Does your club or studio have a way to measure the volume level of the music you and the other Instructors are playing? I want to say that there’s a sound meter floating around Life Time, but I’ve never used it… we do offer members free ear plugs 🙂 What got me thinking about this (beyond frequent complaints; “are you listing?” from Amy and daughters) was this very cool wall
Should Endurance Athletes Do Yoga? from TrainingPeaks
Yoga can be a great addition to any endurance athlete’s training plan and overall health. It can improve your strength and balance, as well as give you a heightened sense of how your body moves. But like all aspects of fitness, it’s not without risks. The Benefits of Yoga for Endurance Sports Yoga helps develop strength through controlled movements and poses. In any sport, consistent movement is vital for efficiency
Exercises to Boost Hip Strength
Exercises to Boost Hip Strength Originally By Dan Kehlenbach – Active.com When discussing muscles involved in the pedaling motion of cycling, most people think of quadriceps and hamstrings. While these muscles certainly play an important role, the many muscles of the hip also deserve attention, and the weight room is the perfect place to keep them functioning properly. Before discussing different strength and mobility exercises, we should first look at
INJURED? THINK TWICE BEFORE POPPING THAT PILL
Pain sucks. When we get injured or sore or uncomfortable, we instinctually try to fix it. We reach into our medicine cabinets, pop some pills, and “get back out there.” But are we really doing ourselves a service? Can we actually be inadvertently putting ourselves at risk? Turns out, maybe so. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which include ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil), naproxen (Aleve), celecoxib (Celebrex) and a ton of others,
Protein Power: It’s Not Just for Muscles (Part 2 – Appetite Control)
Protein Power: It’s Not Just for Muscles (Part 2 – Appetite Control) By Joan Kent, PhD, and Shawn Bevington Protein is used to make hormones, which are messengers in the body. They’re produced in one part of the body and then distributed – through blood, interstitial or other body fluid – to other organs or tissues. There they modify activity and function. This brief post will focus on just a
The Overtraining of the Long-Distance Rider
by Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas “Today was the hardest recovery ride ever! I complained the entire way and had three different plans to abort and shortcut the ride throughout the route.” That’s an actual comment sent to me by a former student of mine. The rider is dedicated, committed and strong. And the statement raised so much conflict in me, I felt obliged to write another post about
How Proper Sleep Affects Athletic Performance
If I could tell you that I had access an incredibly effective performance enhancer that couldn’t be picked up on any drug test and is completely and utterly free, I’m fairly sure you accuse me of lying. What about if I then said that you had unlimited access to it too? You’d probably just shake your head and walk away. Well it’s all true. What is this wonder drug? Sleep.
Prescriptive Exercise – Your Doctor writing a prescription for YOU to attend indoor cycling classes
A national policy of Prescriptive Exercise would be the holy grail* for small studio owners. Imagine; A new client walks in with her doctor specified exercise regimen for you to “fill”, just like at a pharmacy. As an approved provider, you and your studio would provide the required exercise and then bill the clients insurance company… and not at your normal class rate – at a much higher rate in recognition
Help Reverse Metabolic Conditions in Moms-To-Be That Result In Autism In Their Children
I’d like to ask for your help with an extremely important campaign. The campaign is to raise money for pregnant women with metabolic disorders: diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, low “good” cholesterol, obesity, insulin resistance, and more. These metabolic conditions make it more likely that the moms-to-be will give birth to babies that develop autism. I specialize in reversing these metabolic disorders through nutrition. I want to help get
Sugar May Make High-Fat Foods Seem More Appealing
A previous post covered ways that sugar can increase fat consumption. One way is that fat makes sugary foods taste sweeter. That may mean a sugar/fat combination tastes preferable to a sugar-only food, such as hard candy. Clients have told me that, when they eliminate sugar from their diets, they can actually enjoy snacking on a brown rice cake topped with a slice of tomato or sprouts. When they’ve been
Why Is Weight Loss Never “One Thing”?
People often tell me stories about how they lost weight. The stories begin with, “All I did was…” and end with something like: become vegetarian (or vegan); eliminate gluten; “go raw”; or cut out sugar. A couple of these make sense, but others don’t. Let’s look at each one. Becoming Vegetarian or Vegan The two are different, but I’ll cover them together because my observations are the same in both
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