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Exercise General Cardiology General Medicine Healthy Living

Go fast, it is good for the heart…

High intensity exercise was in the news today. Let’s do science: Don’t worry, I will make it easy. Background: It is known that exercise is good for the heart, even after stents or bypass. Historically, high intensity exercise was too scary to recommend for heart patients. Recently though, reports have suggested that high intensity exercise […]

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Cycling Stuff Cyclocross Exercise General Ablation

Reach out and try…On Racing and Ablating

I give you this outstanding piece on the essence of cyclocross. On this same day that “runzen” pens this treatise, our PapaJohn’s sponsored Storm the Greens gets a really nice shout-out in the CJ. There is little to add to “runzen,” except to spin the sensations described into the larger picture of health and life. […]

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Cycling Stuff Exercise General Medicine Health Care Healthy Living

A note to our educators…On Gym Class

This very important study on the importance of fitness in early adulthood almost passed me by. That is, until this sign at Walden caught my eye… Here is a study linking cardiovascular fitness in early adulthood with increased intelligence, better performance on cognitive tests and higher achievement later in life. In other words, being fit […]

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Cycling Stuff Exercise

Indoors and happy…

Wednesday is an office day. A patient asks in a serious tone, “Hear you are a bike racer?” “Yes,” I answer. “Have you ever ridden in the Tour de France.” Pause. Huge Grin. Trying not to disappoint, I respond, “No, I started a little late in life.” I give you this file from today’s workout. […]

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Cycling Stuff Cyclocross Exercise Healthy Living

Participation is cross…

Only one more weekend of cyclocross remains. Sundays have been so good. Community, participation, challenge, support and togetherness all are appropriate words. There are few sports where the whole family participates. Sunday cross begins in the AM and races go all day. Women, junior’s, 3 categories of men and then even the pro’s each get […]

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Cycling Stuff Exercise Reflection

Cold weather and exercise…

The winter season is just around the corner. Exercising outdoors now becomes a little trickier. As a trained observer, it was obvious that many cyclocross racers were over dressed. I saw many red faces from head gear or tights and long sleeves. Saw the same things while coaching Cross Country running. It was a brisk […]

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Cycling Stuff Cycling Wed Exercise General Medicine Health Care Knowledge Reflection

A Guest Blog. Not only a plan for exercise; a plan for life.

My good friend Bob Bobrow volunteered a guest blog. A major stimulus for my entree into words stems from many hours traveling to races with Bob. He is a lawyer so is better with words than I. Take your time with these words. They are the essence of what I tell patients about exercise. Once […]

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Cycling Stuff Exercise Reflection

Cross Country-Pure,simple, real and missed by a retired coach.

This Sunday was the Aggie Stampede CC meet at Saint Agnes on Newburg road. Why were we there? The course is tight and is best guided by a “rabbit.” No motorized vehicles will do. There has always been a cx rider acting as a rabbit. Brad Swope in previous years, but this year Will and […]

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Cycling Stuff Exercise

A Celebration of Exercise

The mayors “Hike and Bike” This year I tried to get Will to consider going mountain biking at Brown County. No way, H and B is a tradition for us every Memorial/Labor day. Thousands of people ride. Will and his team Red Zone cycling get to start in front. That’s pretty cool. A call up […]