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
From the Blog
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
5 Keys for Successful Triathletes (How I do/don’t do on that list)
Being really good at something really tests whether I've got the stuff. It's never a walk in the park....and occasionally it's a bit like whistling past the graveyard. In coaching triathletes, I can honestly only expect from someone no more effort than I'm willing to exert myself. So this great article in Triathlon Magazine by Ben Griffin pretty well … Continue Reading