Hi folks, The FitOldDog Training Wheel is based upon the premise that you work your way around it in a clockwise manner, learn as you go, and do it again. You'll notice that the color of each spoke changes, from green (beginner - you are a beginner every time you start the cycle, ready to learn from your mistakes), through increasingly pink until you reach red (danger) at the training spoke. By now you have ... Read more
Develop Your Skills And Then Don’t Think Too Much!
Hi folks, When you undertake any new endeavor, there are things to learn and skills to develop, be it public speaking, ballet dancing or safe exercise for better health. Skills are obtained and honed to perfection through the application of practice, guidance, and consistent self-assessment. When it comes to sports, the process of developing a particular skill, say low-impact running, has an initial ... Read more
Is It Acceptable For You To Add Extra Workouts To Your Coach’s Training Plan? Rarely!
Hi folks, I pay a coach to set my workouts based on his experience and my athletic background, combined with laboratory data such as lactate threshold and VO2 max. So why would I suggest that one might arbitrarily add a workout to his plan? The answer is that I consider it acceptable as long as it is not a physical workout, but a mental one. For instance, today I added a short early morning swim, but ... Read more
Different Ways To Set Your Effort Level On The Run
Hi folks, As a runner you can assess your effort level in a number of different ways, and some are safer than others. I have friends who head out on a run saying that they plan to hold such-and-such a pace for certain intervals or distances. These are the people who tend to be injured most frequently. Eight-minute pace can be easy one day, a struggle on another, and on occasions potentially ... Read more
Choosing A Coach? Choosing A Dog? Questions To Ask Yourself.
Hi folks, It's been an interesting couple of days, and now we are thinking about adopting a pit bull. She seems to be a lovely little dog. Pit bulls are generally frowned upon, but this has not always been the case. It would appear that this breed has been inappropriately maligned, according to the interesting linked article on the 'I've Got Something To Say' blogsite. I think that we are going to go ... Read more
G’day To Shark-Free Swimming With My New Paddles In Australia
Hi folks, Here I am in Australia, enjoying a boiling hot Christmas day. I may be an aging Ironman athlete, but I sure don't want to swim with sharks. This reminds of an article I read years ago, in an old French magazine, called 'Swimming with Sharks.' It contained some great advice for a nascent businessman, such as myself, including, "When bitten, don't bleed." As a swimmer I would prefer to not be ... Read more
Computer Or Man Behind The Curtain Creating Titles In StumbleUpon And What Does It Mean For Endurance Training?
Hi folks, I love StumbleUpon (SU) because it takes me to the most amazing photos, and sometimes videos. But SU exhibits really bizarre behavior, especially when it comes to hits. 'Something' decides when lots of people like a blog post, and when no one is interested at all, but I don't know what this 'something' is, yet. In SU, I've posted material that generated 1500 hits, and an almost identical ... Read more
Find Your Personal Motivator Whatever That Happens To Be And Exploit It To The Max
Hi folks, I was struggling with my workout philosophy, which became the FitOldDog Training Wheel, when it occurred to me that motivation is a key aspect of exercise. So I chose motivation as the second spoke of my wheel, after mind and body awareness. Let's face it, if you don't know why you are doing something, why are you doing it? You then might say, "Well, isn't it obvious, because I want to?" ... Read more
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