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Category Archives: Cross Training
Cross Training – February Fitness Check Up
Back on January 3, I did my first Presidential Fitness Test for 2016. A month later, it looks like there has been some progress, but plenty room for more. So, if you took 100 forty-one-year-old guys and lined them up … Continue reading
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Tagged 5K Training, cross training, Presidential Fitness Test, push-ups, Running
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Cross Training – Fitness Tests Show a Need for Improvement
As part of getting into the new year, I thought it would be a good idea to do another Presidential Fitness test to see how I am measuring up. As with the New Year’s Day 5K, the results show that … Continue reading
Cross Training – How to Train for Getting Around Other Runners
Anyone who does organized races knows the pain of being stuck behind the walker, the slow runner, and the person with the jogging stroller. The question is, how do you train to get around them? Not long ago I bought … Continue reading
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Tagged 5K Training, Agility Ladder, Building Speed, Running, Running on the Road, SKLZ Quick Ladder, Training
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Cross Training – The Lingering Effects of the Navy Seal Fitness Challenge
In 2008 I ran across an article in the Chicago Tribune about an event that was going to be held at the end of summer. The article by Julie Deardorff ran August 19, and was entitled “Test yourself against Navy … Continue reading
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Tagged Navy SEAL Fitness Challenge, physical fitness, physical fitness test, pull-ups, push-ups, Running, sit-ups, Training
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Cross Training – Are You Presidentially Fit?
There will be no politics in this post. With that out of the way, let me talk about general fitness. I mentioned once before that the Presidential Fitness test many of us took as kids has an adult version. It … Continue reading
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Tagged 5k, 5K Training, physical fitness test, Presidential Fitness Test, push-ups, Running, Training, Training Program
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Cross Training – Why We Can’t Just Run: It’s Not One Thing
One of the reasons that I run is to be healthy and physically fit, but that is not something that we can achieve by running alone. Many people have their favorite physical activity or training, and whether it is running, … Continue reading
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Tagged cross training, Flexibility, physical fitness, Presidential Fitness Test, push-ups
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Introduction — Going This Distance (The 5-K)
This blog is for all the 5-K runners who want to make running part of their lives without making running their whole lives, race on the weekend, and have some fun. Whether you are a runner who is working up … Continue reading
Posted in Cross Training, Digressions, Eating and Drinking, Gear, Races, Training
Tagged 5-K, 5k, Fitness, Running
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Five K Runner: Going the (Short) Distance 