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By Landice, July 29, 2010 10:00 am

If you’ve ever trained on a treadmill, then this video is for you. Check your technique to be sure you’re getting the most out of your workout!

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By Landice, July 28, 2010 10:00 am

Some of our customers sent us this video of their Landice treadmill purchased in 1996. After 13 years, it’s still going strong, and they love it! Check it out!

To learn more about Landice treadmills, or to find a dealer near you, visit our website at www.Landice.com

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By Landice, July 26, 2010 10:00 am

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.

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By Landice, July 23, 2010 10:00 am

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!

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By Landice, July 23, 2010 10:00 am

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'»

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By Landice, July 20, 2010 11:24 am

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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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By Landice, July 2, 2010 12:56 pm

There’s one thing every runner has in common. Whether running inside or out this summer, shoes are one of those necessities that you just can’t go without.

Competitor.com has released their 2010 Summer Shoe Guide. The shoes were tested by a panel of athletes, and were reviewed in 3 categories: Fit, Feel and Ride. If you’re looking to upgrade, or try something new, this guide is a must read for you! Continue reading 'What’s on your feet?'»

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By Landice, July 1, 2010 10:00 am

Unfortunately, this is a topic I’ve become all too familiar with the past few weeks. I crashed on my bike during a recent triathlon and broke my collarbone. Injuries are a part of sports. This is probably even more so for endurance sports. Injuries are not fun at all. They are painful, they interrupt training plans, they alter the race schedule, they lower your fitness, they ruin competitive goals on the horizon, and they cause frustration, loss of confidence and possibly even a bit of depression.

Injuries are just another challenge that life throws at us. You get to choose how you want to deal with it. Are you going to embrace it and come out the other end a better person and athlete or are you going to give in to all of the negative things that an injury can bring? I hope you choose the first option. Continue reading 'Injuries: They’re part of the game'»