by Dan | Apr 10, 2016 | Exercise, Family, Goals, Motivation, Wellness/Health
Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendships a fine art. Friends? Where would we be without them? They are some of the people closest to us, and for me, have also been training partners. Here Tom and I are after one of our early Grandma’s Marathon events. As I have said in the past, it is not the marathon itself that was important, it was all of the training runs and talks we had getting ready for the marathon. Tom just texted me this week telling me he thinks his “racing days are over”, as he is struggling to keep up with a pace that we had once done. I reminded him it does not matter the time anymore. We have already done it. As he said, it gets tough to admit that. We are competitive, and don’t want to admit we are “slowing down”. I reminded him of what I have on a poster of mine:
Who cares how slow we are anymore! I reminded him that it is just a way now to spend more time enjoying the scenery along the way…something we did not get to appreciate as much in the early days as we were worried about our time. Enjoy life…at a slower pace!
There was Steve, when he could not run at Fargo due to his heart. I still ran, but something was definitely missing. My competitive days are in the past. I missed running with my friend, talking, working things out, discussing all of life’s issues and problems. Friendship means so much more than a time!
Don’t take for granted those people who are important in your life now…we will not always get to have them. Appreciate life for what it is. Those people extend to many…
Sarah of course! My wife, my “always training partner”, and my best friend!
Chris…my nurse ever since I have been at Brown Clinic. She is now a runner, and loving it. I want her around for a long time too.
New friends develop by attempting things that may not be in our comfort zone. Rich is involved with me in our Fun Fit program, doing a lot of resistance/weight training. I got him going more into running now as well.
Then there are the new “runner” friends…made from the Watertown Area Running Club…who all have the enjoyment of just wanting to run. This first is one of the original ones of us all after competing at Fargo.
We hang together, and we love to run…but best of all, we have become friends. Over the past few years we continue to recruit others, and we love to show how much we love to be active, and stay healthy.
Never forget those people we meet along the way in our lives…they become friends…people we care about, like spending time with them, help them through things in life just like they help us. Working together helps to stay motivated to keep going, and working on staying healthy, and active. Bottom line though, it is not about the exercise. It is about those bonds of friendship we make along the way. Those are the things, and the people we will remember forever. Who cares what are time is, or what place we get, or who we beat. Enjoy the ride along the way, and don’t miss out on the good things, the good times, that are right in front of us. That is what life is all about. I would definitely say having friends is having Success in Life!
I can’t say it any better than this! Friendships are for a lifetime…Keep moving everybody, and enjoy these people who make your life a success!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #” 3117
by kelsey | Apr 7, 2016 | Etc.
Brown Clinic has a new Facebook page! Brown Clinic Kids! Tips, recommendations, and the latest news for kid’s health and wellness will be posted there! Be sure to visit the page at https://www.facebook.com/Brown-Clinic-Kids-465607330293519/ and give it a “like” to get the latest on kid’s health and wellness! My sweet baby boy Corbin (pictured above) is proud to be a “Brown Clinic Kid” as he gets the best care possible from our great team of experts! 🙂
-Kelsey
by kelsey | Apr 6, 2016 | Etc.
Just wanted to let you all know our renovations are complete at Northridge so Convenience Care is moved back to Northridge! Our hours at Northridge are 7:30am-7:30pm with Convenience Care open from 5-7:30pm and Saturday 8-11am. Main continues to be open 7:30am-5pm. Thank you for your patience during our construction!
by kelsey | Apr 5, 2016 | Exercise, Weight Management, Wellness/Health
Watertown Recreational Trail Challenge
Have you ever wonder how many miles you have biked, run or walked on the Watertown Recreational Trail? This summer we want you to join the second annual Watertown Recreational Trail Challenge. Starting May 1 Keep track of how many miles you bike, run or walk, then at the end of summer by September 30 just turn your tracking sheets back in and we will tabulate who the three people are who have biked, walked or run the most miles and those three will receive awards and be recognized later in the month of October as the ones who put on the most miles on our beautiful trail system. You can pick up your tracking sheets at the Park and Rec Offices at the Fieldhouse or at the City Aud. now! Thank you to sponsors: Watertown DASH, Tim Toomey, Dr.Dan and Dr.Sarah Reiffenberger, and Brown Clinic STRIVE for making this challenge a success!
Dates: May 1-September 30
Fee: Free
Location: All miles must be on the Watertown Recreational Trail
For more information contact Jeremy at the Park and Rec: 882-6260.
by Dan | Apr 3, 2016 | Exercise, Goals, Motivation, Wellness/Health
Exercise requires great energy, strength, concentration…but how hard should you work? How hard is hard enough? When is too much, too much? Here is my family, showing off our sports, and the intensity in our face…we may be serious, but we have fun, and we support each other! We have our game face on: Bring it on!
We are all individuals, and that intensity can be perceived differently by all of us. In general, intensity can be split into 3 categories: High, medium, and low intensity. You can help judge is by your heart rate as well. Your maximum heart rate should be 220-age. Then take 75-85% of that for high intensity, 60-70% for medium intensity, and 50-55% for low intensity. If is always safer to start out slow, and work your way up, but eventually, you need to make it more challenging for yourself. You need to sweat, feel tired, and feel like you actually did something as well. Much of this is not so much about how far your body/legs can take you, but how far your mind can take you. We have to listen to our bodies, but at the same time, we cannot rely solely on our minds. If we do, we may never get out of our “comfort zone”. We have to push our limits, but we have to listen to our bodies, and mind, and find that balance. Finding that balance can be very tough!
Here are a bunch of us from run club getting ready to go for a run…putting our game face on! Ready to take on the day, take on the run. We are ready for a challenge. If life we face those same challenges, and the intensity of those things in life also vary, again, ranging from high to low intensity as well. How well conditioned we are can determine a lot of how we are going to handle those challenges in life. Are we going to get tired easily, and throw in the towel? Or are we going to use that towel and wipe off our foreheads, put our head down, and face those challenges in life head on? Again, intensity requires great energy, strength, and concentration.
Here I am doing a plank. To hold that position requires concentration, strength, and focus. When I do this in a workout I try to do continuously for a minute, take a break, then repeat back and forth. I could not even come close to a minute when I first started, and I would not have yet had I not become more “intense” with working at it.
Intensity requires a lot of strength, “reinforcements”, and concentration…more so to convince your mind than your body. When things with exercise get tough, do we quit or back down? When things in life get tough, do we quit or back down? The choice is ours…and yes it requires work and effort. But that does not mean you can’t have fun with it, and also help push yourselves in the process.
Here I am pushing my daughter Megan with her workout…or more so, cheering her on, with both of us laughing in the process. Bottom line, we were having fun, and spent more time laughing, but also, encouraging each other to keep working. I do this in my Fun Fit workouts during the week at Anytime Fitness, with all of us cheering each other on to keep going. We also do this with our weekly run club gatherings.
We can still be intense, but also, and more importantly, have fun! If you don’t also make it fun, it becomes a chore, a nuisance, or just plain work. You need to make it fun, and then you will keep doing it, and as a result, gain all the benefits of this as well!
As this states: The law of the land is intensity. Without it, you’re doomed to failure. With it, you’re destined for glory. Use that intensity to your advantage, and see how many other benefits this will give you every single day, with every single thing you do, to help solve and get through every obstacle and problem that you may encounter during the day! Your intensity can help you have “success in life”.
Keep moving everybody!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 3110
