Thursday, December 26, 2013
Can children do push-ups? Republican American
Can children do push-ups? Republican American Have to keep beating this drum because there is so much propaganda/belief on the other side with no science to back it up.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
What Santa Can Teach You About Sports Medicine | Eric Cressey | High Performance Training, Personal Training
What Santa Can Teach You About Sports Medicine | Eric Cressey | High Performance Training, Personal Training Really valid points about our approach to pain/poor movement. Treat the symptoms not the underlying movement dysfunction.
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Staying Active No Matter Where/What
When you get to the Masters athlete level, hopefully you have enough perspective to realize that you are playing your sport for the enjoyment, competitive outlet and fellowship it provides.
As we have talked about before training is a means to an end especially if you are a Masters athlete. Training should first keep you active and healthy and second it will help improve/enhance your performance in your chosen sport.
But training should not be an obsession as it has become with some.
I say this somewhat with the benefit of hindsight as I'm sure I could have been accused of this behavior in the past.
But I've come to understand and realize that training should not be an obsession as not only does it prepare you for your chosen sport(s)/activiity it also allows you to experience and try new or infrequent activities or sports that you don't do regularly.
This was the case this past week as I was away in Florida for our annual Thanksgiving gathering. I golfed 3 times ( I play very infrequently---perhaps 6-7 rounds yearly), went sea kayaking (lucky to go 2-3 times yearly) and rollerblading 3 times. I do that regularly during the summer and spring but not so much in the fall and the winter when weather in the northeast isn't so conducive to rollerblading. Oh, and I ran a 5 km. road race as well. I probably haven't done one of those in several years.
The point is that I could undertake those activities without thinking about the consequences short of embarrassing myself on the golf course! :)
I believe if a training program is properly designed it makes you more resilient and less prone to injured. And as a Masters athlete that should be your number one priority as it will take you longer to recover than when you were younger and the chances are the injuries will be more severe.
The bottom line is that good, smart training will allow you to be more active, miss less time due to injury and perhaps try new activities that you might not otherwise attempt. That sounds like a a better quality of life to me!
Train hard and train smart!
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As we have talked about before training is a means to an end especially if you are a Masters athlete. Training should first keep you active and healthy and second it will help improve/enhance your performance in your chosen sport.
But training should not be an obsession as it has become with some.
I say this somewhat with the benefit of hindsight as I'm sure I could have been accused of this behavior in the past.
But I've come to understand and realize that training should not be an obsession as not only does it prepare you for your chosen sport(s)/activiity it also allows you to experience and try new or infrequent activities or sports that you don't do regularly.
This was the case this past week as I was away in Florida for our annual Thanksgiving gathering. I golfed 3 times ( I play very infrequently---perhaps 6-7 rounds yearly), went sea kayaking (lucky to go 2-3 times yearly) and rollerblading 3 times. I do that regularly during the summer and spring but not so much in the fall and the winter when weather in the northeast isn't so conducive to rollerblading. Oh, and I ran a 5 km. road race as well. I probably haven't done one of those in several years.
The point is that I could undertake those activities without thinking about the consequences short of embarrassing myself on the golf course! :)
I believe if a training program is properly designed it makes you more resilient and less prone to injured. And as a Masters athlete that should be your number one priority as it will take you longer to recover than when you were younger and the chances are the injuries will be more severe.
The bottom line is that good, smart training will allow you to be more active, miss less time due to injury and perhaps try new activities that you might not otherwise attempt. That sounds like a a better quality of life to me!
Train hard and train smart!
http://fitnesstogether.com/media for our website and all of our links
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