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 | Jun 28, 2012 | Posture and Technique
1. Look where you want to go with soft eyes The number one mistake beginner mountain bikers make is focusing on the obstacles in the trail. The path of your bike follows your eyes. If you stare intently at the rock, tree, or root odds are you will hit them. Instead,...
by Jessica Kisiel | Jun 11, 2012 | Injury Recovery
It’s very easy to accept your limitations and conform to societal norms. It is much more difficult to challenge common wisdom and believe that something bigger is possible. Over a decade ago I had my first knee surgery and was told my running days were...
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...
