How to stretch. My Fantastic 14 week kinstretch journey
Everyone has tight hamstrings, hip flexors and rounded shoulders . I’ve had enough. I took 12 weeks to learn how to mobilize these areas (and more). I thought I knew how to stretch.
I was wrong.
Tighten, tone, and don’t get too big
You want to tighten; You want to tone. You don’t want to get too big. Everyone wants to get fitter. No one wants to buy a new wardrobe. We hear ya. And we have some good news: it.
The #1 Nutrition Law
It’s hard to quit drinking when you work in a bar. Harder to embrace positivity hanging around pessimists. Harder to fix your nutrition if you’re working in a fast food restaurant. Environment matters. If you’re aiming for a big goal you gotta be in the right situation. It all starts at home. Do yourself a favor: make it easy. Follow the #1 Nutrition law and Remove temptation.
Ragnar
Ragnar trail relay was delayed 2 hours for lightning. The accompanying rain turned the Mountain trails into mud and slush pits. The grass is slick, the rocks are slippery and the mud will suck your shoes and socks off. All I had to run in were two pairs of Nike frees. Good shoes for roads or dry trails, a liability in these conditions.
Achilles tendonitis- take it seriously
A friend texted me last night: “Having some achilles pain. Thinking I should take a few days off and stretch.’
The moment I read it I thought of the movie ‘Avatar’ when Jake (the hero) faces down a huge predator in the forest.
‘What do I do? Run? Shoot, what?’
‘Don’t shoot you’ll just piss him off.’
That ferocious beast right there, that’s your aching achilles. And you’re shouting, ‘What do I do? Run? Stretch?”
Don’t stretch. You’ll piss it off.
The Argument for sub maximal Training
Einstein’s definition of insanity: ‘doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.’ What about watching other people do the same things over and again while expecting different results? Can that drive you mad? If so I’m cracked. I’ve seen too many people work out too hard, get injured, then return only to work TOO HARD again. Sub maximal training is where the results are. Science says as much.
Race Nutrition and The Eastern States 20 Miler
What would be more valuable? Running a race where everything felt great and I whizzed through 20 miles, won the race and learned nothing new.
Or running hard for 7, losing momentum, beating myself up for 2 miles, then rallying, pushing, scratching my way back to my goal time and learning something along the way.
Are you drinking enough water?
Are you drinking enough water? Allow me to share an anecdote. A client was talking about how hair dressers/barbers can look at someone and tell how long it’s been since their last haircut.
‘Can you do the same thing with someone’s last workout?’
No. But I can spot my tribe. It’s easy to look someone up and down and assess if they do yoga, free weights, or marathons.
I”d even be able to pick out crossfitters too but they just up and tell you.
Do supplements help?
There is a supplement for every ailment and I need them all according to every advertisement, blogger, and health expert trying to make a name. I can cure the blues, get the girl and live my best life if I just take their pill. While some claims are dubious at best, there is one supplement that has drastically changed my life.
Do I breathe well?
Common wisdom says when you’re stressed to take a deep breath. Anxious? Deep breath. Nervous? Tired? Overworked? Running? Going to yoga? Take a deep breath. It seems like such sound, inarguably good advice. But what if it wasn’t the best advice. What if instead of breathing deeply we learned to breathe well.