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Instructional video - Inclusive group workouts

11/15/2013

Here's my first go at an instructional video. It provides a couple of workout ideas for people that would like to train in groups...yet allow everyone to sort of go at their own speed. The idea is to be able to share the workout experience together...include more of your friends and family...and still make it appropriate to the fitness levels of everyone involved.

Special thanks to videographers Zach Thomson and Liz Paradise...as well as the "actors"...Lori Horan, Bobby, Lyndsay and Brody Scott.

Here it is...please use the "comments" function to let me know what you think or if you have any questions:

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Bobby's "3 Tip Tuesday" debut

11/14/2013

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My friend Bobby Scott did his first "3 Tip Tuesday" program this week. It's devoted to weight loss...a popular subject. You can see it here. Next week will be devoted to speed development...an area where he has a lot of experience.

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Coming back from injuries

11/11/2013

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When it comes to injuries...my approach has always been to train through them as much as possible. In other words...do as much as you can without undue pain or damage...and, in the meantime, hunt for solutions. I'm not big on total rest as a prescription for injuries...mostly because I haven't had much success with it.

Back in 1982...I had my worst injury. I was out close to a year with illiotibial band syndrome...at least that's what they called it. I rested and rested and rested and absolutely nothing happened. What's really strange is that the injury switched from one knee to the other without me really doing anything. Weird. I saw all kinds of medical personnel and they always prescribed rest. Finally, I saw Dr Phil Maffetone. After one week, I was back running. After a month I was at 70 miles a week.

Dr Maffetone helped me get a few bones unstuck and a few muscles activated...but he also gave me advice that no one else gave me. He wanted me to start running immediately. He did not want we running to the point of pain...but it was fine to be sore, have some discomfort ans seemingly aggravate the injury. He explain that you need to keep asking the body to get better and that muscles will basically "turn off" if you don't use them.

Since then...I have always implemented an active approach to injury recovery. I can't tell you how many little "niggles" I've worked around simply by slowing down...or using a combination of walking and running, ....or walking on a treadmill at an incline...and so on. I should also add that I never use aspirin or drugs of any kind and always try to get to the root of the problem.

It seems that there may even be some research supporting this method of coming back from injury...as described in this article. The research does not suggest that one should ignore injury and bull through as if nothing is wrong. However, it does suggest that mild pain is OK and gives some guidelines to follow.

One of the good things about training through an injury...provided you are sensible...is that you keep most of your fitness...so that when you do get your injury sorted out, you do not have a long period of trying to rebuild your fitness levels.

If you happen to have a setback, don't let it throw you. Stay calm and unwavering. Just do what you can. Keep giving your body a bit of motion...whatever it can reasonably handle. It needs that.

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Cross country footage

11/5/2013

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My nephew Zach Thomson and his girl Liz Paradise came up from NY a few weeks ago and filmed some of the Twilight Cross Country meet over at the Barnstable Fairgrounds. The meet is really extraordinary. I've never been to anything like it. They run it on a 3-loop course and you can view nearly the whole race from a central location.

In the future...we'd like to do even more professional coverage...with race commentary etc..

Here's footage of the Boys Open Small School race:

And here's some of the Girls Open Small School race:

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Instructional video - Inclusive group workouts

Bobby's "3 Tip Tuesday" debut

Coming back from injuries

Cross country footage

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