by Jessica Kisiel | Aug 23, 2012 | Sports Training
Proprioception is defined by Mosby’s dictionary as “the kinesthetic sense. The sense that deals with sensations of body position, posture, balance, and motion.” Simply put, it is your ability to feel your body’s joint positions and movements in space....
by Jessica Kisiel | Aug 10, 2012 | Sports Training
1. Embrace Your Competitor When I read about this strategy in Running Within by Jerry Lynch and Warren Scott I was intrigued. I had always seen the other women in my races as rivals to be beaten and crushed, not embraced! Lynch and Scott describe how anger...
by Jessica Kisiel | Aug 2, 2012 | Sports Training
In case you missed my article in the Los Alamos Daily Post it is reprinted below. You have probably heard that having a strong core is important and will help with back pain, athletic performance, injury prevention, posture and the various activities of daily...
by Jessica Kisiel | Jul 20, 2012 | Sports Training
I have always been a low tech exerciser and competitor. In my sports training I have mainly used heart rate and time as measures of my effort and intensity. There are several reasons for my choice. First, learning new technology can be frustrating. I...
by Jessica Kisiel | Jun 6, 2012 | Sports Training
Protein seems to be the most misunderstood of the food nutrients. And it is no wonder with the popularity of high protein diets, protein powders, bars, and so on. Since I am not a dietitian I will share some of the sound advice offered by sports nutritionist and...
by Jessica Kisiel | Jun 1, 2012 | Sports Training
You’ve heard you should do interval training but how and more importantly why? Intervals are an important training technique because you can push your body harder for shorter periods of time than for a long duration. Challenging your body to go beyond the...
