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Category: training

  • More Big Data From The Real World

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    Nothing like having access to tons of data while you are exercising and especially afterwards. It is far more than miles, average speed, average heart rate, and elevation gain.  Averages don’t tell you a lot as an average HR of 112 beats a minute could mean I spent three hours riding we a very comfortable…

  • Sports Going Beyond PEDs to Big Data

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    Let’s start with PEDs, Performance Enhancing Drugs. Now some will tell you this began with the advent of the Iron Curtain and the Olympic medal race. With the East Germans taking the fall as the poster child of sports doping success though they were far from alone. See this, one of many pieces on the…

  • Some Days You’re The Lead Dog And Others You’re the Mutt

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    No offense to mutts, I have yet to meet a dog I didn’t like. My analogy refers to sports performance and my Friday Coffee Ride crew was kind to pull me along on what turned out to be an off day.  Oh the day started off great with some wonderful news from the work side…

  • Sometimes You Need To Mix Your Exercise / Sport Activities 

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    Seriously there is a large body of medical research on healthy aging that strongly links the importance of a high (relatively speaking) VO2 Max, good grip strength (as well as other strength measures, and having good balance. Add them together with sound nutritional practices and you are going to experience a higher quality of life. …

  • What is the Best Health Advice You Can Give Someone?

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    Great question. Certainly worth a lot of thought before proposing a very simple answer.  Stay Active! Oh sure Jack easy for you to say. You are always busy, chasing new goals, dreams, passions, education, and activities. How can we apply Stay Active to being healthy? Well I’m glad you asked. I will expound in more…

  • Let’s track my Ride

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    Or afterwards I’ll share the map. This link is to my Garmin Venu 3 watch. https://gar.mn/NZkjVB3dp Afterwards I will upload link to the ride / map / data. Ok so I accidentally shut the beacon off while checking it at Starbucks. Lesson learned don’t swipe up on Garmin Connect. 🤦‍♂️ Link to ride https://strava.app.link/dpxLQeXo5Rb Or…

  • That’s a Wrap on a Week of Training &  Rebuilding

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    As noted in the Intensity post, having a good training plan backed by meaningful, accurate data greatly improves one’s ability to monitor, track, and improve performance. For me after a few lost weeks due to illness (nasty sinus conditions), the all too common Business Travel (hotel trainers help mentally but are not intended to improve…

  • Follow-up to Calories Consumed 

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    Image below is a typical cruising day’s ride fuel. At least for rides of 50 miles or less and neither too much climbing or planned intensity. Hence why I call them a cruise.  On these rides I am working on bicycle efficiency. Trying to maximize my speed while keeping my heart rate in upper Zone…

  • Calories Burned on a Typical Ride

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    This Friday I was able to join my local coffee ride. A small group of four of us on a 38 mile loop. Adding in the ride from my home and back it nets out a little over 51 miles. A modest 1800 feet of climbing which is on the flat side for rides in…

  • Yes, I Participate in and Support National Senior Games

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    And I highly recommend that those of you who can, do become involved in some sort of sport and/or game in your local area. Even if you are not yet a ‘senior’ there is no better time than now to start training for the rest and best of your life. As I discussed in the…