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Training Log Review: Runner’s World

Natalie — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:00:19 +0000

For the last month I have been using the training log on runnersworld.com both to log my work-outs as well as to experiment with one of the many available online training log programs available to athletes. It was a few months ago that I decided I would use and review as many logs as possible [...]

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Training Log Review: Runner’s World

You, Your Dog, & the Gym

Natalie — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:03:15 +0000

For many of us who are dog owners, there is no question about the motivation a dog can provide to get you out of your seat and out for a run. They need exercise just as much as we do. But what if you’re really not a runner, never were, and never plan to be? [...]

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You, Your Dog, & the Gym

What Are All These Thresholds?: Lactate Threshold

Natalie — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:05:53 +0000

If you spend enough time training for anything and start to read articles, message boards, and blogs that discuss your specific exercise be it running, biking, spinning, or swimming you are bound to come across a discussion about lactate threshold. It’s likely you will see this phrase used in conjunction with topics of heart rate [...]

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What Are All These Thresholds?: Lactate Threshold

The Puppy Power Walk

Natalie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:00:44 +0000

A key element to living a healthy lifestyle is simply getting in some form of exercise that is enough to raise your heart rate and which is typically recommended to be 30 minutes per day. It doesn’t sound hard, but for some reason, sometimes getting in 30 minutes of heart pumping exercise is the last [...]

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The Puppy Power Walk

Building a Strength Routine: Back

Natalie — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:14:23 +0000

The lower back is an integral muscle in the core and having a strong lower back and core contributes greatly to being able to maintain proper form over long running distances. Having a strong lower back also eases the shock the back muscles absorb with each step during a run and can help eliminate possible [...]

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Building a Strength Routine: Back

And I Would Walk…

Natalie — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:14:25 +0000

Sing it with me! I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more! And tonight I could have. A girlfriend invited me to join her for an after work power walk leaving from the greenest building in Annapolis (Chesapeake Bay Foundation) and doing a 3-mile loop along the waterfront flanked by gorgeous houses. [...]

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And I Would Walk…

Cold-Free: Running as Preventive Medicine

Natalie — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:12:43 +0000

I believe it is not just coincidence that I have made it through this entire 2009 winter without a cold. I don’t typically get sick to begin with (knocking on wood now) and the last time I had a sore throat and stuffed up noise was just after the Christmas holidays. My big goal for [...]

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Cold-Free: Running as Preventive Medicine

The Buddy System a la Texting

Natalie — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:51:53 +0000

Last summer a girlfriend and I realized we were both in a work-out slump. We wanted to be exercising regularly and we knew the exercises we wanted to do (mostly running, Pilates, Yoga, and a few weight routines) and we both categorized ourselves as morning exercisers. However, we were severely lacking the motivation to actually [...]

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The Buddy System a la Texting