The title of this book caught my eye because there are many programs like "couch to 5K" out there. That was probably the intent. Anyway, the author, Chris Daniel, wanted to do something to honor his beloved wife Rita, who was fighting cancer, and to raise money for charities that support people with cancer. Sadly, … Continue reading From Couch To 18000 Miles →

After I finished Exercise is Medicine, I began intrigued with the connection between exercise and maintaining bone density as we age, I blundered into the book Whole Body Vibration: The Future of Good Health on Amazon. http://www.Amazon..com/books This book was interesting. It made some strong claims like strength training for 10 minutes on a vibrating … Continue reading Vibrating Platform →

Today was another "hard leg" day, but I went back to the more standard version I do that has a long warmup and cooldown, with some shorter intervals in between. This follows Clarence Bass's dictum "walk and sprint, not much in between", and works well for me. It started to rain pretty heavily (which we … Continue reading A More Fun Hard Day →

My legs were a little sore from the "time trial" I did Saturday so I took it easy today, and did my ride seated. I went for about 3 hours at a comfortable pace. The result was interesting because I can't see my heart rate during the ride, it's on my phone in my pocket. … Continue reading Three Hours Easy Spinning →

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 →