by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | May 14, 2014 | and Life Balance
In her teens, on a multi-day river rafting trip with a school group, my sister-in-law was thrown from the boat she was paddling with a team of seven others. It happened as their small fleet of six rafts was navigating a section of Class IV rapids. For those...
by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | May 9, 2014 | and Life Balance, Ask Coach Al, Injury, Musings from Coach Al
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the wind in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~Mark Twain Have you ever felt...
by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | May 8, 2014 | Nutrition, Podcast, Recovery
[powerpress] Today we sit down with the Director of Business Development for Vitality Sciences, LLC, a leading company in the production of supplements for athletes, to discuss one of the hottest topics in endurance sports nutrition today: supplementing with Amino...
by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | May 1, 2014 | Ask Coach Al, Core Stability and Strength, Elastic Return, Functional Strength Training, Gait Analysis, Injury, Ironman, Mobility, Mobility, Run Form, Running, Running Injury, Stability, Triathlon, ultrarunning, Virtual Online Gait Analysis
Despite what some believe, strength is NOT the goal with the movement training we do. Strength is a symptom ….a symptom of moving well. In a similar vein, speed training is not the optimal path toward improving our fitness. Improved fitness leads to improved speed...
by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Apr 29, 2014 | and Life Balance
“Setting your intention is like drawing an arrow from the quiver of your heart†– Bruce Black We set goals. We strive to meet them. It’s how we live. Going back to school, a house on a hill, the corner office, fitting into those skinny jeans, a racing...