FOR any athlete, combining training with study or work, social and family is a fine balancing act. Many come unstuck as the pressure to squeeze more out of every 24 hours takes its toll. Not so Sara Treacy, the focus of our Athlete Insight feature this week, who manages to continue with the demanding role of a junior doctor alongside rigorous training. See how she does it on page 28.
Elsewhere, John Shepherd probes the trend for dynamic warm ups and asks whether they are all they’ve been cracked up to be. After decades of being told not to perform static stretches before training and competition because they serve only to diminish strength, it seems the tide is turning.
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