Mid-August: Run Run Walk Run
I'm back to training for the Akron half marathon at the end of September. The MS150 ride is a great cross training for running, but nothing really prepares you for a long run than...
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How to Incorporate Fitness into Your Everyday Life
Let’s discuss how to incorporate fitness into your everyday life. We all know about those official moments of exercise: we go to the gym, we take a yoga class, we follow along on a Youtube exercise video, and we go running for our scheduled number of miles or minutes. Sometimes that isn’t enough. For me, I have days where I get busy with work related activities, or family activities, or some other distracting thing. So there are things we can all do that help us get a bit stronger and sure can’t hurt. I think we all know by now that we’re supposed to park far away from the door of the store. It’s good to get those extra steps. But you can also try using a...
Health Coach, Personal Trainer, and All-Around Athlete Stacy Rhea
Episode #15 of Becoming Elli – Fit, Strong Women Over 50 Podcast: Download | Play in New Window Subscribe: Apple Podcasts (iTunes) | Google Podcasts | Android-Google Play | Stitcher | Player FM | Castbox | Tunein | Spotify | RSS In this podcast, Chris and Jill discuss the 150-mile bike ride Chris rode this summer and their training efforts over the summer. They also talk with Stacy Rhea, a health coach and personal trainer, who participates in all kinds of sports. In her 20’s, Stacy was like many of us. She drank, she ate whatever she wanted, and had no knowledge about healthy living or eating. She also smoked starting at the age of 13. When her father had to have quadruple bypass surgery, Stacy decided to make changes in her own life. Stacy’s journey into health and fitness began with body building where she began to realize the power...
MS150 Bike Ride Recap
Last Saturday and Sunday I rode in the Buckeye Breakaway bike ride fundraiser. It supports the National MS Society and also the folks in Ohio who have MS. Multiple Sclerosis is not well understood. They don't know what causes it. Sometimes it will go into remission and go away...
Review: Aftershokz Trekz Air Wireless Bone Conduction Headphones
I returned from my trip abroad this summer and apparently my boyfriend missed me because he bought me a pair of Trekz Air Wireless Bone Conduction Headphones by Aftershokz as a welcome home gift. I felt a little guilty because I brought him some souvenir gifts from Italy but I scored the fancy present. I've talked before about my running playlist. I enjoy listening to music or podcasts while I'm running. Last summer I bought a pair of Plantronics Bluetooth headphones for running and I really liked them. They have ear buds though which means that it makes it harder to hear what’s going o around me plus I’m always fiddling with the earbuds. I can deal with the earbuds when running on a treadmill but...
What I Have Learned in 7 Years of Training for my Annual 150 Mile Bike Ride
I'm doing the MS150 bike ride this weekend! Before I got fit, if you had told me that I'd be comfortable riding 150 miles on a bicycle, I would have thought you were crazy. The first ride I took with the team I eventually joined, I remember really wanting to turn around before we had even ridden 4 miles. I was riding a hybrid-style bike with big heavy tires and a wide puffy seat. I thought it would be comfortable, but I now know that a street bike with skinny tires and a tiny seat, that fits my sit bones, is way more comfortable and easier to ride. It all started in winter of 2011 when I tried spinning at my gym. I signed up to do...
Car Trips and Trying to Be Healthy
Besides flying to Italy, all of my travel has been by car this year. I’ve made numerous long car trips this summer. I’m talking about trips ranging from six to ten hours. Those days are hard to get my steps in and hard to eat the way I want. I struggle with this so all I can do is share some of the things I try. I’d sure appreciate hearing from others how they handle long car rides. Entertainment on Car Trips Now, I’m usually alone when I take these trips. In order not to be bored and not to have to rely on the radio while driving through the West Virginia mountains, I make sure to have some music downloaded onto my phone. I also make...
Salad Recipe with Cucumber, Feta, Tomato, Chick Peas
Last weekend I enjoyed a Mama Mia movie party with several friends. We had a delicious spread of various Mediterranean salads and chicken on the grill. I decided to recreate the cucumber feta tomato chick pea salad for a birthday party! Light, delicious, and easy to make - this is a guilt-free enjoyable salad that is stays fresh in the summer humidity. I find that I really enjoy salads that are based on more than just lettuce. - Chris Ingredients: cucumbers chick peas grape tomatoes onions feta cheese Directions: Wash outside of cucumber. Slice cucumber down the length into dill pickle sized spears. Cut into bit size pieces. Open and drain chick peas (also known as garbanzo beans.) Pat dry before combining with other ingredients. Slice grape tomatoes into quarters. Dice...
Vacation Fitness Advice
I'm going to give you some vacation fitness advice. You see, I’ve had a great summer. I just returned from a ten-day visit to Italy. I went to Venice, Florence, and Rome. It was ten days of eating, drinking, and walking. And then more walking. And even more walking. All three cities were fantastic. Lots of history, lots of churches, and lots of gelato shops. Walking, walking, and more walking Here’s my thinking on taking a vacation. I was so happy to be in shape. All my running and lifting and working out paid off. I walked a lot of steps, significantly more than normal for me but I did it without problem. I climbed up some steep hills and lots of stairs and did it without...
Getting Past Negative Voices Women Over 50 Podcast
Episode #14 of Becoming Elli - Fit, Strong Women Over 50 Podcast: Download | Play in New Window Subscribe: Apple Podcasts (iTunes) | Google Podcasts | Android-Google Play | Stitcher | Player FM | Castbox | Tunein | Spotify | RSS Do you ever have a day when you are just not “feeling it?” When it is a struggle to stay positive, to stay on the healthy side of eating, or to stay on your workout schedule? Ever had a day when the negative voices in your head comes up with lots of excuses and faulty reasoning? Or a well-meaning comment from a friend or family member hits you wrong? In today’s podcast Jill and Chris talk through some situations where voices of doubt may creep in and impair your...