I go to a weight lifting class called Group Power. It is just like Body Pump, and both appear in different gyms throughout the country. I love it! It's an hour long class, and each workout has the same sequence through 10 choreographed songs. It starts with a warm up, then a squat track, then [...]
I am fortunate in that I haven't had problems with cramping (probably because I don't work hard enough for cramps), but someone asked me recently about tips to avoid cramping. I didn't have a good answer, but of course once it was on my mind I have noticed different articles and tips about cramping. There [...]
I recently found myself doing my long ride for the week while listening to a lecture that wasn't all that engaging with music on in the background to help keep my pace up. It has felt much better lately to just get in the groove with riding and music, but I have a lot to [...]
When I get into longer workouts as I increase training towards an Ironman, I often lose my appetite for the remainder of the day. In other words, on the weekend when I have my long ride and long run, I often experience a very low appetite, where I would expect to be ravenous. I have [...]
A training plan is like having a dog. They get you out whether you feel like it or not, or provide a good excuse to be active no matter how much work you feel like you need to be doing. Not that a training plan is a good substitute for a dog. They complement each [...]
Head down, heart beating. Exhaustion. A feeling of disconnect with the outer world. Just body, breath, muscle. Work that was stressful and pressing just moments earlier, evaporated.
If you want to eat better and exercise more, where do you begin? It is a discussion or debate I have heard discussed many times. Reasonably, different people have had success starting in a different place and so they may tout what they have found successful. I think that you should start with whatever change [...]
Starting a new training plan brings excitement and possibility. Moving from regular exercise, to building continually, resulting in a near-constant state mixing between push/recovery/exhaustion/repeat - continuing to stay just on the brink of overwork but trying not to cross the line. Over seven months since crossing the finish line of Ironman New Zealand, I am [...]
I hate running on a treadmill. It's hot. If feels weird going the same pace with no hills, curbs, rocks, etc. (I know, you can make an incline, and you can modify the pace occasionally, but it's entirely different than outside running). But when it's wet and cold outside, and I have a brick workout [...]
I recently heard someone express concern overworking on self-improvement. They worried that it was selfish to focus on themselves instead of others. I did not realize that this sentiment existed. I think that when we work on ourselves it makes us more interesting to be around. It probably makes us better partners, better parents, better [...]
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