Andrew’s Blog

Posture and Swim Speed

There are two simple ways to swim faster: increase your stroke rate (SR) or increase your stroke length (SL) In other words, SR x SL = swimming velocity.  But Terry...
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Abundance

Abundance is the natural state of affairs in the Universe; it flows in my life as I release all attachment to it. I release that which resists the manifestation of...
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Machine Training Faults: Stabilizers

Weak or untrained stabilizers can be overloaded quickly, sending inhibitory signals to the prime movers of a specific movement and resulting in decreased neural drive to those muscles.  In other...
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The Negative Aspect of Running

Running is essentially eccentric.  And I don’t mean that runners are odd (they have nothing on triathletes).  What I mean is that the impact of running is handled by the...
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Your Body on Sabbatical

You probably know where your glutes are.  Thanks to your job, you have extensive knowledge of the seated workplace environment.  But just because you sit on your glutes when you...
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Q and A about Cramping and Fueling during Triathlon

Question for you... I did a 70.3 yesterday in prep for IMLP. My swim and bike went according to plan.  I got off the bike running according to plan feeling...
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Blood Tests and "Normal" levels of Thyroid

 
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Cycling Evolution

  You remember those jumping jacks we did as kids?  Well, all that jumping jacked us up.  Though, I don't know if you can place all the blame on our...
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