Tag: health
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Sports Going Beyond PEDs to Big Data
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…
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One More Thing Before You Go
All too often one day becomes very much like another. We move through our routine from waking in the morning to preparing to go the sleep in the evening (assuming you have a daytime/daylight-based life/work arrangement) and if we don’t take the time to reflect back, inspect the nuances of the day it just slips…
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Sometimes You Need To Mix Your Exercise / Sport Activities
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. …
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What Is The Best Date to Announce I Am Now The Chief Bicycle Officer?
I suppose that day is coming soon. I certainly don’t plan to make the announcement on April 1st, no sense in being classified as yet another April Fools’ joke. Clearly the Ride Across America 2 Cure Cancer, 3,000-mile epic bicycle ride from San Diego, CA to St. Augustine, FL is no joke. The RAAM2CC effort…
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What is the Best Health Advice You Can Give Someone?
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…
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That’s a Wrap on a Week of Training & Rebuilding
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…
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Calories Burned on a Typical Ride
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…
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National Interscholastic Cycling Association
This is why I decided to become a NICA coach. Let’s get more kids riding bikes! Safely and obeying all traffic laws when on the roads. #gosomtb #pureridecycle #rocknroad https://youtu.be/EbkPFi1D1ng?feature=shared
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Yes, I Participate in and Support National Senior Games
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…
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Exercise Intensity and How it Impacts Fitness, Health, and Mental Wellbeing
Let’s start by defining Exercise Intensity as anything other than stress that raises your heart rate into Zone 1 or higher for a sustained period of time. How do you know your Zones (for HR they are 1 through 5)? Do a search there are many websites and formulas available. Most will get you close.…
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