To Our Patients,
I’m in the unenviable position of having to inform you that Coastal Sports and Wellness Medical Center will be closing in November.
The current economic crisis has affected many in San Diego as well as throughout the country. Like many businesses, we have had continued financial difficulties that have finally reached a [...]
Sometimes it takes a chance encounter to jolt me back into the reality and realization that there is much, much more to life than what exists within that “box” that we all define for ourselves. For some, the “box” we limit ourselves to is just oursevles, or family and friends, triathlons and training, [...]
Strength Training for Triathletes – Circuit #1
If you missed San Diego personal trainer Evan Johnson’s Triathlete Strength Training Workouts last week, we’ll be posting the different circuit workouts with some video as a refresher.
Don’t forget the the Strength Training for Triathlete workouts start this Tuesday, so make just you get registered before it fills up!
Strength [...]
Strength training for triathletes doesn’t have to require a lot of equipment or take up a lot of time. In fact, we’re big proponents of keeping things simple and that’s why our strength training programs for triathletes focus primarily on body weight exercises with high repititions and minimal weight.
We’re not here as triathletes to win [...]
The return-to-school season has started and we are seeing a slight uptick in H1N1 influenza cases as schools and colleges come back from summer break. The good news is that the vast majority of the cases reported are similar to typical influenza (”flu”) with most people ill for 4 to 7 days before recovering. The [...]
San Diego Indoor Cycling Center
Ever want to see how you’d stack up against Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer and Alberto Contador climbing up Tour de France classic mountain climbs like Mount Ventoux?
Well now you can!
On San Diego’s first Computrainer MultiRider Center at Coastal Sports and Wellness, you can now climb some of the classic Tour de [...]
Blood Lactate Testing Myths
Hi this is Dr. John Martinez, Medical Director of Coastal Sports and Wellness Medical Center in San Diego, California.
Today, we’ll be talking about some myths and facts about both lactate testing as it applies to our endurance training—we’re talking about:
The lactic acid myth
The muscle burn myth and lactic acid
The muscle [...]
You are What (and When) You Eat
Upon moving to San Diego just over a year ago I was surprised at how many people were into work early so that they could be out enjoying Mother Nature in the afternoon. Being an exercise [...]
The Grid Foam Roller – First “Green” Foam Roller
If you’ve been in our sports medicine clinic for a sports injury, then we’ve probably talked to you about the benefits of using a foam roller for soft tissue and myofascial work. If you haven’t had to limp across our doorway with a sports injury, even better…here’s [...]
We haven’t posted a book review here before, but the book Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall made our “must read” list for the summer…uhm…end of summer…
Its a great story about the author’s journey into a remote area of Mexico called Copper [...]