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Coming off a week of training where I felt like I was a little behind the stress-curve complete with all of the key indicators (a cold), I decided this was a good week to back off the total training volume (i.e. lots of long sessions) which for me is by far the greatest stressor. The compromise though was that in order to do so without losing substantial ground, I’d have to give myself a little intensity “pop”…..a little gas on […]
Read moreSTRESS…..it’s such a huge topic and truly, it’s everywhere. In my professional role as both Physical Therapist and health/prevention consultant, I’ve lectured on the topic formally on many occasions, whether talking about physical stress to aide recovery or mental stress in the workplace. Informally, I’ve had an almost innumerable number of discussions that are tied back to it……and in those moments, I almost always find myself reiterating the point that stress is not inherently a bad thing worthy of so […]
Read moreThe objective in week 2 of 2012 was to refine my plan down to the details and continue to work on the aerobic-engine with more base-work.Any time I have to travel anywhere by plane, this time to South Carolina, I always walk away with some additional respect for those who do it often. I do plenty of travel by car, bus, train, etc…..but (thankfully) not nearly as much by plane…..it’s so time consuming and fatiguing…..huge energy drain. I do seem […]
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