Every weekend over the next few months, I am going to be examining each of the New Rules of Lifting from Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove’s new book. This is rule #15. You don’t need to warm up to stretch.
(Photo by Matt Hartman) In November 2004, some former teammates of mine ran from the Pacific ocean to the Atlantic ocean. The goal was to beat the time it took a similar team to accomplish the feat 25 years earlier. They ran day and night for 2,730 miles for a total of 12 days 3…
Every weekend over the next few months, I am going to be examining each of the New Rules of Lifting from Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove’s new book. This is rule #14. Stretching is not a warm-up.
When riding your bicycle down the road, you should always ride with traffic (except where local laws state otherwise) because it is much safer for you. You want to ride with traffic because…
Last week I discovered Phedippidations over at SteveRunner.com. I have been working my way through the archives and have gotten through almost 20 of the episodes already. Steve is a middle of the pack marathoner who records the majority of his show on his Sunday long runs, and then edits it together into (something of)…
The New York City Marathon qualifying standards are not what I thought that they were. When I ran a 2:52:37 in the Mystic Places Marathon, I thought that I was 2½ minutes away from an automatic qualifying time for the ING New York City Marathon. I thought that I needed to beat 2 hours and…
Well, my traffic has been going up lately, and I’ve hit a milestone. It may be a small one, but I’ll take it. And since I was planning on running a contest anyway, I’ll use that as an excuse to tell everybody I’m going to be giving away a book. Details should be available in…
Liv over at Liv to Run wonders whether or not she should taper for a 10k. My Smartcoach schedule has me running my highest mileage ever in this, the second-to-last week before the race, and a hard long tempo only two days before. Should I stick to this, or would it be better to cut…
How to perform pushups with an animated image showing the move. Click on the picture to see the full sized animation.
I remember now why it is that I normally lift weights at six o’clock in the morning. At 6 o’clock in the evening, the gym is a zoo. There are people everywhere! It is fit to make you claustrophobic. All of the cardiovascular machines have heaving, sweaty people on them. The tanning booth desk has…