By Coach John Hughes "Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical." — Yogi Berra, 18 time Major League Baseball All-Star. The same thing applies to cycling, especially to going faster. The days grow longer (and hopefully drier and warmer). Let’s ride! Let’s rebuild our cycling fitness. … [Read more...] about Anti-Aging: 7 Mental Skills to Make You Faster
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New Word, Old Worries and Both About Sugar
By Kevin Kolodziejski I daresay you’ll never converse with one. Even if you truly have a screw loose and take a two-week, ice-cycle vacation across the Arctic and subarctic regions. While then you just might meet an Inuit, one of the 65,000 or so people who inhabit those regions — and whom the politically correct no longer call Eskimos — there’s still absolutely no chance … [Read more...] about New Word, Old Worries and Both About Sugar
The Latest on Irregular Heartbeats in Lifelong Exercisers
By Gabe Mirkin, M.D. Many studies show that a lifetime of vigorous exercise makes the heart stronger and healthier and does not harm it. However, as I reported earlier, a few studies that got a lot of media attention suggested that chronic intense exercise can damage the heart to cause irregular heartbeats. Now a study of elite lifetime endurance athletes has found … [Read more...] about The Latest on Irregular Heartbeats in Lifelong Exercisers
Exercise Better Than Calorie Restriction to Control a Fatty Liver
by Gabe Mirkin, M.D. Both exercise and calorie restriction reduced liver fat in overweight and obese adults, but only exercise had a dose-dependent effect in reducing liver fat and reducing belly fat (Br J Spots Med, Jan 20, 2023). Storing fat in your belly is a stronger risk factor for diabetes than just being overweight, and is arguably the most common cause of Type II … [Read more...] about Exercise Better Than Calorie Restriction to Control a Fatty Liver
Anti-Aging: How to Improve Your Diet and Performance This Winter
By Coach John Hughes Healthy nutrition increases longevity and performance. Eating a good diet reduces your risks of the most common health conditions as you age: heart disease including stroke; diabetes; being overweight, which increases your risk of heart disease and diabetes; osteoporosis; and some kinds of cancer. Research suggests what you eat may reduce the risk of … [Read more...] about Anti-Aging: How to Improve Your Diet and Performance This Winter