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Year: 2009
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Running: Why Do People Get Injured?
I often get asked how I can race year after year and stay relatively injury free. They remark that I am 40+ years old and wonder how I can just keep doing this and get faster each time. It took me 7 years of tinkering with my own body, trying a multitude of advice and…
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From TI Blog: How long can you sustain Fast Swimming?
I just read this off of the Total Immersion blog and had to comment immediately: How long can you sustain Fast Swimming? I found it to be extremely interesting in its discussion on adaptation and about neurological training. He states regarding adaptation: These days, the coaches of elite swimmers are far more likely to give…
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Starting Out with Pose Method and Switching to Forefoot Running
A buddy of mine was trying Pose Method running for the first time, and was having problems with calf and shin pain. I sent him these tips on starting out with Pose Method, which is changing to a forefoot runner and improving on form, strength and balance and thought that these tips might be worthy…
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One More: A Survey of External Recovery Aids
Oops forgot one. Kinesio Tape If you put this tape on correctly, it’s great for making my muscles relax and not contract. It’s also got tissue lifting properties which enable more blood flow into muscles despite the fact that they’re tight. It’s amazing stuff.
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A Survey of External Recovery Aids
These last few years I’ve been thinking about proper recovery in between workouts a lot, and how it affects my ability to increase my performance. A lot has been written about recovery and how improper recovery can really detract from a race result and lead to injury. As I have explored recovery, not much has…
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My Favorite Neuromuscular Treadmill Workout
I’ve been doing this workout for a long time now. I do it through my offseason to keep my legs moving fast, and I also do it as a recovery workout since it’s of such short duration. It incorporates running drills on the treadmill, and then uses the treadmill relentless speed to get your legs…
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Neuromuscular Training and Hill Climbing
A lot of focus on hill climbing in either running or cycling is on building leg strength, and aerobic capacity to support a strong push up the hill. Hill climbing for me has been a real challenge; I have been training constantly to increase my leg strength. However, I did discover another piece of training…
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Training in Cold Sucks
Yesterday I went out in 50 degree cloudy weather to go do some climbing laps on Kings Mountain and Old La Honda. I did not anticipate the temperature drop on top of the mountain, which combined with the wind chill factor did me in. Clearly I did not dress correctly. My exposed finger gloves and…
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Gua Sha and STARR Tools
I just went to my physical therapist and he turned me on to some tools made out of plastic, which were very much like metal Graston tools but much thinner. I doubted that they could hold up to the abuse of scraping my muscles, but after a treatment session, they seemed to hold up fine.…
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Intermediate to Advanced: The Different Types of Training
In my interactions with my coach M2, I have learned that there are 6 types of training. These are: 1. Neuro-muscular – training of the nervous system to do something either differently, better, or to some form which maximizes efficiency and minimizes effort. Example: super short high speed treadmill intervals for 15-30 seconds per interval,…
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Giving up on Amphipod
I started using Amphipod bottles and belt on the recommendation of a friend. They do seem to have some advantages over FuelBelts: wider mouths on the bottles, belts seem to fit better. BUT THE ONE THING THAT REALLY SUCKS is that the bottles don’t consistently clip in. Sometimes they go in quick, and sometimes I…
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How to Tell When to Back Off During Training
When I used to weight lift a lot, one of the things that I learned which was really important was when to back off during training, or just not train completely. You basically had to be able to distinguish between when you were just a little tired but you still could work out, and when…
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Specialized Rib Cage Pro Road: Water Bottle Cage to Hold Gatorade Bottles
At Ironman Florida, Gatorade was the sponsor. During the bike, they handed out those Gatorade bottles that resemble water bottles. They have this twist close top which you can suck fluid from. However, annoyingly, they have a smaller diameter than traditional re-fillable water bottles and normal water bottle cages don’t hold them securely. Upon a…
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One Arm Swimming Progression and Notes
For those who are curious, the progression I swam to build my one arm swimming strength is below: 4×100 – 25 R, 25 L repeat; 4×50 – 25 R, 25 L; RI :10 2×100 – 50 R, 50 L; 3×100 – 25 R, 25 L repeat; 4×50 – 25 R 25 L; RI :10 3×100…
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One Armed Swimming
Every now and then, my swim coach would make us do what he called the “scooter drill”. You take a pull buoy and hold it one hand in front of you, as you swim with one arm for a set number of strokes. Then you switch hands and swim with the other arm for a…
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