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....
Todd Buckingham, Ph.D. | Lead Exercise Physiologist, Mary Free Bed Sports Rehabilitation Picture this: you’re running on a treadmill wearing a mask with tubes attached to it to measure your breathing. You’ve been told to run as fast and as long as you possibly can. All the while, the...
The first topic I want to cover is something that every athlete of every age and every ability level deals with – sweat. Since the mid-90s, Gatorade has been telling us just how important electrolyte replenishment is during exercise. And like the commercials show us,...
My name is Todd Buckingham and I’m a former baseball, basketball, and soccer player, and current triathlete, runner, and exercise physiologist. I went to college for 11 years and am technically a doctor (Ph.D.), although not the medical kind of doctor who helps people! Haha....
Ed Kornoelje DOMetro Health-University of Michigan Health Sports Medicine I’m hoping most people reading this are runners or know running—LSD is not the drug, but stands for “long slow distance.” And DNF means “did not finish.” No one wants a DNF if at all possible, and...
Ed Kornoelje DOMetro Health-University of Michigan Health Sports Medicine “How Does Running With a Mask Impact Your Performance?”“Should I Wear a Mask While Running?”“Stop Yelling at Runners for Not Wearing Masks!”“Yes, You Should Wear a Mask When You Run. (Yup, Including You).” We live in a headline...
Ed Kornoelje DOMetro Health-University of Michigan Health Sports Medicine OK—if you are a fan of Disney animation you will certainly recognize the title as one of the songs (and sayings) from Frozen II (yes—my wife and daughter and I just finished watching it—one of the benefits...
Every runner has a story — even those with four legs and fur. Last weekend, while we were out shooting The Whoville 5K in Grand Rapids, Michigan, we took this image of David DeVries and his dog, Mazi. He reached out and shared his story...