Wednesday Circuit: A Tail Kicker
I teach a class called “Quick Circuit” on Wednesdays which usually consists of about 10 weight or cardio “stations” of variable difficulty. Yesterday, I participated in my own class and in less than 30...
View Article400-meter Treadmill Drills — Short, Sweet and Distracting
It’s been a while since I’ve given you a good, old-fashioned treadmill workout. Here in Colorado Springs, spring is coming – we get a taste of 60-degree weather this week. But, as is normal here, we...
View ArticleHow to Make Your Run More Interesting
This is a quickie – but a goodie: If you always hit the treadmill at a steady pace, try distracting your mind with Fartlek training — a Swedish term for “speed play.” Fartleks are random, meaning you...
View ArticleKettlebell, Dumbbell and Resistance Circuit
Who doesn’t need a total body routine you can slam out in 30 mintues? All you need for this circuit is a kettlebell, a set of heavy weights and a resistance band. The kettlebell swings boost your heart...
View ArticleToning Up After a Soft Season
Triathlon season is leaving me a little soft – I’m sure I’m not alone. All the cardio at the expense of weight training means a loss of some muscle definition, and a little weight gain. How is that...
View ArticleAnother Lean Body Quickie Weight Session
Still on a mission to build back lean muscle this week. Here’s another 30-minute plan so you can join me! Warm up first with a few minutes on the treadmill, elliptical or step mill and then do three to...
View ArticleA Novel Split: Focus on Weight Training
Strength-training takes a backseat during racing season. That’s not to say I skip weight workouts altogether, but I only fit in the weights during interval classes that I teach. Structured strength...
View Article45-Minute Treadmill Workout
207 days left until Boulder Ironman and only a week and half until the first half-marathon of the season. I must confess, over the past few years, I’ve tired of the standard 400-, 800- and 1,600-meter...
View ArticleQuick Circuit — Get In and Out in 18 Minutes
The 30-day burpee challenge is going strong but, as the number of these kickers increase, my need to break them up does too. Wednesday was a day for weight training, but also a day short on time — so I...
View ArticleWhy Runners Need to Strength Train (cyclists, triathletes, cardio queens too)
So I recently called out some fellow runners for being mushy marshmallows. After all, running – although good for your cardio, respiratory and skeletal systems – doesn’t do much to build muscle. If you...
View ArticleQuick Shake Out Run Workout
I haven’t checked in for a while, and haven’t given you a quality workout for even longer — so I thought it was due. This run workout is perfect in the week before a race (try it 3-5 days out from race...
View ArticleWhat Is This Off-and-On Workout Routine?
It’s been cold and icy here in Colorado Springs and I’m not one of those runners. As much as I hate to admit it, I’m a fair-weather runner — displayed by my one attempt last month to run 15 miles...
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Tread the New Year
Lots of people despised 2016 and some are dreading 2017 even more. I say, don’t dread it – tread it. Treadmill, that is. There are treadmill haters – I however sort of like the contraption. Yes, there...
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