Each week that I did not move purposefully meant a massive setback when my body was ready to return to running. I decided to approach my fitness from the ground up – Create a fitness challenge that would both promote recovery, and preserve the cardiovascular advances I had built over the year.
Exercise & Fitness
Longevity depends on our ability to stay active throughout our lifespan. Gain evidence-based insights about fitness from the field of Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine, promoting optimal physical wellbeing.
When Metrics Get In The Way of Fitness (Insights on Motivation)
In our previous podcast episode, “Critical Metrics For Optimal Health and Fitness Monitoring”, we reviewed the robust set of advanced data points offered through Garmin Connect. As an athlete that religiously tracks a variety of fitness metrics, including, Garmin Stress Score, Body Battery, Vo2Max, caloric intake, etc., I see the pros and cons.
MAF Training Challenge – Improving Endurance and Fat Adaptation
The MAF (Maximal Aerobic Functioning) method, developed by Dr. Phil Maffetone, is an approach to training focused on building endurance through fat adaptation. Running efforts with high exertion (tempo runs, hill repeats, etc.) are fuelled primarily by glycogen.
How Running a Marathon Radically Changed My Thinking (Six Lessons)
Running a marathon changes you in ways that you never could have imagined. After the excitement has passed and you hobble back to work a few days after completing 42.2 kilometres in one setting, the impact of your achievement quickly becomes apparent – You see and experience everything differently.
5 Distorted Messages We Tell Ourselves about Running (With Rebuttal)
The incessant internal voice is your worst enemy. If you are new to running, especially after your first experience with a setback, you are adequately aware of how difficult it is to manage mental pitfalls along the way, especially motivation.
Improved Motivation for Athletes – Using the Burns Triple Column Method
The research is clear: Thoughts (cognitions) are powerful. In fact, cognition is the most important factor in care planning for individuals with Major Depressive Disorder. Cognition also has a significant impact on motivation, especially motivation in athletes.
Conquering Your Fitness Goals – Micro Habits and Multiple Metrics
It’s a wonder that people set goals at all. Data indicates that less than 25% of people stick to their New Year’s resolutions. Kinda sad, eh? Even worse, most jump ship within 30 days of their commitment, with only 8% accomplishing what they started (Statista, 2017).
Mood Benefits of Intensive Cardio Activity (Your Getting Started Guide)
The connection between physical fitness and mental health, is commonly sited by seasoned athletes and others in the first few weeks of new exercise program. In fact, it goes well beyond anecdotal accounts. The literature is clear – Exercise improves mood (psychological wellbeing), and enhances self-concept/self-esteem (Plante and Rodin, 1990; Plante, 2007; Angus et al., 2017).
10 Power Walking Tips To Launch Your Summer Fitness Program
Having a strategy for meeting athletic goals, increases the likelihood of long range success. Power walking is an effective way of incorporating exercise into your fitness focused lifestyle, whether you are preparing for an upcoming race, or getting started with fitness for the first time in your adult life.
5 Tips To Launch Your First Exercise Program
How exciting! You’ve decided that it’s time to get in shape. Good for you! Maybe you are interested in dropping some of those winter pounds. Better yet, maybe you are looking to get back into the game after extended time away. Regardless of your motivation, the benefits of a regular-moderate fitness focused lifestyle, are many fold.
