Active Recovery

This is Dave. Dave just finished a triathlon and is demonstrating Savasana, or "Corps Pose." Dave is smart, he knows that the best way to recover from a strenuous workout or competition is to engage in low intensity activities like yoga. You see, low-intensity activities assists blood circulation which, in turn, helps remove lactic acid from the muscle. Low-intensity active recovery appears to significantly reduce accumulated blood lactate and speed muscle recovery. Yoga provides for optimal blood flow without impact to the joints, making it an ideal form of active recovery. Just make sure that you do more poses than just Savasana!!!!!

Other active recovery workouts include; swimming, stationary rowing, climbing, and cycling. The key to this form of recovery is that we keep it a low intensity (roughly 30% RPE)

Tis the season...

For many (Lindsay and I excluded) the racing season has come to a close. It is now time to focus on developing strength, balance and flexibility to ensure success for next season! We obviously encourage a healthy dose of yoga. But beyond that, now is the time to venture out and try a couple of new things. My friend Brad is throwing himself head first into "winter triathlons" that involve snowshoeing, C.C. skying and other mitten related endeavors. Trail running is a sure fire way to develop those stabilizer muscles of the lower leg and ankle. Indoor climbing is an amazing utilization of those skills developed in your yoga practice. It will certainly help develop your core strength and flexibility and requires a bit of that composure we discussed previously. Go outside your comfort zone with a spin class. ( if you are in the Lakewood/Golden area let me know, i promise to take you out of your comfort zone!) Take this time to explore new ways of maintaining that fitness level that you have worked so diligently to obtain over the warmer months. Lindsay and are hard at work developing a fun, yet challenging Prep phase (I dislike the term "off season") regime for those interested. It will include a yoga sequence like you have NEVER experienced. We will be introducing it little bits at a time, so check back regularly.

Composure

In whatever we seek to achieve, it is he who is composed in the face of true adversity that will effectuate greatness. Regardless if it is a marathon, a challenging arm balance or in Lavera's case an upcoming bout, our ability to relinquish external distractions is imperative to our eventual success. Equanimity is often the difference between 1st and 2nd place and should not be allowed to be our undoing. This is applicable in every aspect of our daily lives. How often do we find ourselves losing control of our ability to reason because of external factors? Because of this, action is often created when it is not neccisary and avoided at times when it is. To quote the Gita, "He who can see inaction in the midst of action, and action in the midst of inaction, is wise and can act in the spirt of yoga."

THE FIRST OF MANY

It is officially off of the ground. After many discussions between Lindsay and myself, we are up and running.... sort of.
Our intent is to develop a yoga flow that incorporates additional strength movements targeted at multi-sport athletes.
Our current focus is on expanding our knowledge of all elements of fitness. We will both be learning the ways of the crossfit world on March 6th and 7th as we get our level 1 certs in Golden Co.
In addition to this, I am very excited to say that i will be attending my first 200hr yoga teacher training in January. Lindsay is finishing her 2nd 200hr now. Also, by the end of January we will both have completed our ACE group training certifications and I will have my USAT coaching certification. Lindsay has been busy training with some of the most proficient yogis in the world, including Baron Baptiste, and Simon Park. (who is clearly a true gangsta!!)
And of course, we are both diligently training for our final races of the season. I will be competing in Ironman Arizona next weekend, while Lindsay will be racing on Thanksgiving day in Goodyear Az.
check back for results and photos as well as TRIYOGA updates!!!!!!