Decreasing the Risk of Falling = Functional Exercise + Balance Training + Ankle Stability
The risk of sustaining an injury due to a fall increases with age. One-fourth of all falls will result in a serious injury. Research has shown that falls amongst the elderly are one of the most important risk factors that cause osteoporotic fractures. Falling also...
Food & Health: A Wonderful Partnership
To help provide you with on-going support, knowledge and guidance about health and nutrition I have asked Theresa Quartararo, a Certified Health Counselor from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition to join me in providing you with information in holistic nutrition,...
The Benefits of Having a Hydration & Fueling Plan for Ultra-Distance Events
What is Dehydration? Dehydration is the loss of body water or fluid from within the cells (intracellular), surrounding tissues (extracellular), liver and skeletal muscles that is not replaced adequately. A well trained, acclimated athlete will typically lose 1 liter...
How Interval Training Can Improve Your Health
Want to improve your health and fitness? According to current research regular high-intensity exercise can make a significant difference to your health. Interval training is an effective way to exercise. Most of us have heard of intervals or repeated, short, sharp...
To Stretch or Not To Stretch
Research is now showing us that static stretching before exercise might not provide all of the benefits that many of us have come to expect. It was previously believed that static stretching lengthened muscles and increased flexibility. However, there is little...
Belleayre Mtn All-Terrain Challenge
Another Race. This time it was the 4th race (Belleayre) in the NYS Mountain Bike Series hosted by Overlook Mountain BIkes. The course: Take a lot of climbing then some really cool single track and then downhill then some more climbing then some more really cool single...
DarkHorse 40
Wow. What a day. Humidity was off the charts. TG for cloud coverage. The goal = 2 laps, 20 miles each / 2 hours 20 minutes per. The course = beautiful, flowy single track. The machine = my 26" titanium single speed bike, 34/17 gearing, tubeless tires. The first lap...
William’s Lake Mountain Bike Race
The exit from THE CAVE at Williams Lake, Rosendale NY. First race of the New York State Mountain Bike Series. 3 laps of approximately 5 miles of some very awesome, very techy single track. Conditions were muddy, slippery and challenging :-). A fun day of racing with...
How to keep your knees healthy. Why young female and male triathletes should be trained differently.
Young female athletes tend to injure the anterior cruciate ligament of the knees (ACL) more frequently than young male athletes. The role of the ACL is to prevent the lower leg from moving too far forward at the knee joint when you’re jumping, running, playing...
Steve’s Backyard Pump Track
The start of our pump track back in september 2011.
10 Reasons why warming up is important
Musculoskeletal injuries and medical problems can occur from participating in physical activity and exercise, however the benefits far outweigh the risks. You can decrease your risk of injury by gradually working up to a desired level of activity and by adequately...
Why Interval Training is beneficial for performance
Intensity Training. Zone Training. Heart Rate Training. Whether we are runners, bikers, swimmers or any combination, as athletes we are constantly striving to improve our performance. We know that training at one speed produces one speed. We know about lactate...
Refueling after exercise
As triathletes, a lot of our training includes high-intensity workouts or workout sessions that lasts more than 60 minutes. Refueling your body post-exercise is most important for recovery. I think the following tips regarding food & liquid replacement are...
Fueling your body for the swim, bike and run. A brief physiology lesson
To understand how the body obtains the energy it needs to make it “go”, a useful analogy for how a car and the human body obtain the energy to make them “go.” In an automobile engine, the proper mixture of gasoline fuel with oxygen ignites to provide the energy...
Running Injury Free: Strengthen your core for the demands of the sport
Simply put running doesn’t make you strong, elastic, or flexible. In fact, if you want to run better, faster, more efficiently while remaining injury-free then you might want to consider a different approach to training. Since we need our core to react to movement, we...