Once Inspired

Archive for December, 2009

Well, well; for most it is the final day at the office. And I’m sure all of you think it is completely necessary to be at the office too? (Repeatedly shaking heads from side to side) “No”, you say? I couldn’t agree more. If you’ve all been good children for Santa then you should have finished all your work already.

Well Christmas came a little early for me. As of last week I am now racing for Team Audi. Associate sponsors are New Balance, MSM: Multisport Magazine, Wasp, and Med Sport.

Team Audi is made up of a diverse group of locally talented athletes who train like professionals, yet race as amateurs whilst holding down full time

Shortness of breath is related to the fact that body heat is dissipated approximately two to four times as fast in cool water as in air of the same temperature. During exercise in cold water, skin heat loss can be 70 times greater than in air of equal temperature.

On immersion in cold water, exercise performance may be significantly impaired at first, as a result of the initial physiological responses to cold. The respiratory response may cause swimming failure within a few minutes, as high breathing rates make the synchronization of breathing and swim stroke impossible, thus resulting in the inhalation of water. It has been reported that compared to thermo-neutral water, cold waterincreases oxygen demands during moderate exercise requiring oxygen consumptions up to 2.0 l/min, but not intense exercise at 3.0 l/min.

Days off or resting phases is one of those situations. At our training plans, we don’t schedule days off unless there is any specific situation with each individual, with our approach you should be training every day, and let the days off comes naturally, be it for a professional or social commitment, or if you feel just too tired on any specific day(s), for those situations is OK to take the rest.

And how does this differs for Diabetics athletes? Why can’t it be just the same?

This is something to just make you realize that your loved ones need to be cherished and each moment with them savoured. I thankfully have had no experience of this of late but it just strikes a kind of emotion that is humbling. One that makes us take note and say thank you to those who we love and who love us.

If I knew it would be the last time that I’d see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly, and pray the Lord your soul to keep.
If I knew it would be the last time that I’d see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss, and call you back for just one more.

Read this, then choose how you start your day tomorrow.

“Jerry is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, “If I were any better, I would be twins!”

He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.