Your Intensity to Recovery Ratio
Wheels to Wellness This week’s “spoke” in my Wheels to Wellness summer series is rest and recovery. Life lesson from the Bike In cycling, at the gym, and with athletics in general, it is easy to focus on our training. How many miles, how many reps, what weight, how...
Wheels to Wellness
Life Lessons from the Bike As a cyclist, I’ve learned a lot on the bike. I remember some of my first bicycles as a child. Some had pedal brakes, went backward when you pedaled backward, or had training wheels to help me keep my balance. As an adult, my passion is with...
Life Lesson from the Bike: Smoking & Gifts of the Season
Lung cancer remains the No. 1 cancer killer AND the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S. and yet 1 in 5 Americans still smoke. What does this have to do with the bike? In 5th grade – Ms. Jelsma’s class – I made a poster for my dad asking him to...
