Recently I've written some posts describing my training plan and some of my training sessions. My goal is to provide some inspiration that an old guy like me can still move pretty well despite some of the setbacks I've gone through, But I'm concerned I might be intimidating people who are new to exercise or … Continue reading How Much Exercise Is Enough? →

https://josephranseth.com/the-secret-to-gandhis-power-element-zero We all know people with big egos. They can stumble around life stepping on other's toes because their needs and desires are all that matter. Eknath Easwaran joked that such people need to be preceded with someone carrying a red flag and a sign warning of "wide load". We all prefer someone with a … Continue reading On Striving To “Become Zero” →

Yesterday was hard leg day again but I changed it up a bit. It was challenging but interesting. Previously I summarized the proper pace for long easy endurance sessions as: "make sure you pass the talk test". I still stand by that, but there are fancier ways to get an accurate upper limit for this … Continue reading Some Interesting Training →

According to my schedule, Thursday should have been a long easy day, and yesterday a short one. But as I mentioned in my last post, I wanted to take it easy on Thursday due to a minor reaction to my second Covid19 vaccine dose. So I switched the two days. I find it important to … Continue reading Three Hours Cycling At an Easy Pace →

This is the name of a good book by science writer Judy Foreman I read recently, both inspirational and informational. It is also the name of a health initiative by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Judy's book is unrelated, but she got permission from them to use the same title. https://www.exerciseismedicine.org/ The book … Continue reading Exercise Is Medicine →

On Tuesday my wife and I got our second Covid19 vaccine (Moderna). It went really well, the county had it much better organized this time, we were in an out in 33 minutes, including the 15 they make you sit to make sure you don't have an adverse reaction. My wife just ended up with … Continue reading Day Off- Vaccine Recovery →

Yesterday was "UH" day as I described in My Current Training Plan. My heart rate variability reading was in the yellow, "exercise with caution", but I felt fine so I was still able to go pretty hard. Average HR was only 94 with a max of 120L This is interesting because it sure felt like … Continue reading Hard Training Day For Upper Body →

I've tweaked my training plan many times over the years and finally have one that is pretty good for me. I'm not a competitive athlete so what I'm after is optimizing the effect of my training on health. Occasionally I'll have some sort of event or challenge I am pointing towards and will adjust to … Continue reading My Current Training Plan →

Yesterday was hard day training for my legs. With my current schedule (which I'll describe soon in a post), that consists of: Long warmup. at least 15 minutes. I usually do this with easy spinning on my stationery bikeHip physical therapy exercises (continuing rehab of my right piriformis injury, but I do these on both … Continue reading Hard Training Day For Legs →

I've gotten some odd results, especially when working out at higher heart rates, from my Whoop strap: it can give what seems to be spurious high heart readings. It is especially bad when doing exercise with moving arms, like using my kayak trainer or walking with hand weights. But it even happens while bicycling. I … Continue reading Heart-Rate Accuracy Revisited →