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Getting Serious About the 5k
A 5k? You can do that in your sleep can’t you?” A client said that to me when I recently told her I’m training up for a March 5k, the Cherry Creek Sneak in Denver. She knew I’d run several big,...
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A New Year’s Resolution Part I: Why?
Unless you first change your mind, don’t expect your health goals to materialize. As the saying goes, it’s not the horse that draws the cart, it’s the oats. It’s not the gym, Pilates class or diet that...
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Two Good Articles: Endurance Athletes & Income, Olympic Lifts Are Overrated
Two recent articles are of interest to me. Maybe they’re of interest to you too. Here they are. Wealth & endurance sports It’s easy to detect a difference between the strength sport world and the...
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New Year’s Resolutions Part II: Motivation
In Part I of the New Year’s Resolution series, I said that motivation is crucial for success. Let me say it another way: If you aren’t sufficiently motivated then you will fail at your resolution. I’m...
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New Year’s Resolutions Part III: Setting Your Goal(s)
In part I of this series I gave an overview of two key components of a successful resolution, motivation and planning. In part II I discussed different types of motivation, why proper motivation is...
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New Year’s Resolution Part IV: Objectives & What’s Realistic?
In terms of your health & fitness, there’s a gap between where you are and where you want to be. Your new year’s resolution is your attempt to bridge that gap. That gap—or perhaps a yawning...
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New Year’s Resolution Part V: Putting Rubber On the Road
The prior post discussed planning for your new year’s resolution and the need for objectives, or specific measurable steps, that will result in your successful achievement of your goal. I also...
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New Year’s Resolution Part VI: You’ve Achieved Your Goal! Now What?
The end is nigh for this dissection of the always popular yet often daunting new year’s resolution. The real key to a successful resolution isn’t a particular workout or diet, it’s getting your mind...
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Got Shoulders?
The shoulder joint is the most mobile joint in the body. That’s a good thing! When combined with good spine mobility, our shoulders allow our arms to reach, throw, pull, and push from all sorts of...
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Fructose and Liver Damage
Diabetes and obesity-related illnesses are rife in the modern world. What we eat and how much we eat seem to be culprits. Recent research suggests that specifically, too much fructose is a significant...
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Posterior Tibialis Tendinopathy = Aggravation x 10
The upside to adversity is that I get to learn something. If that’s true then I am an expert genius on problems with my left foot and lower-leg. I’ve fought various aches and pains in my left foot...
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Two Movement Questions
1. Do you have the mobility to get into the position required by your activity? For example, if you’re a powerlifter, can you squat to the depth required for competition and maintain the posture...
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Posterior Tibialis Tendinitis: The Resolution
I wrote recently about my experience with posterior tibialis tendinitis. This post continues the analysis of the problem and solutions that helped resolve the problem. Posterior tibialis actions The...
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My Race Schedule & I’m a Professional Writer!
Time to trail run Springtime is hurtling our way and that means it’s time to trail run! I’m working up to what is for me a pretty giant bite of a trail race this fall. I have several races on the...
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Conflicting Back Pain Information
It’s easy to get confused when reading and listening to information about health, wellness, fitness, and exercise. We are often caught in the collision between valid science and pseudoscientific snake...
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My First Article on TNation.com: Ankle Mobility for Muscleheads
I’m excited! I just got my first paid article published to Tnation.com. Ankle Mobility for Muscleheads is up and ready to read. (BTW, it’s not just for muscleheads. If you have ankles, then it’s for...
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The War On Metatarsalgia
If there’s a foot problem then I’ve either had it or I’m going to get it. Currently, I’m battling a tasty little bit of metatarsophalangeal joint pain in my left foot. My symptoms are described to a T...
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Biomechanics and Pain Science Seminar with Greg Lehman
Poke the bear. (But don’t hump the s%it out of the bear. I’ll get to the above statement in a moment. (Mom, I apologize but blame Greg for it. I’m just quoting what he said.) I recently attended...
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Here’s What’s Right With You.
We typically visit a doctor, physical therapist, chiropractor or some other medical professional because we hurt. We go to be fixed. As part of the diagnostic process, he or she may tell us what’s...
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Pain Science for Runners
This post is mostly the same as my recent article in CompetitorRunning.com. I discuss several exercises in the article designed to help runners overcome common painful issues related to running. For...
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