“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you always got.” Since May of 2010, endurance running has been my focus. Iceland 1/2 Marathon (Aug 2010), Urbanathlon (Oct 2010), Cary 1/2 Marathon (Mar 2011), Soldier Field 10 (May 2011), and Batavia 1/2 Marathon on Aug 28 2011. Each race has seen… [Read more…]
January 21, 2011
File this under “now you know!” I’ve said it forever, coaches have drilled it into their players – heck, even your mom & dad said it to you when you were just a wee-thing. In some way or another, someone has told you – if you think it, you can do it. “Believe in yourself.”… [Read more…]
January 9, 2011
Life is just a series of gear switches, and the last month was certainly a high gear! A ‘holidays are here, time to shop, party, connect, decorate’ kind of gear - and the last of the gear shifts of “off-season”. Workouts still were happening 5-6 days per week, & while the speed of life couldn’t be faster during December,… [Read more…]
November 7, 2010
You’ve seen those little charts on cardio equipment that indicates if your age is X and your heart rate is Y then that falls into either a fat burning zone or a cardio burning zone. First of all, what the heck is a ‘cardio zone’? Any exercise that raises your heart rate (HR) & keeps it elevated… [Read more…]
April 28, 2010
Did you know that you have fuzz on you? And not just in your belly button. Yeah, you know you just wondered if there’s any fuzz in your belly button right now, I’ll wait a minute if you want to check. Ok, ready now? So you ever go to workout but then hate it because you’re… [Read more…]
April 2, 2010
Think of your parents as your first coaches. How else would you have learned to walk, eat with utensils, have manners? We do not show up on this planet already possessing all the skills we’ll need to be a functioning, successful human. We show up with all the potential under the sun, but we do… [Read more…]
December 9, 2009
Ok, so you’re back in town. You drank too many margaritas. You threw ‘hunger’ to the wind at your all-inclusive & ate at the buffet/human trough more times than you can remember, and you may have forgotten to workout “enough” on vacation. No this does not totally describe me right now. Not totally. Too many… [Read more…]
November 25, 2009
Thanksgiving is one of the most fun days to workout, in my opinion. Even if you have 30 people arriving that afternoon, and have been up since 5 basting the bird…there is just something awesome about slipping away for 30 mins or an hour to a workout. And my favorite workouts on Thanksgiving are done either… [Read more…]
October 26, 2009
There’s quite a few different workouts you should do to build your fat-burning capabilities. There’s a variety of things you should do to 1)get the best results possible 2)prevent plateaus in your results & 3)to ensure you do not over- or under- train any one part of your cardiovascular ability. This post features a workout… [Read more…]
October 25, 2009
If you’re going to take the time to workout, you may as well do right, you know? Otherwise, talk about wasting time! All that work, and nothing or very little to show for it. And who wants to do something & get nothing out of it? Not me!, and not you I hope! If you… [Read more…]
September 13, 2011
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