Regional Features
Pilates and Targeting the Back
By Kelly Wissolik - Pilates routines are an effective way to obtain strength, balance and flexibility throughout the body. Pilates effectively targets the body’s core muscle group consisting of the abdominals, low back and glutes. During a pilates session there are various exercises you can do to target your back and help it function properly.
Nutrition for the Heat
By Bob Seebohar - It’s getting warmer!
Consumer Reports Recommends Best Bikes for Riders on a Budget
Super Foods for Super Women
By Monique Ryan - If you want to feel like Superwoman this race season, fueling up with nutrient-powered foods and smart supplementing has positive payoffs. Quality eating provides nutrients that boost your immune system, and supercharge your performance. Supplements build upon your best food choices and provide an edge on the race course.
Train for a Tri with Sally Edwards
By Connilee Walter - On a June afternoon Sally Edwards answers her office phone, nearly breathless from the intensity of her day. She took a break from overseeing voiceovers recording for her new Iphone application (it matches songs to a runner’s cadence) to share how female athletes can intensify their running regimens by training for a triathlon.
Matt Fitzgerald's New Book Teaches the Run-by-Feel Techniques of Elite Runners
Boulder, CO - Most serious runners don't realize their potential because they are unable to run by feel. Traditional training has taught them to rely on formulas and gadgets instead of listening to their bodies. They simply stop getting faster and don't understand why.
Use Your Hips to Power Your Swimming
By Tom Denes - Ever wonder what those guys and gals in the "fast lane" do that makes them so darn speedy? Aside from great technique—which we won't cover today—they are applying physics to their swimming. They intuitively know that the more power they generate, the faster they will go. And they do this with their hips.
Dessert for Dinner?
If you are concerned about a healthy diet, weight loss/maintenance and athletic performance, you are likely concerned about calories. Calories in, calories out. If you want to lose weight, you need to exercise more and eat less. If you want to maintain weight, you have to balance caloric expenditure and consumption.
Workout Dilemma: Pushing Your Limit or Taking a Break
Training Question: "When I feel tired and drained, should I skip the workout or just push through it?"
Dieting Gone Awry: When Food is Foe
I should be pencil-thin for all the running I do.
I don’t keep cookies in the house. If they are there, I eat way too many of them.
I’m afraid if I start eating, I won’t stop…
