Tag Archives: Gale Bernhardt

Reduce swelling…’drug’ it or ‘feed’ it

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Dad

With my knee acting up, my wife recovering from knee surgery last week and a good friend of ours also one week into recovering from a hip replacement, I thought that it might be a good time to circle back around … Continue reading →

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Acclimating to Heat and Humidity: Coach Gale’s notes

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Dad

Continuing on our theme of Heat and Humidity, I looked up a 2 part article that Coach Gale Bernhardt had written on acclimating to the hot and humid environment…a worthy read. Our picture today on what to do if it doesn’t work… Part … Continue reading →

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How much weekly training Intensity? 20%

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Dad

Coach Gale Bernhardt and I have been in a detailed discussion recently about the right amount of training Intensity to include each week to steadily improve fitness and performance, without getting injured, over-trained or sick High Intensity Training (HIT) means Zone … Continue reading →

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Iron Dad’s 12 week Half Ironman Training Plan: Fine tuning

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Dad

Alright…I’ve spent a lot of time with Coach Gale Bernhardt (pictured on the right) over this past week looking at the rest of my season, and specifically the 12 week ramp up to the Vancouver Half Ironman on July 3. … Continue reading →

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