I know what you’re going through. When you’re beginning that fitness journey, the whole idea of starting from ground zero can be hard. You might want to lose weight, and you don’t know where to start. Or you might be recovering from an injury, and it’s taking longer than you […]
Read More →Consistent strength training, as well as hard aerobic efforts, yield results for runners and other endurance athletes. On 20 October, I ran the Skeleton 5 km race at Morris County’s Central Park. A light overnight rain stopped around 6 AM, leaving the trails damp and muddy in a few places. […]
Read More →Being a personal trainer is a second career for me. When I meet someone, they generally ask, how long have you been doing this? And I reply, “Being a personal trainer is a second career, I was in wholesale distribution for a long time.” Then they ask, Why did you […]
Read More →As a personal trainer, you’d think I know to avoid overtraining. But it doesn’t always happen. In my previous post, I wrote about the 2018 Patch Sprint, which was one my best-ever races, up there with my personal best in the Lake Placid Loppet. The six weeks following was a […]
Read More →Twelve miles in, at the foot of Poke-o-Moonshine, I still felt good. The finish of the Patch Sprint was on the summit. A mile and a quarter, with 1280 feet of elevation gain, meant 35 percent grade in places. Time to dig in. The trail up Poko, as it’s sometimes […]
Read More →As June begins, we’re finally getting consistent pleasant weather, making outdoor cardio all the more fun. This month’s tips focus on aerobic activity. One: Do the cardio activity that you enjoy most! If you prefer riding a bike over walking or running, do it. Activities like cycling and inline skating […]
Read More →What you feed body is just as important as what you do in the gym. I’m always surprised when a client tells me that last night’s dinner was rotisserie chicken prepared in a grocery strore. How do you know what the ingredients are? Mea culpa, I’m not a dietician. […]
Read More →Movement prep is the cutting edge concept to getting the most out of your workout and reducing injury risk. Back in the day, walking on the treadmill passed as a warmup, and even accomplished some movement prep goals. But while walking on the treadmill elevates your heart rate, it doesn’t […]
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