I am the fitness pro to clients of all levels – and there is one thing that I have seen my top level athletes do well that the rest of us should learn from. The top athletes I work with, and pro athletes everywhere, use mental motivation & “talk” as a regular part of the training… [Read more…]
December 15, 2010
New word for you: SACBE. Now stay with me & you’ll see where we’re going… This is the word for the “White Roads’ of the ancient Maya world. They were roads coated with limestone stucco, going from Maya cities inland on the Yucatan Peninsula all the way to the coast; all white so that travelers on these… [Read more…]
November 15, 2010
If Plan A doesn’t pan out, do you have a Plan B? And do you execute that Plan B without more than a moment of hesitation? Or do you wallow in angst, cranky as a half-asleep teenager on the 1st day of school, because your perfect plan is falling apart? I scrapped my workout plan… [Read more…]
October 23, 2010
Did you read my post on “if not now, when?” It’s true – why spend time thinking, waiting, wishing if you’re not moving to action while you think & wish about what you want to get. 2011 is just around the corner & while it seems early be talking about 2011 – it’s really not.… [Read more…]
October 20, 2010
This is the cycle your muscles go through in order to get stronger, leaner, denser, bigger. Without going through it, you cannot expect your muscles to change in any way. If you lift a 5lb weight every time you workout, your body won’t recognize that as a challenging enough stress to foster the micro-tear needed… [Read more…]
October 19, 2010
Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve been up this early on a Tues to work on the blog! Since April, at least – since then Tues mornings have been reserved for early AM pre-work workouts. And next week, Tues will probably go back to being for my workouts – although the real schedule remains… [Read more…]
September 12, 2010
You want small results? Take small steps. As a fitness pro, I hear the most ridiculous excuses (they are excuses) from people who would like to say that they are ‘still moving forward’ on this whole happy, healthy, fit life thing but are really fooling themselves into thinking the most miniscule lifestyle improvements are making… [Read more…]
August 27, 2010
What an incredible place to run! My pictures can’t do justice to the beautiful bay that Reykjavik sits on that leads out into the Atlantic Ocean…mountains rising up out of the lava rock on the distant coast…European style lining the streets in the cars, people, buildings….a BMW SUV pulling directly in front of you at… [Read more…]
July 25, 2010
As you may know, I’ve decided to run a 1/2 Marathon in August – in Iceland. Having been away from racing of any kind since 2008, this was a welcome challenge, and for the first few months of committing to this goal – lots of fun! And now that it’s been a few more months… [Read more…]
July 4, 2010
I spent the last 4 days in the middle of nowhere – and had to run a 1/2 marathon distance long run while in nowhere. Well, not really nowhere. ‘Nowhere’ was actually Redbud Motorcross Track in Buchanan, MI where I was for the Pro National Motorcross Race from Thurs-Sunday of the 4th of July wknd.… [Read more…]
January 15, 2011
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