How Much Exercise do We Really Need?
Our latest Poll was asking how often you exercise with the overwhelming response (60% compared to 10% for the next most popular) being 1-2 Hours a day 3-5 days a week. SO this means the majority worked out somewhere between 3 and 10 hours a week. For many years we have heard various "experts" tell us how much exercise our bodies "need". I have heard the common responses of 3 days a week for 60 minutes. More aggressive estimates are along the lines of 6 days a week for 45-75 minutes. So what is the actual amount of exercise we need to get during the course of a week?
Is it Safe to Exercise in the Cold?
Many people tend to use the cold weather as an excuse to not workout. It is so much more appealing to sit on the couch by that nice warm fire instead of going out in freezing temperatures. I have done this many times myself but for many I think they have a legitimate excuse of just not knowing if it is ok to go outside to workout when the temperatures drop into the 20's or below.
What is Your Favorite Thing to Drink While You Workout?
We are currently doing some Conditioning Camps this Winter through our Training business, Trinity Sports Camps. We have a water cooler in the gym but each day there is a wide assortment of plastic bottles on the ground. The most common is Gatorade but I wonder how much of this is from the mass marketing they do? I decided to ask around as to what the favorite drink of everyone was and the results were pretty varied.
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The Ability to Run Without Ever Getting Tired?
We are going to close out the latest poll with what became the closest one we have to date. To review, the options were, which of the following would you choose if you could possess one of these attributes. First was the ability to run without ever getting tired. Second was Being able to eat whatever you wanted for the rest of your life without any negative side effects to your health. The final choice was the ability to lift extreme amounts of weights.
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Weight Loss and a Recaptured Love of Cycling
Here is the second guest post from Paul at Pacificpedaling.com. In this one he details how he was able to take a former love of his (cycling) and use it again to help him lose over 50 pounds! If you have not had a chance to do so, check out his blog. It is loaded with great cycling info and there are some cool pictures from local races his team has been competing in.
If you are at all Interested in Cycling, Check this Out!
We have asked Paul, the Author of pacificpedaling.com to do a few guest posts for us. You will instantly see why. Paul is as passionate about his cycling as we are about our training. His blog is excellent and if you are at all interested in cycling, you need to take some time to go check it out. Here is the first of a few posts he will be doing for us. Please when you are done reading it, go check out what else he has done on his site. The pictures alone are worth a look.
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Does Exercise Really Help You Sleep?
One of our readers, Duane, sent in this great article from the New York Times regarding activity and our sleep patterns. This is a topic that everyone always assumed to be the case. I am one of those who realize that the harder my body works during the day, the quicker I will fall asleep and the better sleep I will get.
What is Your Favorite Time of Year to Run?
Some of the Athletes I coach were discussing this topic today. They were doing a workout for our winter track program in our indoor training center. At the end we went outside to do some sprints to open up their stride and it turned out to be significantly colder than I had anticipated. I was worried this would be a detriment but they all said it was a relief since the training center was getting pretty humid from the sweat and heaters.
Flexibility in the Spine, don't Lose it!
The ability to maintain mobility in your back or more specifically for this post, your spine, is something that when you are in your 20's you do not think about all that much. Well ok I actually did think about it quite a bit in my 20's but I am fairly passionate about health and human performance. Most people in their 20's do not give it a lot of thought. But I am wondering how many people in their 50's. 60's 70's and even older wish they would have spent more time on it when they were in their 20's? I will go ahead and answer for them and say most.
So how do we become more like Usain Bolt?
With the latest poll we asked you which of several different sporting events yo would want to be a champion of.
Here are the official results:
If you Could Win One of the Following, Which Would it be?
Iron Man Triathlon: 29% (5)
Boston Marathon: 0% (0)
Olympic 100m Dash: 35% (6)
Super Bowl: 24% (4)
NBA Championship: 6% (1)
World Series: 6% (1)
Total Votes : 17