Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! A cold can turn into pneumonia, which can kill you, so get better. That's safe exercise for better health. What do you do when sickness gets in the way of your training, having caught a bad head cold from a kid in your house (happens from time to time - and it just did, again, and I got if from Nick about a week ago before he headed off for his snowboarding ... Read more
Daffodils In The Woods Are Like Unexpected Training Issues That Reflect Your Body’s Physical And Emotional History
Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! History is all around and within us, which can be an important issue when it comes to safe exercise for better health. Consider your body's history of injuries, including childhood nutritional challenges or subsequent physical accidents, when you start to increase your training load. A chain is only as strong as it's weakest link, so select your sport accordingly, ... Read more
All The World’s A Stage So Play Your Part Wisely In Your 40s To Enjoy Your 70s And 80s
"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like ... Read more
Why Does FitOldDog Have A Dance Teacher For Ironman Training When He Rarely Dances?
Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! The goal of our program of safe exercise for better health, which is designed to stave off the ravages of aging, is to learn from the wisdom of other people, much of which they gained by trying new things or learning from their mistakes, and adapting their lives accordingly. I've sure made plenty of errors in my life, most of which turned out to be valuable lessons ... Read more
I Don’t Trust Doctors But Then My Crank Fell Off
"If you don't trust the people, you make them untrustworthy." From: Tao te Ching by Lao-tzu, translated by Stephen Mitchell Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! A critical aspect of endurance training, or any program of safe exercise for better health, for that matter, is the ability to go with the flow. Any small inconvenience or interruption can destroy your mojo, and before you know it the ... Read more
Try Ralking (Run/Walking) When Trail Conditions Are Hazardous And You Want To Safely Warm Up Your Fascia
Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! This blog is all about developing programs of safe exercise for better health, for which I explore my relationship to the earth on a regular basis, and I like to learn from all those great non-human animals out there. I don't know how many of you have ridden a horse, but there clearly four major ways that they progress, walking, trotting, cantering and galloping. The ... Read more
Make Sure Your Perception Fits Reality Especially When Running Trails
Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! We look at the world, but we don't always see what is actually there. This is because, for efficiency's sake, the brain fills in a great deal of information to make things fit. If it collected and processed all the visual data you'd get nowhere. For instance, when you see a house, your mind creates a 3D image in your mind of the house as a box, even though you can ... Read more
Aging Ironman Faces Challenge Of Maintaining A Program Of Safe Exercise For Better Health
Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! In the middle of the night I awoke in a funk! I thought, "What on earth are you doing? You've signed up for the Los Cabos Ironman, in the 70-74 year age group, the gun goes off in about five weeks, and you're just not adequately trained. But you're going to do it anyway! I repeat, are you crazy?" The next morning I said to Deb, "What am I, and what do I ... Read more
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