Amara in Training

Tag: health

  • Recent Read: Complete Guide to Women’s Running

    This was an interesting read, designed to help women ease themselves into the sport of running. It provided some great emotional comfort while addressing common questions and issues that females encounter while on the road. I skimmed this book and found it slightly informative. After reading it I unfortunately don’t remember much, which might speak…

  • Going Through The Motions of Bricks

    Every few weeks or so I get motivated enough to try my hand at a brick workout. (Brick workouts consist of back-to-back training exercises to prepare you for multi-sport competing.) This is my second full brick workout where I’ve done the swim-bike-run combination. The first time was actually 2 weeks ago: I did half distances…

  • Via Formspring: How do I lose the love handles and lower belly flab….. I’m overall a slim person.. but those are my problem areas

    I’m not a personal trainer but in my experience you can lose weight proportionally to your body and not really do anything for spot treatment. Essentially, you will always keep your general shape (curvy, hourglass, narrow, etc) but just in different proportions. That said, there have been studies conducted that conclude that gaining weight around…

  • Via Formspring: What was the most difficult part about taking and keeping the weight off?

    The most difficult part about taking and keeping the weight off is listening to my body. Sometimes I don’t feel motivated to exercise or eat well, but I try to listen to what my body is trying to tell me. If I’m not motivated, I try to figure out why. Am I stressed? Did I…

  • Finally Wrapped the Triple Crown Race Series!

    Today I wrapped up a three-part race series in Orange County called the Triple Crown. It was a sequence of three back-to-back races that all benefited different charities: Miles 4 Melanoma, Project YES, and the Villa Park Library. For my stick-to-it-iveness I got some nifty, long awaited medals for my efforts: Triple Crown Race Series…

  • Featured in Fitbie!

    Check out the original article here Over the weekend, Fitbie.com published a neat article on my recent journey. It’s been great but it’s certainly not over! I still have a long way to go in terms of training for the triathlon (mainly getting myself INTO the water, which I have failed at the last two…

  • The Journey of Me

    I spent some time lamenting these photos and I think I’m finally over it. So last week I was interviewed for Fitbie, an MSN/Rodale joint venture. It’s a great website to help people get tips on exercising and to keep them motivated. I noticed that they popped up after the new year and have been…

  • Q+A: “Isn’t Running an Inefficient Way to Spend Your Energy?”

    Running seems pretty counterintuitive to nature, right? After all, the human body is essentially built to be self-regulating at all times — you push too hard, your body makes you lay off a bit. Your system gets stressed or taxed a bit, and suddenly you’re forced to recover. Running, on first glance, seems to burn…

  • Q+A: “Why Do You Keep Running?”

    I received a blog request from Elijah this week on my running habit — “You should do a post on why you kept running after you started, even on those days that you didn’t want to.”   Lately, it’s been harder and harder for me to keep the momentum going. I’ve been running between 4-6…