Archive for August, 2009
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Monday, August 31st, 2009Every aspiring runner thinks the true test of achievement is having successfully run a marathon. Runners of all fitness levels and abilities run marathons for different reasons. Some want to check it off their “bucket list” as a feat to accomplish before they die. Some want to lose weight and think that training for a [...]
Running Too Often Will Not Make You A Better Runner
Monday, August 24th, 2009After questions about speed and distance, the most common question I get from new runners has to do with frequency. How often do you have to run if you are a beginning runner and training for a marathon? The answer is simple. In order to become a runner, you must run consistently and often. That [...]
Marathon Chronicles
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009The Cable Organizer Marathon Team is in full force. Our long run is up to 5 miles and everyone is committed to running at least 3-4 times a week. Yesterday was a good lesson in perseverance in the face of adversity. We have been running consistently for the past month. The weather has been hot, [...]
I am training for a marathon, why haven’t I lost weight?
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009It’s funny, I know people who have actually run a marathon and gained weight in the process of training. Just like pregnancy and the need to ingest more calories, when you train, you need to eat more as well. However, just like with pregnancy, you don’t need to consume 2000 more calories. You don’t need [...]
Food For Thought On Training For A Marathon
Friday, August 21st, 2009Almost as important as a disciplined running program for successfully training for a marathon is a detailed food plan that works for your body. The best way to think about food when training for a marathon is viewing it as fuel for your body. What and when you eat can be the determining factor between [...]
Forget Michelle Obama’s Arms, Check Out Her Gams
Thursday, August 20th, 2009First Lady Michelle Obama is arguably one of the most fashion forward First Ladies our country has ever had. Her fashion choices get top billing often over her husband’s policy initiatives. Almost as talked about as her wardrobe choices are her arms. Michelle Obama’s biceps are envied by women all over the world. “How do [...]
Visualization Makes Exercise More Successful
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009Some people are foodies and wake up in the morning thinking about what they are going to eat for dinner. Some people may even fall asleep dreaming about food and what their next meal will be. I am not one of those people when it comes to food, but I am when it comes to [...]
Even Champions Have Bad Days
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009Tiger Woods is arguably one of the greatest athletes of all times, but even he is not immune to having a bad day. Unfortunately for him, his bad day golfing and our bad day exercising do not carry the same level of import. Sunday at the PGA Championship, he was leading by two strokes entering [...]
Ramp up Your Resistance Training
Monday, August 17th, 2009If you are ready to take your resistance training to a new level of intensity, add travel to your exercises. Incorporating movement into exercises you ordinarily do in one place is an excellent way to elevate your heart rate and fatigue your muscles faster.
For example, push-ups are one of my all-time favorite exercises to work [...]
Team Cable Organizer Marathon Chronicles
Saturday, August 15th, 2009We are on our third week of marathon training and we are successfully plodding along one mile at a time. Today was a four mile run. Even though it was 5:00, the heat and humidity were in full force. Considering that we are just beginning our training together as a team, we are doing amazingly [...]
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