Just when my day couldn’t get any better, Sinistar gives me the best news!!!
The information has been pulled from GamePro’s site, but he lets you in on the big secret. It gives me even more incentive to start getting really good at UM2 so I can kick some UM3 butt!!
The only way to learn how to run faster is to run faster. There is no other way around it. You can talk about lactate thresholds and VO2 Max all you want, but you won’t get any faster unless you practice running faster.
When I first started running, I thought that I would learn how to run faster by slowly increasing my speed on the treadmill. I was regularly running at 4.0 mph. I thought next week, I would run at 4.1 mph every day. The week after that I would increase it to 4.2.
That plan lasted one week and a day. (more…)
There are risks with every pain reliever that is available in the drug store. Most of us are too busy trying to open the bottle to actually read about the risks, but this article explains them nicely.
The only problem with this article is that she doesn’t really explain the reason you might prefer anti-inflammatory pain relievers to other analgesics.
Tylenol (acetaminophen) is in the class of drugs called analgesics. It stops pain by elevating the pain threshold. It takes more pain to break through the acetaminophen barrier.
Advil (ibuprofen), Aleve (naproxen), and Aspirin are in a class of drugs called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). They stop pain by reducing the swelling that can cause pain. There is also some belief that they help you heal faster from an injury by allowing your body to heal while they stop the inflammation.
For those times that you overdo it at the gym, NSAIDs are the drug of choice, but then again, they might rip holes in your stomach. Acetaminophen might be a better option, but it might shut down your liver.
Choose your cure wisely.
Via: SportsGeezer
This podcast from Strength Radio started to sound like it might be a little over the edge, but every thing that Ken Gibson says is right on about caffeine.
The most important thing that he said is, “Coffee doesn’t give you energy. It borrows energy.” You’re not getting energy from your caffeine fix, you’re borrowing it from your sleep and your muscles. I have discussed my dealings with caffeine in detail and I can tell you that everything he says in this interview is an accurate description of what happens to you when you are addicted to caffeine.
02-02-04: Caffeine Withdrawal
03-12-04: How To Quit Soda
06-30-04: Diet Mountain Dew
09-23-04: Carbonation, Soda, Aspartame and Caffeine Withdrawal
03-18-05: Caffeine Dependence
I saw the sweetener at Wild Oats. It was in a bright green box and cost a whopping 25 bucks, but I thought I would try it. It’s supposed to be natural, right? It tasted good. It only took a tiny amount to sweeten my herbal tea. I was happy with it and didn’t think much about the reason it was marketed as an herbal supplement instead of a sweetener.
The reason it is marketed as a herbal supplement instead of a sweetener (or any other type of food) is because they haven’t bothered to go through the FDA process of proving that Stevia doesn’t kill people. They haven’t even proved that Stevia is zero calories.
Think of all the products who go through the rigorous testing that the FDA requires and still kill people. I tossed my very expensive box in the garbage. Until they bother proving to me that the product is safe, they aren’t getting any more of my money.
I enjoyed a creme brulee last night. Mike made it for me and it was delicious. It was only four Points, so you can imagine how small it was, but frankly, my mind only wants one creme brulee. It doesn’t matter to me whether it’s two ounces or eight.
I get surprised sometimes at the delicious simplicity of a small dessert. I don’t need a four layer chocolate cake. If you put one in front of me, I’ll eat it, but if you put a small single layer chocolate cake that is just as rich, I’ll eat it too. I won’t feel deprived that it’s not bigger. I’ll be happy to have dessert.
After years of denying myself dessert, I look forward to it now. I will purposely eat very lightly at dinnertime just so that I can “afford†dessert. There were so many times as a child when I was told that I would not be allowed to eat dessert unless I finished my dinner. Now, I break those rules all the time.
One of the things about Weight Watchers that drew me to them is that I could eat whatever I wanted as long as it fit within my Points range. I can’t imagine a life without creme brulee and I refuse to deny myself its custardy goodness.
Strength Radio is a podcast that is pretty much hit and miss for me. I’m a woman, so I’m not interested in getting my biceps bigger. I don’t believe the hype about kettlebells, so a twenty minute conversation about them is not something that is really interesting to me. There have been a couple of interviews that have been interesting to me. One of them is this one, where Jason White (the host of the show) interviews MARINA.
Marina hosts her own regular podcast, so it’s not surprising that she is an excellent speaker. I find her podcasts to be motivational tidbits to listen to while I’m driving to work. Check her out.
Patrick Deuel used to weigh 1,027 pounds. He has lost over four hundred pounds, weighing at 530 pounds now. He was called the Half Ton Man and the media has been watching him ever since he went public. According to the following interview, he went public with his story to get the word out on obesity:
He had a few things that he wanted the world to know about obesity:
“First, to the insurance companies, I would like to say that weight in excess of 100 lbs plus overweight is NOT COSMETIC, as they tried to tell me for the 42 years I was so overweight.†They told him for years that his problem was cosmetic and not life threatening. He had to get to 1,027 pounds before he could get treatment.
“Not all weight problems are just some fat guy or gal overeating either. Genetics play a great big part of weight problems.†I do agree that genetics can play a big part in weight problems. I also like to believe that I have some control over my weight. When I eat healthy and limit my portions, I lose weight. My problem has always been with bingeing.
“The second point is the medical profession’s treatment of morbidly obese people. They are greatly ignored by the bulk of general practitioners and specialists other than bariatric experts and surgeons.†This is true. Doctors seem to give up easily on patients that are morbidly obese. I have seen it happen with my own eyes, but is it because they believe the patients have given up on themselves? I don’t know.
“The last message is about transportation for the morbidly obese.†He had to wait for a special truck to move him to the hospital because there are very few medical vehicles that can support humans outside the normal range.
There but for the grace of God go [I].
– John Bradford, Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins
Via: The Food Museum Blog – Celery & Ciggies
Google News Search – Patrick Deuel
After obsessing over those 2 minutes 24 seconds for the last couple of weeks, I had forgotten about the reasons that I love to run. It took this article to snap me back to the reason I jump on the treadmill every day.
Although I received this via my Unitarian Universalist magazine, this isn’t really a religious article and I believe it would apply to everyone.
It has been almost two weeks since I ran the Salt Lake 5K. I think it has taken me so long to post my results because I’m embarrassed by them. Just like last year, there was a huge pile up at the end of the race with nowhere to move. This is really dangerous when you finish a run because all your blood pools up in your legs and you faint. You can understand why I didn’t concentrate on pushing that little button on my watch. I was too busy trying to keep conscious.
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