02/13/2024
This month has been one of my personal bests along my fitness journey!
Everything I have learned over the past 25 years makes more sense now. More specifically, I have learned a lot more about fitness performance, cardio, and nutrition.
As a swimmer, I learned a better way to keep a consistent stroke count without regular visits to a masseuse.
One of my favorite songs suggests, "If you like learning, life is large." Nothing is more fun than making sense of what I have found perplexing.
It may not seem like a significant issue for you, but keeping a consistent stroke count has been something that has always eluded me.
Here is how it happened: I recently decided to implement this strategy focussing on stimulating brain-derived neurotrophic facts (BDNF).
It just so happens that solving for BDNF production also helps with stroke count. Talk about two birds with one stone!
After 25 years, one other thing I concluded is that speed builds endurance. I felt like I would go out on a limb if I said that publicly. Little did I know, though, that a top running coach has recently come to the same conclusion.
For those of you that don’t know, I trained for triathlons. I rode about 300 miles per week while running about 30 miles per week during the height of my training.
About eight years in, I was hit by a car while riding my bike. Shortly after that, I lost feeling in half of my body.
I had to learn to walk again. I had to learn how to maintain my weight without being able to do any cardio.
The best part is that I learned about resistance training and how to count calories. So now I know and intimately understand two very different approaches to weight loss.
If there is an issue you are facing with your fitness, there is no doubt in my mind that we, together, can develop a solution.
If you want more about what I have learned, suggest a topic below.
Also, I have an e-book you can download, many videos on our YouTube channel, and tons of posts and information at iHeartGains.com.
