Hi folks, It is clear that ideal posture is one of the key aspects of dance. It frees you up to move as you wish, with grace and ease. I'm taking lessons from a skilled dance and Continuum teacher, Rebecca, and I am making progress, though when it comes to grace and ease I have a way to go. It turns out that the development of a healthy posture is quite a challenge, and one aspect of this involves ... Read more
Don’t Expect Every Workout To Be Better Than The Last With A Note On Stretch Cords
Hi folks, When it comes to endurance training or just safe exercise for better health, motivation is both critical and fragile, so beware. Today Rick and I had a standard 5000 yards of long pulls at the pool, but my times were off by 4-5 seconds/100 yards, and my lats were aching the whole time. It felt as though I wasn't making any progress, but I've been there before, many times. This feeling was ... Read more
At Age 69 FitOldDog Worked Around Instead Of Through His Shoulder Problem And Made His Best 100 Yard Swim Ever
Hi folks, I broke my left shoulder about 8 or 10 years ago, a complete dislocation whilst running with my dog, Nickel (who I still miss), on one of those extended leads. It wrapped around my legs, down I went, up came my arm to protect my head, my elbow made a beautifully aligned impact with the concrete sidewalk, and punched the head of my humerus out of my shoulder joint. About an hour and a bunch ... Read more
Of Stiff Necks, Beauty, And The Power Of Exercise Over Your Life
"Can you coax your mind from its wandering and keep to the original oneness? Can you let your body become supple as a newborn child's? Can you cleanse your inner vision until you see nothing but the light? Can you love people and lead them without imposing your will? Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step back from you own mind and thus ... Read more
To Improve Triathlon Swim Times Focus On Conditioning And Consider Using A Sleeveless Wet Suit
Hi folks, Rick Fee, my local swim coach, has been telling me about his frustration with triathletes, who as a group seem to believe that they will pull up their swim times by focusing on technique. When Rick started coaching me, three months before the Eagleman Half Ironman 2012, I would have been lucky to hold 1:50 x 100 yard repeats. After some pretty solid swim sets 3x/week with Rick, my 10-20 x ... Read more
The Right Dance Teacher Can Help You Overcome The Effects Of Injuries On Body Movement To Improve Your Athletic Skill
Hi folks, I have been struggling to optimize my leg position in the pool, but I find that they wander all over the place when I breathe on the left, especially my left leg. Slowly I have nailed this problem down to my left arm recovery stroke, which triggers a twist in my pelvis. I dislocated my left shoulder about eight years ago, and in spite of 'treatment by flying beer bottle,' which improved ... Read more
You Can Learn A Lot From Your Toes As You Swim
Hi folks, We stuff our feet into shoes and then wonder why we can't control our toes when we need to, and more importantly we ignore all the information that they can gather because we just don't think about our toes unless they hurt. About 40 years ago I was in a bar in England, and there at the counter was a man with no arms drinking a beer that he held in his feet. I remember clearly how this ... Read more
The Ironman Swim From Hell In Saint George And Thoughts On Use Of The Finis Metronome For Swimming and Running
Hi folks, I was just introduced to the Finis Tempo Trainer Pro (metronome) by my triathlete son, Nigel, and here he is coming out of the water after the hardest swim of his life, he said, at the Saint George Ironman, 2012. The wind picked up to the point of white caps and three foot waves, forcing many swimmers to abandon ship (so to speak). This was the first time I saw Nigel take more than one hour to ... Read more
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