-
Blog Search
Google Search
Trigger Point
-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- FitOldDog on How To Approach Exercise Following Corrective Surgery For Aortic Dissection
- FitOldDog on Eggs is Eggs? You Are What You Eat So Select Your Foods Carefully!
- Big Dog Sam on How To Approach Exercise Following Corrective Surgery For Aortic Dissection
- Marian on Eggs is Eggs? You Are What You Eat So Select Your Foods Carefully!
- FitOldDog on The Plantar Fasciitis Survival Guide Versus The Approach Of FitOldDog And Rebecca
- William Errol Prowse IV on The Plantar Fasciitis Survival Guide Versus The Approach Of FitOldDog And Rebecca
Tags
AAA-stent aneurysm angioplasty aorta athlete athletewithstent Barefoot bike blog Book Review books cardiovascular function coach core diabetes Exercise Tips Feldenkrais flexibility gear guarding heart stent imbalance injuries Ironman martial arts metabolism motivation movies networking nutrition Old Dogs in Training Older Athletes pain Philosophy Pilates recovery Running science corner screening sports psychology stent stent displacement swim Tim Ferriss workoutsCategories
- 4HWW&4HB
- aging
- angioplasty
- awareness
- balance
- bike
- blogging ideas
- blogging issues
- Body Awareness
- business
- cardiology
- coaching
- Competing
- Continuum
- core
- equipment
- Español
- exercise and health
- Exercise Tips
- Feldenkrais
- FitOldDog Podcast
- FitOldDog Training Manual
- FitOldDog Training Video
- FitOldDog Training Wheel
- FitOldDog's Quick Start Guides
- Forum
- golf
- health challenged
- health screening
- Hypertension
- injury
- Links for Challenged Athletes
- metabolism
- motivation
- nutrition
- Older Athlete
- osteoporosis
- pharmaceuticals
- plantar fasciitis
- posture
- psychology
- recovery
- Running
- Safety
- screening
- Skills
- stent
- strength training
- swim
- Tales of a Young Veterinarian
- Training
- Training plans
- triathlon transition
- Uncategorized
- Vascular Physiology
- vision
- warmup
Tag Archives: coach
Sports Training Art Or Science?
Athletic skill probably comes from the right balance of thought and feeling, or science and art, so finding the right balance is key for success in sports. Continue reading
Posted in Body Awareness, Continuum, exercise and health, Exercise Tips, Feldenkrais, metabolism, psychology
Tagged coach, Exercise Tips, Feldenkrais, sports psychology
Leave a comment
A Long Blog Post For Benjamin (Heartosaurus) On Flexibility As He Ages
Staying flexible as you age is a critical part of training for the endurance athlete or just as part of safe exercise for better health. Continue reading
Posted in Body Awareness, Continuum, exercise and health, Exercise Tips
Tagged coach, Exercise Tips, Feldenkrais, flexibility, Running
2 Comments
Conditioning Versus Technique And Why You Need Superior Training Partners
When training for any intense athletic endeavor it is essential to balance work on technique with time spent conditioning your body, which will result in a kind of step-like or saltatory progress of your performance if you can work through each plateau as it comes along. Continue reading
Posted in coaching, Exercise Tips, psychology, swim
Tagged coach, Exercise Tips, Ironman, motivation, sports psychology, swim
Leave a comment
Patience, Consistency and Skill Are The Real Keys To Endurance Training Whatever Your Age
It is hard learning to be an endurance athlete, especially if you are young and enthusiastic, or old and enthusiastic for that matter, as any impatience or lack of consistency and skill will inevitably lead to injuries. Continue reading
Posted in coaching, exercise and health, Exercise Tips, injury, Running
Tagged coach, Exercise Tips, injuries, motivation, safe exercise, sports psychology
Leave a comment
Conflicting Instructions On Head Position In The Water: Can Both Coaches Be Right Or Is It All In The Eyeballs?
When you receive conflicting advice from excellent sports coaches, I suggest that you go away and explore the matter, as both coaches will have perfectly good reasons for saying what they do, but you have to work out which advice to follow, and this certainly true for head position whilst swimming freestyle, where FitOldDog thinks that eyeball positions plays a critical role. I have never had a coach talk about eyeball position, I got this idea from Feldenkrais and Continuum. Continue reading
Posted in coaching, Continuum, exercise and health, Feldenkrais, swim
Tagged coach, Exercise Tips, Feldenkrais, sports psychology
2 Comments
Long Hill Climbs On The Bike Provide Excellent Physical And Mental Conditioning
The last day of AIMP Spring Training Camp included a climb to over 6000 feet up Mount Lemmon, with wonderful views and a chance to grind out a steady cadence for over two hours, for perfect mental and physical Ironman training. Continue reading
Posted in bike, coaching, exercise and health, Exercise Tips, psychology
Tagged bike, coach, Exercise Tips, pain, sports psychology
6 Comments
Three Rs Of Safe Exercise For Better Health
The best guide to your recovery level, a critical component of any training program, in my opinion, is (a) how you feel, and (b) your morning resting heart rate. Continue reading
Posted in Body Awareness, exercise and health, recovery
Tagged coach, Exercise Tips, injuries, recovery, repair, rest
2 Comments