How to train your lungs for crossfit and marathons

If you are serious about training you will do everything possible to enhance your performance for the long distance runs and metcons you will perform. Apart from loading your muscles with enough iron, vitamin d and protein and training them until they burn, you can also train your lungs to take in more oxygen and stimulate your blood stream to take up more of the same.

Run the Dublin Race series 2015

I am in my third year for the Dublin race series now and I really do enjoy it. I started in 2013 and did the whole series including the Dublin marathon with a finishing time of 3:58. This year I have prepared for the Vienna marathon on 12th of April to build a base and then hopefully run the elusive sub 3 marathon in October this year. Fingers crossed.

4 long term injuries for marathoners

Hopefully it will never escalate to this stage in your running career. If it does you will already have consulted a doctor and get treatment. In addition it is ver unlikely that you will go on with your every day tasks with these symptoms, so there is no risk of over training. Still here is some guidance around the most severe injuries for marathoners.  

What you can learn from my vienna marathon goals

This time I will actually sit down and make a plan on how to achieve my goal, rather than just show up and do my best as I did in my first marathon or completely overdo it like in my second. Funnily enough my result without over pacing was better than in my second marathon.

Runners who are like Forrest Gump

I personally love the movie Forrest Gump. My favorite scene is when Forrest proposes to Jenni, she refuses and Forrest says "I am not a smart man, but i know what love is". Forrest plays ping, pong, becomes a war hero, owns parts of apple and also runs. He is not the only who crossed a nation on foot. Here are some real life examples of great individuals who run to forget or to further their cause.

How to deal with the four most common mid term injuries for marathoners

Usually these injuries occur because if shock or over usage and not paying attention to form while running, ignoring injuries or simply overreaching in your efforts. Luckily I do not have first hand experience with these injuries, as I stick to my guns and rest when my body calls for it. Here are some tips I found for those of you who face these injuries. Always remember though prevention is the best method of avoiding injuries.

Can marathoners be good crossfitters ?

March 2015

After a having a real setback in February being diagnosed with busirtis I had a good comeback in march 2015. Joining the new gym I am incorporating a lot more new exercises. In addition I experienced with Crossfit wods I had not done before and my personal highlights are a new training best on 10k with 50.25 for 2015 and a new all time best for deadlifts with 150kg lifted 5 times.

How you can lift 400kg with no relevant knowledge or training

You might wonder that this sounds impossible and strange, maybe even dangerous. You might say to yourself “On steroids everything is possible” or “With the right lever I can lift anything”. This is all true, but I did it with free weights, no special lever and no steroids. It took me from June 28^th 2014 until 2^nd to April 2015, but it was worth it. I totaled a powerlift record of squat, bench and deadlift at 407.5kg compiled of a 122.5kg press, 120kg Squat and 165kg deadlift using the Stronglift 5x5 program.

3 most common short term injuries for marathoners

Runners a fighting injuries during the season that range from the minor to the major, putting you to the bench and watch from the sidelines for a while. This series of posts will describe how to avoid injury and deal with it in a pragmatic manner above and beyond rest, elevation, compression, elevation) using active recovery techniques. As always take these tips and guidelines and double check with your doctor to be sure. If in doubt check it out.

The role of steroids in marathon and crossfit

One of the most prominent examples of doping in sports is Lance Armstrong's rise and fall in the biking hemisphere. When egos and PRs are at stake, how far are athletes willing to go ? And for what ? I am personally natural with a few minor exceptions, but I wondered what is out there and how other athletes think about the use of steroids in marathons and crossfit. Here is some of what I found.