Todd Buckingham, Ph.D. | Lead Exercise Physiologist, Mary Free Bed Sports Rehabilitation Breathing Before we start our discussion on breathing, I want you to take a minute and pay attention to your breathing right now. Are you breathing through your nose or your mouth? Chances are (if you’re reading this...
Todd Buckingham, Ph.D. | Lead Exercise Physiologist, Mary Free Bed Sports Rehabilitation Altitude Training With the Olympic Trials and Olympic Games just around the corner, we will undoubtedly hear about altitude training. So, before you hear commentators on NBC talking about it (oftentimes incorrectly), I wanted to let you know...
Deanna Marie Scheid | Lead Exercise, Regional Health & Wellness Specialist (Retail Dietitian), SpartanNash Pre-Exercise What you put in your gut 24-48 hours before a workout can determine performance outcomes and how you feel during and after exercise. When thinking of what to eat before a workout there are a few things to thinking about. Type, timing...
Todd Buckingham, Ph.D. | Lead Exercise Physiologist, Mary Free Bed Sports Rehabilitation Running Cadence For years, runners around the world have heard that running at 180 steps per minute (spm) is the ideal running cadence. This came from the legendary run coach, Jack Daniels (no, not that Jack Daniels…cue drinking...
Todd Buckingham, Ph.D. | Lead Exercise Physiologist, Mary Free Bed Sports Rehabilitation Strength training and injury prevention I’ve received some great feedback on my last two blog posts about strength training for endurance athletes. And I just so happened to be chatting with a friend last week and he said...
Todd Buckingham, Ph.D. | Lead Exercise Physiologist, Mary Free Bed Sports Rehabilitation Strength training for endurance athletes In my last blog post I talked about lifting weights and running. Specifically, should I run and then lift weights, or should I lift weights and then run? As a reminder, if your...
Todd Buckingham, Ph.D. | Lead Exercise Physiologist, Mary Free Bed Sports Rehabilitation Should I run then lift weights or lift weights then run? This is such a great question and one that I get all the time. Both from runners and strength athletes. The answer is a bit more nuanced...
Todd Buckingham, Ph.D. | Lead Exercise Physiologist, Mary Free Bed Sports Rehabilitation Would you rather be a Ferrari or a Prius? If you’re an endurance athlete, your answer had better be “Prius”. Why? I’m glad you asked! The Prius gets much better gas mileage than a Ferrari. As endurance...
Todd Buckingham, Ph.D. | Lead Exercise Physiologist, Mary Free Bed Sports Rehabilitation Working out more is always on the top of people’s New Year Resolutions, but what can you do to help follow through on those goals? I recently had the opportunity to talk to Stellafly’s own, Shelley Irwin...
Todd Buckingham, Ph.D. | Lead Exercise Physiologist, Mary Free Bed Sports Rehabilitation Lactate has built up a pretty bad reputation in the past. Well, I’m here to dispel that reputation and give lactate the credit it deserves…I’m the hype man lactate never knew it needed! First of all, lactate vs....