BLOG
Category: Injury Prevention, Recovery, Healing, and Performance Enhancement
-
To Shim or Not to Shim Part II
Check out this shot of a poster in my PT’s office: It looked eerily like my X-ray many years ago when it was determined that my right leg was about 1/8″ shorter than my left. The whole body gets jacked, the spine even curves to compensate. Impact forces from running get transmitted along a crooked…
-
To Shim or Not to Shim
Around 2004, I had been doing triathlons for about 2 years and was aiming for my first marathon, the NYC marathon, in the fall of 2004. It was during this training period that I went to my physical therapist at the time who took an X-ray of my spine and saw that it was curved,…
-
Tips on the Mental Aspects of Running
A buddy of mine asked me how I go out there and just run long, day after day, week after week. Here is the email I sent him: You have hit on a key element in long distance racing, which is the mental aspect. Some things to try: 1. Get used to the time. If…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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.
-
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…
-
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…
-
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.…
-
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,…
-
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…
-
Stopping Muscles from Cramping Up
A friend and I were IMing one night about her muscles cramping up. I thought that it would be interesting to write a post about it, since in my early triathlon career, I suffered from cramping in the most inopportune times during races. I read an article in one of the popular triathlon magazines that…
-
Kinesio Taping Notes
I just watched the instructional DVD, Clinical Kinesio Taping and finally got some of the finer points of Kinesio taping technique. Here they are: 1. Taping from origin to insertion is supportive and enhances muscle activity. So you tape this way when there isn’t necessarily injury, but you want to help achieve peak performance with…
-
Importance of Regularly Checking and Correcting Kinetic Chain Imbalances
Yesterday I went to see my physical therapist. The week before, I had somehow pulled and/or spasmed my left back, ranging from the top trapezoids/neck down the middle back and into the lat area. It was during weight lifting that this happened and it was very annoying and painful for a long while. The result…
-
IM FL 2008: Compression Report
For IM FL, I raced with compression sleeves for my lower legs by Zensah. I really like these for their compressive design, which is a ribbed, graduated compression that reduces up the lower leg. I also like sleeves as opposed to full socks as I prefer to wear my favorite socks for racing instead of…
Categories
- Bodyweight
- Books and Resources
- Breathing, Nasal and Abdominal
- Certifications, Workshops
- Coaching Offerings
- COVID-19 Crisis
- Cycling
- EVOsport
- Functional Dentistry
- Functional Medicine
- General Training
- Injury Prevention, Recovery, Healing, and Performance Enhancement
- Intermediate to Advanced
- Ironman Austria 7-16-2006
- Ironman Brazil 2007
- Ironman CDA 2009 6-21-09
- Ironman Florida 11-1-08
- Ironman New Zealand 2005
- Ironman WA 12-2-2007
- Kettlebells, Deadlifting, and Weights
- Life/Health Coach Training
- Life/Health Coaching
- Mental Aspects and Preparation
- Nutrition
- Off Season
- Original Strength
- Pandemic
- Race Reports
- RKC August 17-18, 2019
- Running
- Somatic Coaching
- Swimming
- Technology
- Training vs. Life
- Uncategorized