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Team In Training 8 Miles Saturday AM
Posted by: | CommentsStarted at Oven’s Bagels in the Dilworth area of Charlotte. 8 miles through the neighborhoods of Dilworth and Myers Park cold morning about 34 degrees at our 7:00 start time. This was a big day for all of us our honored patient hero Danielle Burgess attended the breakfast after the run/walk.
12 miles on Saturday
Posted by: | CommentsBallantyne with Team In Training Saturday 7:00am the longest walk/run yet building up to a full marathon on June 6th. 12 miles almost a half marathon felt great had some miles in me but happy to reach the end..
Team In Training workouts
Posted by: | CommentsLast night we added some new core training to our Tuesday night workouts. It just kicked my butt. The 3 mile run/walk was broken down into 1/4 miles increment with stops for core training planks, side planks, dead bugs, 5 spot jumps, butt kick run, high leg run, slide steps, cross over runs and names I can’t remember. Then another mile to cool down.
Seabrook Island SC 4 mile course
Posted by: | Comments4 mile course – Seabrook Island SC Start from Atrium Villas leave the parking garage south entrance walk run bike north along the Atrium Villas complex on Seabrook Island Rd. to The Haulover make a left turn on to The Haulover follow The Haulover to Seabrook Island Rd. At Seabrook Island Rd make a left turn on Seabrook Island Rd follow back to the Atrium Villas complex walk run bike past the complex to the north garage entrance to end completing the 4 mile course.
Seabrook Island SC 3 mile course
Posted by: | Comments3 mile course – Seabrook Island SC Starts at the Atrium Villas leave the parking garage south entrance walk run bike north along the Atrium Villas complex on Seabrook Island Rd. to High Hammock Rd make a left turn on to High Hammock Rd follow High Hammock Rd to Seabrook Island Rd. At Seabrook Island Rd make a left turn on Seabrook Island Rd follow back to the Atrium Villas complex walk run bike past the complex to the north garage entrance to end completing the 3 mile course.
Exercise to Protect Aging Bodies — and Brains
Posted by: | CommentsWe all know that exercise is good for you. Staying physically active helps keep your heart healthy and your muscles strong, and in cancer patients it has even been shown to ward off relapse.
Now a series of independently conducted studies on the effects of exercise in healthy older adults, published on Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine, confirms that logging time at the gym not only helps maintain good health but may even prevent the onset of chronic diseases, such as heart disease, osteoarthritis and dementia.
In one surprising trial, researchers led by Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose at the University of British Columbia randomly assigned 155 aging women to three separate groups and directly compared the cognitive effects of two types of exercise: resistance training, done once or twice weekly, in which participants worked out with free weights and weight machines and did squats and lunges, versus toning and balance exercises, which participants did twice a week.
Full Article>>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1956619,00.html?xid=rss-topstories
Exercise and Heart Health
Posted by: | CommentsWe all know that regular exercise is good for us, but sometimes we feel like we have to be marathon runners to benefit from it. Let’s face it, most of us aren’t in any shape for a marathon or triathlon, but here’s the good news: I heard a news story last week about how regular, moderate exercise really benefits the heart.
I have a healthy heart now, and after seeing my dad go through treatments for an aneurysm, heart bypass and a valve replacement, I would like to do what I can now to avoid having heart disease in the future. None of that was any fun at all.
Recently I’ve been improving my physical activity routine. Last fall I was spending too much time in my desk chair and not enough on my bicycle seat, you know what I mean? Just because you fall into some bad routines doesn’t mean you can’t try to do better. Now (just about) 5 days a week I have a good morning routine: walk the dog, 20 minutes of yoga and 30 minutes on the exercise bike. It certainly won’t get me in shape for the triathlon, but it makes me feel good. When I combine it with a heart healthy diet, it’ll help prevent me from becoming overweight, which carries its own risks, and will help me prevent heart disease.
Debunking Myths: ‘More Exercise’ for Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Posted by: | CommentsIt’s basic physiology — when you feel sluggish, unmotivated and fatigued, getting up and doing some exercise causes changes in your body that boost your energy. Exercise also releases endorphins in the brain, and endorphins are great pain killers. So when people say those of us with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome would feel better if we got “more exercise,” there’s something to it, right?
Actually, no. In normal, healthy people, yes — exercise creates energy. Problem is, we’re not normal and healthy.
Exercise is a tough subject, whether you have fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome. However, it’s not the same for both groups, so let’s look at them separately.
Full Article>>http://chronicfatigue.about.com/b/2010/02/09/debunking-myths-more-exercise-for-fibromyalgia-chronic-fatigue-syndrome.htm
