Rees Fitness Personal Training
Strength, Fitness & Behaviour Coaching
Thanks to the Better Movement blog where I found this amazing video:
Training when injured
My friend was out running in the rain the other day, slipped and twisted her knee. It is now lovely and swollen and she has been advised to avoid too much force going through her knee. So what does she do now? Does she have to lay up for a couple of weeks recovering and possibly losing some of the fitness she has trained hard to gain? Of course not! This is where cross training (and a little imagination) comes in! First of all, here is the usual obvious disclaimer:
Marine Commando Challenge As I mentioned a few days ago, I’m doing the 10 km Marine Commando Challenge on October 9th, raising money for the Devon Air Ambulance. I have a “Just Giving” donation page where anyone can donate money for the charity, and I need your help to get as much donations as possible. … Read more
The Harvard School of Public Health has just published their Healthy Eating Plate (click here). I am going to use this Healthy Eating Plate in conjunction with their Healthy Eating Pyramid (click here) and my 10 Simple Rules for healthy eating (click here) as the basis for helping people improve their diet. Click here to go to the Harvard website explaining everything, or read the following quote I shamelessly stole off them…
Why do you exercise?
The gym I work at has been refurbished and now all the equipment is brand spanking new. So, we have been spending the last week or so helping people get used to the new toys (showing them how they work, how they are different, what they can do etc).
My new Facebook page. Help me fill it up! My mate Mark has just set up a new Facebook page for me! Now I need to fill it up and put it to good use. Please take a look and tell me how! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cerin-Rees-BSc-Fitness-Coaching-Personal-Training/220073511379541
10k Marine Commando Challenge (picture from The Independent)
OK…I think I am going to sign up for the 10k Marine Commando Challenge (click here), so that means I will be hounding anyone and everyone for sponsorships.
My friend Mark has nearly finished his challenge of doing 50 half marathons in 60 days on the Concept 2 indoor rower. That adds up to over 600 miles! He is doing it to raise money for a local 9 year old girl who fell from a climbing frame, and is now paralysed for life. Well, yesterday, he completed his 44th row, so he only has 6 more to do. His final one is due a week tomorrow (Tuesday 30th). If you havent watched them already, please watch the following 2 videos so you know what he is doing and why. Then please follow this link (click here) and donate any money you can to a very wonderful cause…
The squat (as shown by my lovely stick man figure here) is a great example of a Keystone Ability (click here for more info). But if you don’t believe me, listen to what an actual Knight of the Realm has to say on the matter…
Weakest Link
Our bodies are very sophisticated, complex things. So complex that usually, many different things have to happen for an end result to be produced. I have talked before about walking (click here). It is an everyday task, but in spite of this it needs:
“I think I’m reasonably fit. I do a lot of walking (dozens of miles a every week), but I get so out of breath when I climb the stairs/run for a bus/play with the kids. What is wrong with me?”
The Intensity/Duration Curve
I recognise it. Every single week someone comes up to me and asks me some version of this question, so here is the answer.
It is all to do with the Intensity/Duration Curve. First of all, here are a couple of definitions:
Me and Jane playing at Nettle Warrior 2011. We are signing up for next year, and we are gonna race it!
Did the Nettle Warrior challenge today! Massive thanks to Jane for tellng me about it, getting me round and esspecially for getting me there and back! I’m off to bed to clean all the many grazes I now have and have nightmares about bloody electric fences!
http://sheffieldmanofsteel.co.uk/ Only a couple of weeks until I have a go at the Nettle Warrior challenge! So as a practice run I’m having a go at the Sheffield Man Of Steel tomorrow! Wish me luck!
Strength Training with Pressups
“New and important guidelines” have been released today about recommended physical activity levels for people in the UK. Click here to read them and see how you compare. Here are just a couple of my thoughts…
The night before the start of 50 half marathons on the Concept 2 indoor rower…
Holiday
My friend is going on holiday to Italy for 3 weeks, so she was wondering how will she cope without her regular training 3 times a week? Holidays can be difficult when it comes to training. So off the top of my head, here are some of the main problems and how we might get over them…
My Plate from the USDA
The USDA revamped its guide on what to eat the other day. It used to be a funny pyramid with lots of stripes on. I was never very keen on it, because it wasn’t very clear to me. But I think I like this new one. It is clear and simple. And importantly, it is very clear that half of what you eat should be made up of fruit and veggies.
Indoor rowing
Half a marathon is 21.1 km, or 21,097 metres long. That is a long way. It takes my friend Mark about 1 hour 20 minutes to row it on the indoor rowers here at work. The British record for his division is 1 hour 13 minutes. So Mark is going at a very good pace, and he is working his body hard! Almost everyone I tell is very impressed by this…then I tell them that he is going to do 50 of these half marathons over the course of 60 days…then everyone is impressed! Other ways of saying 50 half marathons include:
