You can use your fingers to help your toes, as you train for aging and fight peripheral arterial disease. Aging is truly the toughest endurance sport. For me it has become a way of life, even though we train for aging our whole lives. Most importantly, it's never too late to start. I qualified for the 2023 World Half Ironman Championships this year by the skin of my teeth. On race day in August I will have just ... Read more
Peripheral Arterial Disease Training and Treadmills
Treadmills have their place, but they are no substitute for the road or the track, when growing collaterals using Peripheral Arterial Disease Training. I recently published a book on fighting peripheral arterial disease, but I wanted to emphasize several observations that are helping my battle, as I train for a couple of half Ironman races that are coming up. (1) When doing peripheral arterial disease training ... Read more
Why I Write
Galaxy is a lovely creature. Eleven years ago, I was sitting alone in a high-rise hotel room, in Barcelona, Spain. I was on the way to visit my mother, who lived south of there, one train stop, and two bus rides away, in Torre Vieja. It was no ordinary visit. I was now living with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) stent graft, and had been for about six weeks. My life had changed. What's to do? After ... Read more
Ironman Triathlon Saved My Life Multiple Times
IRONMAN TRIATHLON SAVED MY LIFE #1: Yep! Believe it or not, Ironman Triathlon saved my life, multiple times. Back in the late 1970s, I was sitting in my office, at Battelle Labs, Geneva, Switzerland, when one of our technicians came in and said, "Kevin, we need some normal blood, please." So I rolled up my sleeve and held out my arm. About 10 minutes later, she returned, held up a glass tube, and said, "What ... Read more
A Better Old Age Through Conditioning and Body-Awareness Skills
Just watching how you turn as you walk will teach you a great deal about the role of your hips in body movement, and how to focus there for solutions to certain aches and pains, including so-called plantar fasciitis, and so-called iliotibial band syndrome (ITBS). https://youtu.be/AfyMB--Bcpk Yep, those danged hip rotators, all twelve of them (and most certainly more), cause all sorts of mayhem, so keep them ... Read more
Pressure Wave Interference when Running with Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
This is a cursory consideration of an interesting issue: Pressure wave interference when running with peripheral arterial disease. https://youtu.be/SCtf-z4t9L8 I have pretty severe vascular occlusion in branches of my right popliteal artery (partially blocked blood vessels in my right calf due to arteriosclerosis, reducing blood flow to tissues below my knee). This is further complicated by the presence of my ... Read more
The Three Triathlon Success Keys
Three Triathlon Success Keys (1) Learn How to Balance in the Water Achieve balance in the water. If you don't you'll be fighting the water, and fighting for air, the whole time. Not efficient, not fun. How? Study total immersion swimming. (2) Get a Bike That Fits Have bike fit by a skilled expert. How? Find a great bike-fit lab, as I did at BiCycle Lab. If you don't you'll be in pain, A LOT OF ... Read more
Don’t Stretch Muscles, Strengthen And Lengthen Them!
Don't Stretch Muscles? What Are You Talking About, FitOldDog? As I rehabilitate my left shoulder, following thoracic surgery, avoiding a frozen shoulder is critical. This requires a careful program of strengthening and lengthening. I work to increase range of motion, each day, and strengthen the muscle groups involved. For several days after surgery, there was no way I could lift my left arm above my ... Read more
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