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Randy’s Fitness Tips
If you are experiencing mild depression or anxiety, studies show that aerobic workouts such as walking or jogging can significantly improve your mood. Give it a try, what do you have to lose, expect weight and depression.
Full StoryRecovery… Be Your Own Soigneur
Carmichael, USA Cycling’s former national coaching director and the architect of America’s most successful Olympic showing since 1984 (Atlanta ‘96), knows a lot about recovery. A former elite racer himself and coach of some of today’s top pros, such as Lance Armstrong and Bobby Julich, Carmichael has had ample opportunity to refine his views on what he considers the most underrated aspect of cycling.
Full StoryImproved Cholesterol
I just completed my lab tests as part of an annual physical. Everything is in “spec”…blood pressure, everything. Even my cholesterol, which, for years had been out of bounds, is within normal parameters.
Full StoryInner Thigh Lies: The Truth about Spot Reduction
Assuming that you are right-handed, over the course of your entire life you have used your right arm several thousand times more than you have used your left, right? So if spot reduction existed, your right arm would be ripped and your left arm would be flabby! Is that the case?
Full StoryMental Toughness… Strength and Power from the Neck Up
If you can’t afford such luxuries as a heart-rate monitor and live in a region where there are few others to ride with, setting small goals is one way to harden your mind for maximum efforts. One method is to locate a series of telephone poles or other landmarks, such as mile markers, that are spaced anywhere from a few hundred meters to a full mile apart.
Full Story10 Tips to Get You Back on Track!
If you haven’t exercised in a while, expect to “hit a wall” within the first 5 to 10 minutes of your exercise session. As you work back into your regular workout, there may be a point when you may feel like quitting, but don’t.
Full StoryFlexibility…. Balancing Your Fitness Program
Concentrating your efforts into a stretching program improves your life twofold. Physically, it reduces injury, back pain and muscle soreness while improving posture, recovery and muscle coordination. Mentally, stretching is one of the oldest meditative practices known to humankind.
Full StoryEndurance… How Long Can You Last?
You’ll know when you’ve found that holy grail of endurance. The feeling that you could ride all day is unmistakable. For many of us, it is that very feeling of freedom that attracted us to road riding in the first place.
Full StoryYOUR MISSION
“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way; if you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”
-Jay Johnson
Eat healthy lean meals—every 3 hours!
The starving and stuffing pattern of eating sets you up for uncontrollable cravings and massive binges later on. When blood sugar plummets from long periods without food, it’s nearly impossible to control the hormonally created hunger that follows.
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