But it does include a fun picture of me in the pool with a tether around my waist. I’m taking a three-pronged approach to swim training for my upcoming tri: Getting my butt in the water several times a week. Yes, this is Swim Training 101 right here – practice, practice, practice. I should be […]
What I Do All Day
I love being a personal trainer. Pretty sure I’ve mentioned that before, but it bears repeating. I seriously spend my entire day thinking about exercise! Every client I have is like a puzzle that I get to figure out: what’s going to work best for losing weight or keeping them motivated or gaining muscle or […]
Balance and Single Leg Strength Workout
One of the things I notice as a runner is that when I’m doing strength training, I tend to focus more on upper-body exercises because I know that (comparatively, at least) my lower body is pretty strong from running. And while it’s true that I’m an upper-body wimp, it’s pretty silly to think that I […]
Miscellaneous Monday
Another Monday…how’d that happen? I had one of those weekends that doesn’t feel very weekend-y (I worked), so today’s post is brought to you by my dear friend, the bullet point: I ran EIGHT MILES yesterday!!! You might not think that is worthy of three exclamation points, but I totally do. Eight continuous miles is […]
Dancing is Totally Cross-Training, Right?
I have a race on Saturday. Am I prepared? That would be a big fat no. It’s the third race in my summer duathlon series, and until recently, I was hoping to set another PR. Well, not recently recently. More like way back when I signed up for the series, I envisioned myself building up […]
Core Work is Fun and Easy!
I have a love-hate relationship with core work. I love what it has done for my running and my overall fitness, but for some reason I still hate to do it. It’s arguably the most important cross-training you can do and certainly the simplest and it takes the least amount of time, so why doesn’t […]
A World of Difference
My mood has taken a really terrific turn for the better since my last post, thanks to all of you (and a little internet research, but more on that in a minute)! I really, really appreciate every comment, in particular those of you who are also out there training and competing in spite of the […]
Christmas Gift Review–BOSU Ball
I’ve been running for about four and a half years now, but I didn’t crosstrain at all for the first year or so. When I gave myself a stress fracture from running too much, I discovered how much I liked riding a bike and swimming. (Okay, I don’t actually like swimming, but it is a […]
Gettin’ My Yoga On
I mentioned the other day that I bought a “Yoga for Athletes” DVD and was more than a little surprised at how hard it is. I haven’t taken a yoga class since high school (yes, one of my PE options in 1985 was Yoga. I also took Aerobics for one semester – for our final […]
Gettin’ my Sweat on
I never used to consider myself an “outdoorsy” person. In a lot of ways, I’m still not – I don’t do a whole lot of camping or gardening. But given my druthers, I will always choose to run, ride or swim outside versus inside. Okay, let’s make that “almost always.” I’m a total wuss in […]