by Dan | Apr 24, 2011 | Exercise, Holidays, Motivation, Weather, Wellness/Health
The snow is finally gone, and it was a great day to be outside. Walking along the bike trail with Buddy, then later doing some running on my own. The ice is all off of the lake as well, and the water is going down. All in all, I think Spring is finally getting here…
…now we just need to wait for everything to bloom, and get greener. It is nice walking along the trail by the Lake. Great time to think. I hope everybody had an enjoyable Easter as well.
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1307
by Dan | Apr 21, 2011 | Equipment, Exercise, Motivation, weight lifting, Weight Management, Wellness/Health
There are many alternatives forms of exercise you can do, and equipment to do exercise with. Above are few examples. Over the next week or so, I will discuss each one of these, and give examples of the types of exercises that you can do with these different forms of equipment. It makes for great alternatives when you are trying to prevent boredom from the same routines all of the time, and when the weather is not cooperative that you can be outside. This last part would not pertain to where we are living now, would it?
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1304
by Dan | Apr 17, 2011 | Equipment, Exercise, Goals, Motivation, Wellness/Health
New piece of equipment for exercising…a Spinner bike. This simulates more closely your outdoor bike, as far as mechanics. You can work on form, “the spinning” technique for riding outdoors. You can change the resistance on it to help simulate hills as well. Makes for a nice change of pace, and you can really get a good workout with this.
Here Sarah is using it. Notice on the back of her T-shirt. We had these made when we did the Rock N Roll marathon and half marathon in Phoenix a couple years ago…”Success…A Journey, not a Destination”. Keep this in mind when you are working out, or struggle at times trying to stay committed to your exercise. Hang in there!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1300
by Dan | Apr 14, 2011 | Exercise, Goals, Weather, Wellness/Health
Traveled to Pittsburgh for a conference on monday, and walked across the street from the hotel to hit the bike trail for a run monday morning. Great weather, upper 60’s at 6AM, got to almost 80 later in the day. What a nice change. I had never been to Pennsylvania before. One of my goals is to run in every state in the US…I can now take Pennsylvania off the checklist.
The bike trail along the river leads right past the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Sports Training facility. Here they do the latest research when it comes to concussions in athletes, which is what the conference was on. Now I can use this knowledge back home when evaluating athletes with concussions, and helping to decide return to play, and oveall being safe in sports.
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1297
by Dan | Apr 7, 2011 | Exercise, Weather, Winter
I am afraid I am going to have to come up with some alternative routes for running, and later biking. Here is one of my spots. City Park. The Lake has now completely engulfed the park and bike trail. This is where we go along when we do the triathlon in July. Went running along it this morning when it was still dark out…not a good feeling with all this water coming. There are multiple sections along the bike path all through town that are under water. At this rate, it will take quite awhile before we are even going to be able to be on them.
Sections like this are abundant. The trail that goes by our cabin is completely under. The Lake is still rising, and not sure when we are going to be done with this. This is how flooding can impact us all. Everyone who uses the bike trails will have to come up with alterative routes for awhile.
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1290
