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…]
October 12, 2010
When I think back to when I did the Chicago Marathon, with no knowledge at all about what works, what doesn’t, and how you do it “right” – I laugh because it would be so different if I did it now. Not that I would, mind you! I have no desire to make that commitment… [Read more…]
January 21, 2011
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