Josh’s Quest for the Boston Marathon Part #2
This week’s training, overall, went very well. I finished the week off with an 8 miler that I ran in just over 50 minutes. I seem to be holding steady, if not surpassing, my goal of maintaining a 7minute mile pace for the entire duration of the marathon. Part of my progress so far definitely [...]
Have you Checked out what is in the Free Stuff?
Since the first post back in November of 2008 Train2move has provided you with several free items from workouts to diets and more. If you have not checked it out before follow this link over to it. Here was an example of one of the workouts we gave you. It is a great addition to [...]
How do you stretch?
Being a coach I am always fascinated by the various ways that coaches warm-up their athletes. Particularly how they stretch. Much of our warm-ups these days for athletes has been influenced by the SAQ (speed agility quickness) programs that started to get popular in the mid to late 1990′s. All of the skipping and dynamic [...]
P.E. Classes Warm-ups Part 6
So the last group is for the Elementary school kids. Again like we did on the others lets look at a few differences in the age group we are working with. First this age group is far closer to the other two to still having a fairly high level of efficiency. The 1st through 3rd [...]
P.E. Classes Warm-ups part 5
Next I am going to give you an example for the middle School Class. Lets discuss just a few differences between this routine and the High School one. First look at the age factor. What do you need to take into account in the ages of 10-13 that is typically not as severe from 14 [...]
P.E. Classes Warm-ups Part 4
I am going to do the high school one first. This one is to prepare their bodies for a basketball game. I will list the exercises then also break them down and explain why I chose them and how they fit the model we discussed in the earlier posts. I also would like to send [...]