Yoga Music Pick #6

Lately, I have been focusing more on my home practice as I’m now a much longer drive to the Yoga by Sarah studio, not to mention that my Ironman training schedule eats up just about every waking hour that I’m not already at my regular ‘9-to-5’ professional job.  While there’s a lot that I miss [...]

TrySport Niagara Swim Clinic

Approximately one month ago – I know, I’ve been a busy boy – I was invited to participate in a special Masters Swim Clinic hosted by the good folks at the new TrySport Niagara store.  ‘TrySport Niagara’ is run by local professional triathlete Wolfgang Guembel and his equally athletic better half, Barb Szybka.  I’m sure [...]

Avoiding ‘Swim Rage’, or Basic Lane Swim Etiquette 101

Imagine what life would be like driving on the road in your car if there were no traffic rules to be observed by motorists. It would be complete and utter chaos.  Believe me, it would.  I have experienced this first hand while trying to drive in Manila, in the Philippines.  Motorists don’t drive – they [...]

Yoga Myths

There has been some interesting press around yoga as the veritable ‘all-encompassing workout’ lately and it has been causing more than a stir in my lycra-clad yogic circles.  On a few occasions, friends (and fellow practitioners) have forwarded  me some interesting articles regarding some rather, shall we say, interesting views and perceptions about yoga.  Maybe [...]

Eat, Pray, Poop

(WARNING:  this post may contain content of a graphic nature, including more information than you ever wanted to know about my bowel movements.  Viewer discretion is definitely advised.) I experienced something rather, well, both fantastic and unexpected yesterday after my usual Thursday morning hot yoga class.  In fact, just saying that I “experienced” it really [...]

Tightwad Triathlete Tip #7

Judging by the number of new yoga mats, pristine prAna shirts and assorted fancy bric-a-brac in this mornings yoga class, Santa was very good to some people this year (myself included, of course).  Of course, this also means that Santa’s coffers will be rather limited in the coming months as well so any opportunity to [...]

Let the Good Times Flow

You may remember way back when, I once complained of suffering from a bad case of “Swimmers Sinusitis” after spending so much time swimming in chlorinated water at my local YMCA pool.  But, largely thanks to a few regular visitors to this blogsite, I stumbled onto the medicinal phenomenon known as the “Neti Pot”.  Sanskrit [...]

Holiday Diet Plan

As we approach the holidays there has been the inevitable barrage of informational tidbits on how to avoid the whole holiday weight gain.  Sure, sure, research tells us that most people gain weight during the holiday season.  That comes as no real surprise.  Just about any triathlon related website, message board, event series – not to [...]

Meditation and Triathlon

For the past few weeks, our TryForce coach has developed a decidedly different tone and approach to our training.  No longer is it push harder, go faster, suffer more, etc…now it’s “learn to breathe”.  Pardon?  Breathe…seriously?  He’s shitting me, right?  But, nope, there it is again at the end of each of our workouts: “Learn to [...]

For the Triathlete Who Has Everything (Part 2)

Just in case the original round of gift ideas weren’t to your liking don’t fret, as there’s plenty more where they came from.  Truly, the Skymall catalogue is literally spewing forth with holiday awesomeness for your special wannabe triathlete.  There’s simply no reason to be ill-prepared, ill-equipped or ill-advised in the coming 2012 race season.  [...]