Yuck gross, I know but periods and exercise are a place you can get yourself into some real lasting trouble. You might have heard that women who exercise a lot loose their periods and maybe even that they are infertile. While neither of these are necessarily true but they actually can be and worse, scary... Continue Reading →
How Fitness Becomes an Addiction
We all know someone, probably, that seems to take exercise too far. We also probably know by now that anything can become an addiction. Eating, not eating, sex, wine, harmless bickering or cleaning all seem like great things but we can take them too far. I’ve been exercising a lot lately and I don’t think... Continue Reading →
Stuff I’m Gonna Get to After Training Stops
Training for much more that a 10k can consume your life in a pretty big way. Even a 10k can really eat into your free time in a otherwise busy life for a couple of weeks. I’ve been training for a half marathon for since February and building my base for training before that. But... Continue Reading →
When is It Time to Skip a Workout!
You might be mid training plan and feel like you have to get that long run in no matter what. Perhaps this is the day for your 120 km bike ride on the way to your century. But sometimes you should skip it no matter what. However, other times you might really want to skip... Continue Reading →
Signs You Might be Taking Exercise Too Far
I'm not messing around here. You can take exercise too far and it can become unhealthy. How far is too far, thankfully pretty far. Let's see what the science says and how you know it might be time to scale back. Let's delve deep into that line between we all so it and too much.... Continue Reading →