What a GREAT DAY to swim! This, by the way, is me being highly sarcastic. SWIMMING and GREAT don’t often go in the same sentence for me. BUT, after I adjusted my last patient before lunch, I grabbed my goggles, cap and suit and off I went for a darn good workout with Pierre. Melissa Dalio, Posi Chiro’s exercise physiologist and endurance coach, joined me for the swim and afterwards told me 2 things: 1) I don’t rotate through the center of my body, rather I swivel when turning from side to side, creating a whole lot of water resistance. 2) I “lead” the stroke with my hand, not my elbow, which throws my entire balance off making me have to work even harder to move in a straight line. So I tried to adopt these 2 things in my next 100 meter set and swam it faster than all my previous sets preceding it, a 1:35 100! So perhaps there is hope for me in the water? Felt great afterward, grabbed a bite and back to treating my wonderful patients smelling a little like chlorine! I hope you don’t mind if you are one of them…
September 27, 2009
This is my first blog and I am writing this with high hopes to make a difference in peoples lives. You may know me already, or we may yet have to meet. But those who know me understand how I priortize FITNESS in my life.
My mission statement in my career as a sports chiropractor, at Positively Chiropractic, is summed up with: “We Always Keep You Moving Forward.”
Thus, I have decided to use this, a BLOG, for my friends, patients and family to act as another form of motivation, inspiration perhaps, to adapt regular exercise and a fitness routine into your lives. I officially invite you to view my training schedule and race reports that I entwine into one very busy schedule.
Like many of you, I have a family, career, tons of responsibilities, and personal goals I’d love to attain. Thus, when I train, it’s done with great focus. I race XTERRA triathlon, as well as compete in a variety of adventure racing, focusing mainly on my greatest joy, mountain biking. Having a goal is my first testimony in staying in shape, and thus my very first suggestion for you, Get A Goal.
I am inviting my husband, Pierre, to help me with this BLOG. Pierre is now my International-Senior-Executive-Vice-President-For-Marketing for Posi-Chiro! He is also my coach in my business, my life, and now in my training. Today for example, he coached me through our 2 ½ hour road ride which included sets of hard effort: My husband and personal trainer who I get to work out with often, how lucky am I?
So, Pierre is going to add to my BLOG about my achievements or set-backs. He knows more than anyone how hard I try to stay loyal to a workout schedule, and how hard I try to hit personal bests especially when they are a priority.
Please write me when you need a word of inspiration to get into motion, or if you get stumped on your training schedule and need a kick in the butt! Let’s get fit together, no excuses, no more waiting!!!
Dr. Kathy