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Dr. Peter Attia & EatingAcademy.com
A lot of recent posts on this blog have been about the high-fat/low-carb ketogenic diet. Along these lines, is the fantastic blog called the Eating Academy from Dr. Peter Attia, MD. Attia is a former...
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Good Information: Flexion Inspection (Sitting Is The New Smoking), When to...
There are so many knowledgable people out there putting out good information. Here’s a little bit that I’ve found recently. Kinetic Revolution: Better hip flexion for better running plus overcoming our...
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Mirror Neurons: Improve Your Skills By Watching Others
If you don’t know what mirror neurons are then here’s your chance to learn. In short, they’re a major part of why you or I ever decided to stand up and walk–and do all sorts of other things. These...
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Summary of the NSCA Endurance Clinic: Day 1
Part of what I love about the Denver area is that it’s home to numerous very good athletes and coaches–particularly of the endurance variety. We’re also not far from Colorado Springs which is home to...
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Summary of the NSCA Endurance Clinic: Day 2
Day 2: Dr. Carwyn Sharp – Role of Strength Training & the Endurance Athlete Factors determining successful endurance performance VO2Max – Not nearly as important as we’ve thought for years...
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NSCA Endurance Clinic Summary: Day 2 (I forgot to summarize the final...
Maybe I was in a rush to post the Day 2 summary, I’m not sure. I forgot to summarize the final presentation of the day. Dr. Jeff Matthews: Running Injuries – The Big Picture DC, CCSP, CCEP, 1996 USAT...
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NSCA Endurance Clinic Summary: Day 3
David Barr: Nutritional Supplements & Ergogenic Aids NSCA CSCS, USA Track & Field, Precision Nutrition Certified, participated in research with NASA High Return On Investment Supplements...
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Check Out Physioblogger.com
Physioblogger.com is a fantastic blog with all sorts of detailed and concise information on movement, injury rehab and all such things. I actually cannot figure out the name of the person who puts it...
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Neil Poulton is Physioblogger
Thanks to Denver-area trainer Jamie Atlas of Bonza Bodies and Boulder-area trainer Mike Terborg of MPower Movement for contacting me regarding my last post and giving me the name of Neil Poulton (also...
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Athleticism Part I: What is it?
The concept of athleticism is much on my mind, largely because of what I heard at the NSCA Endurance conference several weeks ago. (Look here, here, here and here for my rundown of the conference.)...
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Athleticism Part II: Get More & Make it Better
In the last post I discussed the big, powerful idea of athleticism and what it looks and smells like. Here are what I believe to be the essential pillars of athleticism and a few ideas on how to expand...
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Big-Time Fun: Week of Skiing, Running & Camraderie
Last week was an incredibly fun and highly active week of alpine skiing, Nordic skiing (2nd time in my life), running and much fun with friends. I haven’t had that much fun in a while. It was the...
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The Big Running Plan Begins
There’s a big event that I’ve had on my mind for years. It’s the Gore-Tex Transrockies Run. This year’s gig is six days, 120 miles with 20,000 feet of elevation gain. I’m looking at running the 2015...
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The Final Victory Against My Heel Pain Part I: Addressing the Biomechanics
I’m really thrilled to be writing this post because it seems I’ve finally truly gotten rid of a chronic heel/Achilles/plantar fasciitis issue that has been with me for a long time. (I’ve said this...
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3/11/14 Workout
For no particular reason, I thought I’d post my workout for the day. Going to try and post this every day. 6 am barbell/kettlebell class: Squats: up to 235 x 3. I’m still looking for a 1RM with my new...
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3/13/14 Workout
The barbell/kettlebell class I like so much is Tuesday/Thursday mornings. My track workout is also on Tuesday and my tempo run is Thursday. It’s good to put a bunch of hard work on the hard days, and...
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3/14/14 Workout
Today’s run plan has a 5 mi. recovery run. I split it into two runs as I ran up to work which is about 2.5 mi. I did the following workout, worked, then ran home. Today is an off day from lifting...
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Major Detour On All Fronts
The good news is I have a radically brand new challenge in front of me. This new wrinkle is going to help me learn new discipline and it will push me to learn all sorts of new things. I’ll be able to...
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3/19/14 Workout
Happy happy joy joy!! Grins all around, etc! I got in a workout and it wasn’t half-bad. (Maybe just 1/4 bad since one limb is offline.) Prior to the workout though I did some range-of-motion (ROM)...
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3/21/14 Workout
The knee is moving a little better. It’s still tight and I’m not ready to pogo or hopscotch yet but I’ll take what I can get. Here’s what I did today. Circuit 1: 3 rounds Press: 105 x 3 reps Band walk...
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