Photo by Chris Milliman. Courtesy of Craft Apparel.
As stated multiple times in many of my previous training tips, effective training is nothing more than subjecting the body (and mind!) to appropriate doses of event specific training stress and then allowing the body to recover, absorb and adapt to this training stress via the insertion of easy training sessions and/or periods of complete rest. Although this formula may sound overly simplistic, that’s the way the cookie crumbles and the way that progress is made! Ignore the simple stress:recovery relationship and you’re setting yourself up for subpar results and a frustrating training experience.
When approaching key training sessions such as tempo runs, interval sessions, pace runs, etc. you’ll want to keep the stress:recovery principle in mind. Note that I used the term “appropriate doses of event specific training stress” in the previous paragraph. Training stress is a relative term; what constitutes a stressful workout for 1 athlete (i.e. a set of 5 x 1 mile repeats at 7 min/mile pace) might constitute a very easy/recovery session for someone else. When subjecting yourself to high stress training sessions, it’s important to go into the workout with a specific objective in mind, but to never forget the importance of tuning into your body’s signals over the course of that workout in order to tailor the session to your body’s status on that given day. Continue reading 'When to Say When'»
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If you’re struggling to maintain or lose weight while on a regular run routine, mix some of these exercises into your workout and boost your metabolism!
Read more about how to ramp up your workout on Thad McLaurin, a.k.a. Runner Dude’s blog.
If you’re like many runners, you may find that although you’re training several days a week, you aren’t losing any weight. You may have even noticed a slight increase in your weight since you started training.
There may be several reasons for lack of weight loss and even weight gain, including:
You aren’t paying attention to your BMR (basal metabolic rate) – the number of calories required for your body to function at rest. Are you eating more calories than you need for your body to be fully functional at your activity level?
Your body may have acclimated to your regular workouts and simply isn’t being challenged.
Thad McLaurin, of Runner Dude’s Fitness, delves into the details of this common problem among runners. Check out his blog to calculate your BRM and read a few tips to help you introduce a bit of variety into your workout.
Tomorrow Thad will be back with special exercises to help boost your metabolism and get back on track with weight loss.
Whether you’re training for an upcoming race, or simply working out to stay in shape, there is one essential factor for every workout. Any workout for any athlete, from beginner to elite must include this one element: The Fun Factor. Today’s post wraps up our review of basic training tips from Janda Ricci-Munn.
The Fun Factor: Above all else, road racing is a great sport and a great way to get into shape. Have fun with your training and racing and never lose sight of why you’re out there in the first place: To challenge yourself and to enjoy the process of building your body up into a running machine!
Photo by Chris Milliman. Courtesy of Craft Apparel.
Back by popular demand, our beginner running tips from Janda Ricci-Munn.
Physical training is never easy. Learning to have discipline can be painful. Pushing your body to its limits can often have painful immediate results, before reaping the true benefits of training. Have you decided it’s time to get your body in motion? Are you setting physical fitness as your New Year’s Resolution? Perhaps the thought of becoming a runner is scary for you. Or maybe it seems impossible. Maybe you just don’t think you’re capable because the times you’ve tried to commit to working out only left you frustrated. Let us help you.
At Landice, we want to help you be the best YOU you can be. We’ve enlisted the help of Janda Ricci-Munn, accomplished triathlete and coach. Together, we want to offer you practical training tips to help you reach your own fitness goals. Let us journey with you. Leave us comments and updates. Tell us how you’re doing. Let us know when you’re training for a race so we can cheer you on. Let’s get moving! Continue reading 'Back to the Basics: Learning to Walk'»
I can’t tell you how many times, all is going well and then when I ramp up my marathon training, I seem to get sick. It’s usually something like a cold or in the most severe cases, more like the flu.
Guess what? According to David C. Newman, Dr. P.H., FACSM, who is a professor and director of the Human Performance Laboratory at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, there’s a reason for this bad-timed bug. “During periods of heavy training, the immune system reflects the physiological stress experienced by the athlete, and illness rates climb.” So, that old saying “Too much of a good thing, can be bad.” is true!
Problem is that there is no cure for all runners. Each runner has to find his/her training/rest balance. Newman suggests that nutrition along with rest is a key factor during these stressful times for athletes. So, you should pop a bunch of supplements during this time, right? NO! Newman says that making sure you’re eating a balanced diet during this time is the best way to provide support for the immune system in its fight against viruses and bacteria. Research shows that vitamin and mineral supplements don’t really boost your immunity above normal levels, so why spend that extra money on bland tasting pills? Just eat a good diet. This basically supports my thinking in a recent post, “Supplement the Natural Way…Eat!”Continue reading 'Train hard, stay healthy!'»
by Dave Smith http://davesmith-smitty.blogspot.com/
In the last blog we talked about the role that motivation plays on one’s mental conditioning. Today we’re going to dive into recovery, understanding and negotiating threats, and centering and re-establishing focus.
Recovery is the key aspect that determines whether or not a manageable stressor is eustress or distress. Eustress is positive stress, but only if proper recovery is taking place. Distress is negative stress that occurs because proper recovery does not take place. Stress from every day life has everything to do with one’s training/racing stress. If you don’t recover from your every day stressors it will negatively affect how well you’re able to recover from your training. This is one of the main reasons elite endurance athletes can train so much more. They tend to be able to recover better because they don’t have a job that can add a lot of stress. That and they have more time to devote to all the various recovery techniques.
Allowing your mind to recover is often just as important as allowing your body to recover. After all, it is the mind that determines whether or not you perceive something to be stressful in the first place. Getting rid of as many distresses as you can will help you improve your training for whatever sport you choose to partake in.
It is important that you be able to understand and negotiate threats. By threats, I mean things that can get away in the way of your optimal performance. Threats can get in the way of focus, ego, output, motivation, confidence, enjoyment, outcome, and more. You must be able to negotiate both objective and subjective threats in order to come out the other side successful. Objective threats are those that you have no control over (weather conditions, mechanical failure on bike, what others are doing in the race). Subjective threats can be reduced or even eliminated with proper preparation (nutritional issues, pacing, mental aspects, etc.). Continue reading 'Mental Conditioning: Part 2'»
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