by John & Heather Robertson | Jul 8, 2019 | Education, Fitness, Nutrition
For most of us, exercise is an activity that can be used to increase ones fitness, shed some body fat, decrease stress, meet new people or maybe all of the above! Regardless, there are some basic fitness tips that apply to all but a select few and in this blog I...
by John & Heather Robertson | Feb 25, 2019 | Education, Fitness, Uncategorized, Workouts
One aspect of our ever-changing technology are the metrics we use. Today there are countless gauges to use to determine if your current well-being is suffice. Some of the more popular are (am I missing any?) heart rate, heart rate variability, gps tracking for pace...
by John & Heather Robertson | Mar 8, 2018 | Education, Fitness, Nutrition
For those that know my fitness journey, I have been doing some form of endurance sports for 20 years now. My first triathlon was in 1998 at age 24, which led to 4 years later competing as an elite racing Ironman and Half-Ironman triathlons until 2007. Prior to age 24,...
by John & Heather Robertson | Dec 11, 2017 | Education, Fitness, Nutrition
Several years ago I had a good friend of mine come watch an Ironman triathlon. He was really into general fitness and healthy eating. As athlete’s were setting up their morning race routine he commented “why are there so many overweight...
by John & Heather Robertson | Jun 28, 2017 | Education, Fitness
When it comes to endurance sports you have to take into account each athletes individual needs. I would rank this as the number 1 thing when you are designing a race strategy. Number 2 in this plan is periodization and this article will explain just what that is, as...
by John & Heather Robertson | Aug 24, 2016 | Education, Fitness
This past Saturday, I accompanied my good friend David over the pass from Aspen, Colorado to the town of Leadville for the Leadville 100 trail running race. David did this race 2 years ago, and I was there that year to help crew for him between aid stations. This year...
