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I get asked about cross training with some frequency. As we cross 40 and continue to grow older, it is more important to consider recovery for ourselves. And how do we get that recovery and still get in a workout? This is where cross training can be very useful. What is cross training? It just means taking a day or two a week and devoting that time to an activity and a workout other than your usual or primary sport. Generally, it's participating in an alternate form of cardio or strength tra... Read More
As I've mentioned in previous blog entries, I'm participating in U.S. Masters Swimming's "Go the Distance" program. The idea of this program is to extend Masters swimming's base further beyond competitive swimmers and to embrace more effectively the masses of fitness swimmers in the U.S. In this program, swimmers are recognized not for how fast they swim but for how far. I'm trying to swim 50 miles this year, which, by the way, is the shortest distance recognized in the program. Still, for me, a... Read More
I was feeling pretty good about myself. After a longer than expected period out of the pool -- thanks to my surgery -- I swam almost two miles this week, which started me back on the path to swimming 50 miles this year through U.S. Masters Swimming's "Go the Distance" program. I have about three miles logged this year, as of Feb. 8. Then I received an email from the adminstrator of the Go the Distance program. Here's a quote from the email: "We already have 44 folks that have achieved the first... Read More
In this blog I'll be writing about the latest news on people, places and things in Masters sports. As the editor of Masters Athlete magazine that's pretty much what I'm supposed to do. I'll also be writing in this space about my own participation in Masters sports. I take part in triathlons, and I try to play as much golf as I can, which unfortunately isn't much. This year I want to improved the swimming part of my triathlon. Last year U.S. Masters swimming introduced the Go the Distance... Read More
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