  In these 60 second videos, coaches provide some tips and drills for other coaches to use to help their gymnasts.

I’m really enjoying them and love when they come into my youtube subscriptions and into my Google reader. Whilst the videos are generally at a more advanced level than the girls I coach, I have made sure to let the other coaches I work with about the youtube channel. Keep up the good work …