Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! Non-human animals are natural athletes, whilst we are burdened (and gifted) with an over active neocortex (that big lump of brain that causes us to solve problems, but worry about them too much). Non-human animals just seem to do what they do without really thinking about it, as far as one can tell. Though I'm sure they are having many more great thoughts and emotions than ... Read more
Age Grouper Endurance Runners Should Consider Gliding But What Should They Eat, Omnivorous, Vegetarian, Or Vegan?
Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! This blog post was prompted by a message I received on Facebook, concerning an inspiring story at the Forks Over Knives blogsite, from a faithful follower and sometimes much appreciated and gentle critic, Marsha (thanks, Marsha!). This interesting blogpost addressed the issue of using whole-food plant-based diets to improve one's health. The story, which is well worth reading, ... Read more
FitOldDog’s Paleo And Acetone Epiphanies With Respect To The Tricarboxylic Acid (TCA) Cycle Carbon Count Mystery – You Can’t Make Sugar From Fat (largely)?
Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! This blog is in large part about safe exercise for better health based on the study of body awareness, and such awareness can usefully include a little Biochemistry, which is both interesting and critically important for your health! For about 40 years, as a result of studying energy production in the body (my PhD thesis involved Vitamin B1, thiamine, which is a key ... Read more
A Good Life Is About Recognizing Unhealthy Mind And Body Patterns And Then To Fix Them
Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! We each possess and display evidence of many patterns of behavior in our bodies and minds (are the mind and body separate things or one entity? I suspect the latter!). Some of these patterns are conscious, such as my overwhelming discomfort with having my back to a room full of people, some are unconscious. But all of these patterns, including destructive tapes running in our ... Read more
Don’t Let Fear Of Tomorrow Or Pre-Race Jitters Spoil Today Just Try Meditating On Living In The Now
"Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self." From the Tao te Ching by Lao-tzu, translated by S. Mitchell Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! I consider meditation, and more specifically meditating on living 'in the now,' as a key component of any program of safe exercise for better health. The goal is to plan and prepare wisely, whilst not giving into useless ... Read more
Should You Race If You’re Sick Two To Three Weeks Before A Hard Endurance Event?
Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! Here is a tricky question: After being sick with the flu a few weeks before your race, should you go ahead or pull out? You train for many months, have a great workout, and feel on top of your form, and your race is three weeks away. Set to go, and thinking about tapering, for which you reduce your training load to rest your body for the race, whilst maintaining ... Read more
To Fix Sports Injuries You Have To Understand Them And Plantar Fasciitis Is A Great Example
"No Consensus on a Common Cause [plantar fasciitis] of Foot Pain" Gretchen Reynolds, The New York Times, Health/Science. “Short cuts make long delays.” Pippen, character in the book, Lord of the Rings, by JRR Tolkein. "Fascia, like posture, is dynamic." Rebecca Amis Lawson, FitOldDog's Dance and Continuum Instructor. Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! As an aging Ironman distance triathlete, I ... Read more
You Are Who You Think You Are So Think Big
Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! As an athlete, when you undertake a program of safe exercise for better health, or for life in general, your performance will be very much a function of who and what you think you are! Up until my mid forties I suffered from a terrible disease of the mind, a false sense of self, known more popularly as poor self-esteem. As a scientist I had no such ... Read more
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