by sutherland | Feb 21, 2012 | clinic, fall
So … Monday night clinic … yeah … Not a good performance this week. I knew going in that it would be bad, but had no idea, really. Last week I donated blood. And it was a double-red donation, so they took twice as many red-blood cells as a regular donation...
by sutherland | Feb 14, 2012 | clinic, exercise
So did a week of interval training make any discernable difference in my performance? Maybe. I talked to the coach before practice about changes I’d made in my workout routine this week and he thought they were okay. He also seems to think that I’d be fine...
by sutherland | Feb 8, 2012 | exercise
So Monday’s clinic taught me that I needed to add anaerobic exercise to my routine. Today I made a stab at that. First, this is not a recommendation or suggestion for what you should do. I’m not at all knowledgeable about exercise, fitness, or nutrition –...
by sutherland | Feb 7, 2012 | clinic, exercise
Yes, I’d been planning to start back with the lessons in January, but I had several things that would have interfered with Monday nights and didn’t want to start if I couldn’t go every week right away. Did the three months of exercise get me in better shape? ...
by sutherland | Jan 2, 2012 | exercise, fall, pain
RDV had four hours of public skating today, so four 45-minute sessions. I made it through three of them. I broke each session into two 10-minute skates with a 5-minute break and ending with a 15-minute skate. The first ten minutes were painful again – my upper...