Plyometric training and why it does the body good. How these explosive jumping exercises will help recovery and bring us back to speed…. Tendons take A LONG- VERY LONG time to heal. As I watch my gluteus maximus (aka. my butt), tendon repair, which incidentally is the largest muscle in the body, it helps powerContinue reading "V: Getting Back on the Track -Next Up… Plyometrics"
So you got the fit bit with the heart rate monitor and you want to know how to determine your zone for increased fitness and fat burning potential… If you really want to increase your fitness level here are the rules… Taken from Maffetone’s Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing: 1. Subtract your ageContinue reading "Go Slower to Go Faster -Heart Rate Training with Phil Maffeton"
You’re still addicted and you’re still counting your steps and you think that this will burn those extra calories. Counting your steps and counting your calories will keep you in that same vicious cycle getting you no where You can only drop your calories and work off calories for so long before your metabolism slowsContinue reading "Another Bit About the “Fit Bit”"
You got your Fit Bit and you’re addicted to counting your steps. Unless you’re a couch potato this is useless information and here’s why … If your Fit Bit doesn’t have a heart monitor and you are not working in your heart rate zone, counting your steps will have no bearing on your fitness levelContinue reading "A True Bit on “Fit Bit” and What Marketers Don’t Want You to Know"
Carbs are a poor choice as a pre-bed meal. Complex carbohydrates that is. The reason: Consuming carbohydrates will result in a significant insulin release. This will put the breaks on fat-burning. If that is your goal. Carbs are also much more easily stored as fat in the evening hours when metabolism is naturally slowing in preparationContinue reading "Avoid Carbs and Insulin Before Bed"
Here is the Rx … I too am insulin resistant and this has been a constant struggle for me in managing my weight. How I manage it is by keeping my complex carbs in small amounts. For instance I take one baked sweet potato and cut into quarters and only eat that quarter at thatContinue reading "Insulin Resistance and The Rx"
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) gets and keeps your heart rate up and burns more fat in less time. In this type of training you give one hundred percent all-out effort through quick, intense bursts of exercise, followed by short, sometimes active, recovery periods. Because This gets and keeps your heart rate up it burnsContinue reading "HIIT Cardio for Intense Fat Burning"
Now it’s time to get specific YOUR training heart rate. We are all different, with different fitness levels, with differing Resting and Maximal Heart Rates. All this will play a factor in calculating your numbers so you can stay in YOUR zone. An acceptable approximation: MAX HEART RATE (MHR) 220- Age *After the age ofContinue reading "How to Calculate and Determine YOUR Specific Heart Rate Zones"
Plyometric training and why it does the body good. How these explosive jumping exercises will help recovery and bring us back to speed…. Tendons take A LONG- VERY LONG time to heal. As I watch my gluteus maximus (aka. my butt), tendon repair, which incidentally is the largest muscle in the body, it helps powerContinue reading "V: Getting Back on the Track -Next Up… Plyometrics"
Thank you to Everyone who reached out with messages after my post a couple of weeks ago … for sharing your honest journey with me and thank you for being a part in mine and making me feel like you’re holding my hand.. It helps Doc says I can start swimming. PT has meContinue reading "II: Getting Back on the Track, The Journey Continues – Proceed With Caution"
What’s worse not being able to train your legs or not being able to do cardio? Not being able to train both is catastrophic to both your metabolism and your heart health. Since both control your heart rate and both control the rate at which you burn fat, maintaining your weight or keeping body fatContinue reading "On the Road to Recovery IV- Cardio – Keeping the Heart Healthy when Using Your Legs is a ‘Hard Limit"
So you got the fit bit with the heart rate monitor and you want to know how to determine your zone for increased fitness and fat burning potential… If you really want to increase your fitness level here are the rules… Taken from Maffetone’s Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing: 1. Subtract your ageContinue reading "Go Slower to Go Faster -Heart Rate Training with Phil Maffeton"
You’re still addicted and you’re still counting your steps and you think that this will burn those extra calories. Counting your steps and counting your calories will keep you in that same vicious cycle getting you no where You can only drop your calories and work off calories for so long before your metabolism slowsContinue reading "Another Bit About the “Fit Bit”"
You got your Fit Bit and you’re addicted to counting your steps. Unless you’re a couch potato this is useless information and here’s why … If your Fit Bit doesn’t have a heart monitor and you are not working in your heart rate zone, counting your steps will have no bearing on your fitness levelContinue reading "A True Bit on “Fit Bit” and What Marketers Don’t Want You to Know"
Carbs are a poor choice as a pre-bed meal. Complex carbohydrates that is. The reason: Consuming carbohydrates will result in a significant insulin release. This will put the breaks on fat-burning. If that is your goal. Carbs are also much more easily stored as fat in the evening hours when metabolism is naturally slowing in preparationContinue reading "Avoid Carbs and Insulin Before Bed"
Here is the Rx … I too am insulin resistant and this has been a constant struggle for me in managing my weight. How I manage it is by keeping my complex carbs in small amounts. For instance I take one baked sweet potato and cut into quarters and only eat that quarter at thatContinue reading "Insulin Resistance and The Rx"
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) gets and keeps your heart rate up and burns more fat in less time. In this type of training you give one hundred percent all-out effort through quick, intense bursts of exercise, followed by short, sometimes active, recovery periods. Because This gets and keeps your heart rate up it burnsContinue reading "HIIT Cardio for Intense Fat Burning"
Now it’s time to get specific YOUR training heart rate. We are all different, with different fitness levels, with differing Resting and Maximal Heart Rates. All this will play a factor in calculating your numbers so you can stay in YOUR zone. An acceptable approximation: MAX HEART RATE (MHR) 220- Age *After the age ofContinue reading "How to Calculate and Determine YOUR Specific Heart Rate Zones"
