"People with major depression, who exercised for 40 minutes 3 times a week, experienced the same lift in depression as those who took prescription medication."
"Life is too short to waste on negative thought or action. Whatever the goal, running can help people reach their dreams."
"Running will create a big space in your life in which all other things fit. It will help you to achieve balance."
"So much in life seems inflexible and unchangeable, and part of the joy of running and especially racing is the realization that improvement and progress can be achieved."
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Fuel for your Mind
It's necessary to fuel your body, physically, for the training and for proper recovery.
It's also as important to fuel your body, mentally.
There is a functional link between physiology and psychology.
"The secret of great runners is not after all in their stride.
It lies in the power they gather inside themselves on the starting block,
before they take the first step. "
"Don't ever accept any one's preconceived limitations.
If there is something you want to do, there isn't any reason you can't do it. "
"Winning is never having to say I quit. "
"A runner who wishes to get strong must make use of the strength he has.
The more he gives, the more he will get."
"Feel worthwhile as a runner.
Feel proud of yourself as a runner.
You strive to do your best just like the elites up front."
It's also as important to fuel your body, mentally.
There is a functional link between physiology and psychology.
"The secret of great runners is not after all in their stride.
It lies in the power they gather inside themselves on the starting block,
before they take the first step. "
"Don't ever accept any one's preconceived limitations.
If there is something you want to do, there isn't any reason you can't do it. "
"Winning is never having to say I quit. "
"A runner who wishes to get strong must make use of the strength he has.
The more he gives, the more he will get."
"Feel worthwhile as a runner.
Feel proud of yourself as a runner.
You strive to do your best just like the elites up front."
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Ayurvedic Guidelines for Healthy Exercise
One of the classic Ayurveda texts states: "By physical exercise, one gets lightness, capacity to work, firmness, tolerance of difficulties, diminution of physical impurities and strengthening of digestion and metabolism."
Exercise creates energy!
Exercise should be performed in moderation.
You should use only 50 percent of your maximum capacity, exercising every day, preferably in the morning from 6am to 10am.
If you can run 10km, go for 5. The lower limit makes exercise more efficient, because you are not giving your body so much repair work to do afterward, and your cardiovascular system will have an easier time returning to normal after your workout. You should feel energetic and comfortable, never too strained or tired.
Exercise should get you all ready and pumped up and excited to take on the brand new day with all its challenges thrown at you. Exercise should not be breaking you down before you even get started. In that case, you might as well use the time to sleep in and continue with your sweet dream until it's time to get up for the day's work.
Also this is not detrimental to your fitness. With regular exercise, your capacity will grow. By gradually increasing the amount of exercise, as time goes by, you will start to speed up while your heart rate and sense of effort and intensity remain constant.
In the heat of competitive sports, you may not notice how strenuously you are exerting yourself. If it is fun to play, then carry on. But if you are pushing on just to win the game or simply to prove that you can keep up with someone else, your attitude is needlessly punishing your body.
Make the distinction between fitness and health. "Fitness is the physical ability to perform athletic activity. Health is the state where all the systems of the body -nervous, muscular, skeletal, circulatory, digestive, lymphatic, hormonal, etc - are working in an optimal way." Health should lead and guide fitness. Not the other way around.
It isn't "no pain, no gain".
It's "no pain, no pain"!
So remember: No strain produces maximum gain.
Saw Sun(-rise)? Run.
Heard Gun(-shot)? Start Run.
No Fun? Stop Run!
Exercise creates energy!
Exercise should be performed in moderation.
You should use only 50 percent of your maximum capacity, exercising every day, preferably in the morning from 6am to 10am.
If you can run 10km, go for 5. The lower limit makes exercise more efficient, because you are not giving your body so much repair work to do afterward, and your cardiovascular system will have an easier time returning to normal after your workout. You should feel energetic and comfortable, never too strained or tired.
Exercise should get you all ready and pumped up and excited to take on the brand new day with all its challenges thrown at you. Exercise should not be breaking you down before you even get started. In that case, you might as well use the time to sleep in and continue with your sweet dream until it's time to get up for the day's work.
Also this is not detrimental to your fitness. With regular exercise, your capacity will grow. By gradually increasing the amount of exercise, as time goes by, you will start to speed up while your heart rate and sense of effort and intensity remain constant.
In the heat of competitive sports, you may not notice how strenuously you are exerting yourself. If it is fun to play, then carry on. But if you are pushing on just to win the game or simply to prove that you can keep up with someone else, your attitude is needlessly punishing your body.
Make the distinction between fitness and health. "Fitness is the physical ability to perform athletic activity. Health is the state where all the systems of the body -nervous, muscular, skeletal, circulatory, digestive, lymphatic, hormonal, etc - are working in an optimal way." Health should lead and guide fitness. Not the other way around.
It isn't "no pain, no gain".
It's "no pain, no pain"!
So remember: No strain produces maximum gain.
Saw Sun(-rise)? Run.
Heard Gun(-shot)? Start Run.
No Fun? Stop Run!
Monday, June 22, 2009
Exercise is Addictive !
"Exercise [Running] washes away the chemistry of distress, which gives you such a great feeling.
This can be addictive.
Add the feeling of self-worth that comes from accomplishing a difficult physical challenge.
And you have a potent combination.
Before you know it, it becomes harder not to exercise [run]."
This can be addictive.
Add the feeling of self-worth that comes from accomplishing a difficult physical challenge.
And you have a potent combination.
Before you know it, it becomes harder not to exercise [run]."
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Do not confuse exercise with work
That is,
- you work when you work
- you work when you exercise
- you work when you play.
Work, work, work! All works & no play?
You are turning the poor Jack into a dull boy!
But, all play and no work make Jack a mere toy?
Just send the dull-Jack and toy-Jack to play on the see-saw!
Do not confuse exercise with work.
Work could be fun. But exercise should be fun. Running is fun!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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