Select Your FitOldDog Subject From The FitOldDog Links Below Whether it be vascular disease, plantar fasciitis, healthy aging, sports injury, or another FitOldDog Links topic. Kev aka FitOldDog PS I'm all into podcasting right now, but I'll be writing again, very soon. You can find the FitOldDog podcasts here: FitOldDog Links: Vascular/Aortic Disease Aortic aneurysm Aortic dissection Heart ... Read more
Knee Tendonitis, A Training Tool? Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) as a training tool, too? Absolutely! I love Ironman training, but if I push myself too hard my old knee tendonitis rears it's ugly head. Furthermore, I don't want to break my AAA stent graft (I did bugger it up once, but it's been fixed). How do knee tendonitis and an aneurysm come together as training tools? Having a life-threatening ... Read more
Major Surgery Recovery? Should I Return To My Sport? You need a safe exercise program! First Complete FitOldDog's Sport Benefit-Risk Analysis People told me not to do this - Too Dangerous!!! Did it anyway - sport benefit-risk analysis. "The choice we make is not whether to have a philosophy, but which one to have: rational, conscious, and therefore practical; or contradictory, unidentified, and ultimately ... Read more
It's been a two-year journey, but now I think I'll be able to get back in shape - yes, dry needling finally got me running again. It went like this: Qualified for World's Half Ironman Championships, 2013, Raleigh NC with a great run. Went to World's in Las Vegas, August 2013, had bike wreck, ended up in my second aortic surgery, but little did I know, my pelvis was subluxated. Horrible season in 2014, ... Read more
Older athletes, undertaking plant-based running, have to take care, balancing endurance against intensity. The track is a great place to safely ease up your pace, and learn from other runners. As I finally recover from that subluxated pelvis, which has taken about two years, and settle into a vegan life-style, my pace at the track is finally returning. Fortunately, I have friends, in this case Julie, to pull ... Read more
The best book I ever read on running was by Jack Heggie, 'Running With The Whole Body,' where he has a chapter on the development of soft feet, the best way to have happy feet. I now find that my feet tell me all about the general tension in the rest of my body. For instance, if I have tightness on the lateral margin (outside edge) of one or both feet, it almost always indicates tightness in my hip rotators or ... Read more
Riding the roads is dangerous, due to traffic and other things, so load the dice in your favor. Ten cycling safety tips: Get a bike fit, because if your bike doesn't fit, how can you concentrate on the road, or have fun? This will make or break your enjoyment of the sport. Mount bright warning lights on your bike, as they can save you from a drivers inattention or texting. I use DiNotte lights, on ... Read more
It's a funny thing, but what they said about food tasting better on a whole plant diet, turns out to be correct. I've been doing this for about 2 months, much of my food coming from the vegetable garden. Gets easier and easier, even when I cook meat for family and friends, I have no desire to eat what I've cooked (we can't go forcing things on people, it doesn't work, but they watch me eating, and wonder, I can ... Read more
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