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ShareYour Invisible Training Partner
Every runner runs with an invisible training partner. You can’t see him. You can’t hear him. You can feel him, though. Oh, how you can feel him. You can taste him, too. He tastes like blood and bile. He tastes like fear.
On those easy runs, on runs that you feel great; you can barely notice him. But you never escape him. You never drop him. He’s always there, and he’s out to get you. He wants to hurt you. He wants to hurt you bad. And sooner or later, on
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ShareSigns and Symptoms of Overtraining
Signs and Symptoms of Overtraining are usually there but we tend to ignore them because the hardest part of being an athlete is NOT training. However, it is very important that you know the signs and symptoms of overtraining before you are forced down from getting sick, injured, or both. Too much overall stress on your body, and/or too much anaerobic exercise can put your whole training schedule behind and then you will have to “catch-up” to get back to where you were weeks ago.
Diagnosing the Signs and Symptoms
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ShareExercise to Increase Metabolism
Exercise to increase metabolism is an important and easy thing to incorporate into a fitness lifestyle. Exercise to increase metabolism is important because as we age are resting metabolism decreases after the age of 25. This ever diminishing decrease in metabolism comes with the negative effect of muscle loss. After the age of 25, most people on average can lose about 5 pounds of lean muscle mass per decade.
In my article about fitness lifestyle, I discuss the importance of having large muscles since their primary source of energy is stored
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Share50 Mile Training Program
A 50 mile training program will be needed to run your very first 50 mile ultra trail race. 50 miles is a long ways to run for the very first time and you need to be prepared with a 50 mile training program. There are many different 50 mile training programs that I have come across, but the 50 mile training program that worked for me is outlined below. My suggestion before using the 50 mile training program below is to have a base which you are running about 20 to
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ShareLeadville Trail 100: My Next Goal Ray, What is your longest run before heading into the Leadville Trail 100?
Ray, the Leadville Trail 100 is my next goal and a mutual friend suggested that I ping you for some advise on running …
I have been running for 30 years, and recently ran my longest (Leadville 50) this past summer, and while I asked myself “who the hell is that crazy guy sprinting up the hill…” now I know! Anyway, I managed to knock that off in 9:38ish I believe was the time and it WAS
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ShareTraining to Train, What are you talking about?
Training to train is for everyone. The goal of a training to train exercise program is slowly introduce your body to the “Training Effect”. Training to train is not a unique concept. I am personally in the beginning phase of my training to train exercise program. What do I mean by training to train? Well, for me I had a great running season (the best in my life) and then I had some simple foot surgery that went bad. Now it has been over eight weeks since
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ShareWorkouts for Obese People: Aquatic versus Cycling
Workouts for Obese People can be made enjoyable with the participation in aquatic or cycling workouts. Discover which is best for you.
Q) ASK Ray! Ray, I am what I would consider an obese 275 person who wants to start exercising and lose weight. Would you recommend swimming pool exercises such as walking in water or possibly a cycling routine?
A) Workouts for Obese People can be made enjoyable with the participation in aquatic or cycling workouts. Obese people may often find it difficult to find exercise activities
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ShareHeart Rate and Exercise
Heart Rate and Exercise go hand-in-hand for proper training. As athletes we are striving to be our best and understanding heart rate is key. And from time to time we ask ourselves, “how hard should I be training?” To become stronger we know that we need to push our body to make it stronger. The intensity level must be high enough to overload the cardiovascular system, but not so severe that it over taxes other systems in our body. This is where a knowledge of heart rate and exercise is important.
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ShareAerobic Exercise Weight Loss: Myths Uncovered
Are you one of those people that spend hours a week on a treadmill, or an exercise bike and find you are not losing the weight? If you find that the amount of time that you are putting in is not equal to the weight that you think should be coming off, then it is time to change your routine. Your all-aerobic workout is not working.
Aerobic Workout
I’m sure many of you have heard that the best way to lose fat is through aerobic exercise.
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ShareAerobic versus Anaerobic Training: What is the difference?
Before answering the question of Aerobic versus Anaerobic Training: What is the Difference?, a good place to start is to discuss metabolism and the effects that exercise has on our metabolism. By definition metabolism is the chemical processes that take place within a living organisms cells that are necessary to maintain life. This chemical process allows the organism to grow and reproduce. During metabolism, some substances are broken down to produce energy for vital processes; while other substances are created for the everyday necessities of life.
When it comes
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