Maybe you're already a senior or older adult runner, biker, or swimmer and just want to "get faster" or "make podium";....or simply get in shape to improve your lifestyle and look and feel better...maybe you'll start slowly like you've planned…? Give me a holler (I'm in the neighborhood), Certified Fitness Trainer and USAT Triathlon Coach. Sometimes seniors … Continue Reading
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TRIATHLETES BE AWARE….CAREFUL HOW MUCH COFFEE YOU DRINK!
Don't get me wrong, caffeine is great; just did everything wrong. I'm a minimal coffee drinker, but I decided to stop completely for a few weeks just to see if it would help to sleep more soundly. Sometimes I will drink coffee to push my triathlon workout a bit, but not often. Suddenly, I was in the middle of setting up for Super Bowl for two weeks; so I … Continue Reading
THE BASICS: HOW TO SET A PR IN YOUR HALF MARATHON
Training for a PR for a half marathon showed up in the American College of Sports Medicine Journal, with concepts explained almost as bullet points. These ideas can be applied to almost any kind of endurance training, but I thought it was good; the old, standby ideas that always work (great picture, btw, by Larry Sillen). The three main ideas: … Continue Reading
WANT BETTER FOCUS, WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR MENTAL CAPACITY, TRY TRIATHLON!
The USA Triathlon Science Issue includes studies that show the decline, with aging, of cognitive abilities (and physical strength) especially after age 50. Through exercise (strength or endurance), for example, the University of Eastern Finland found that with increased muscle strength that aging men and women have better cognitive … Continue Reading
DIETS DON’T WORK (actually, they do…)
It's not often I directly reference a diet article, but this was a simple and obvious: Why do weight-loss programs fail?...which they seem to do quite often. One client [of John Berardi, fitness and diet coach for several Olympic programs, in an ISSA article] tried low-carb, then low-fat, and finally, balanced macronutrient diets with the same result … Continue Reading