Building up your training
Aug1
It’s not always easy to know how to go about building up your training, rather then doing the same thing day-in-day-out, week-in-week-out. It’s hard enough to simply train at least 3-4 times each week.
Ofcourse, your training schedule depends on what you are training for. If you are aiming for a certain race – your goal is pretty fixed and you will need to make sure you get to your best performance around that time. But your goal could simply be to lose some weight, ... Read More
Spas
Jul0
Ok it’s weekend, I have been working out like crazy all week and am feeling in tip-top shape…. well, almost. I really like a great massage or spa treatment which is like the icing on the cake, the celebration of all the hard work you put in to get and stay fit and healthy.
One of my favourite spas is the Spa at Equinox in Chicago under the fabulous management of Lisa. She definitely is a gal who has things under control. Which includes her clients ... Read More
Variety creates progress
Jul1
I got started in Triathlons because I got injured as a runner. Simple fact. I had been running for a few years, and really loved it, but did find myself getting a few injuries along the way, shin splints, heel spur, sore knees – just because I was pounding the pavement too much. So then someone said “hey, you should try this little triathlon” whilst I was recovering and because I am Dutch and therefore born on a bicycle, and I could swim a length, I thought I would just try ... Read More
Running Schedule
Jul0
This is a great schedule. It’s both designed for novice runners that want to get started as well as for expert runners that have suffered an injury and need a guide to getting back into running again. I got it originally from a great phyisical therapist and have used it (more often then I’d like) over the past 20-odd years!
If you are new to running, start with Step 1!! Don’t underestimate how much your body needs to acclimatize to the action of running. All you will ... Read More
Massage as a training tool
Jun3
All throughout my training career, I have been in favour of a regular massage. Not just because it feels great of course although that is a good enough starting point.
Typically when you exercise, you actually will cause changes in your body over time. That’s the idea, right? You want to lose weight – for that you need to get leaner, increase your metabolism and increase your muscle mass. So you get on a bike, or out on a run and you push yourself . Which in turn means your muscles ... Read More
Training & Recovery
Jun2
This is a subject that is as broad as it is long – how do you decide when to train and when not to train? If you read my blog yesterday on heartrate monitors, that’s one aide that can help a great deal in deciding that question. Once you know what your resting heart rate is like – you also have a benchmark to measure against. When you are not well, or you are training too much – your resting heart rate will actually reflect this, sometimes by as much as 10 beats per ... Read More
Find a rhythm
Jun0
For me, exercising is like breathing. If I don’t do it regularly, I don’t live.
People often ask me how I manage to make time every day for sports, or exercise. It’s like eating though – you all make time for a meal, right? But I understand that it is not that easy for everyone to motivate themselves.
The “trick” is to make it a routine. Don’t try and work out whenever you feel like it, but set yourself a time maybe three times a week ... Read More
