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What I write between sessions
The things clients ask me about most. No miracle fixes, just what has worked and why.
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Training your employer can pay for from the FKSP fund
In Czech state institutions and publicly funded organisations, your employer can pay for personal training from the fund for cultural and social needs (FKSP). It needs an invoice made out to the employer and a few extra details.
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Why I send you to a physio even when nothing hurts
I go to physiotherapy myself for my back, shoulder and Achilles tendon. None of it stops me from training. I want to know what my body can handle.
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Your insurer and your employer may pay part of your training
Czech health insurers give hundreds to thousands of crowns a year towards exercise and most people never ask for it. What they accept, what the receipt must say and how to claim it.
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The oldest running race in Europe and a Saturday morning on Argentinská
On 27 September I ran the 130th Běchovice–Prague, and since October I have been leading the Saturday running class on Argentinská. What the race was like and what we do in the class.
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The last week before a race and how to pace the race
What to do in the final days, when your fitness won't improve any more, and how to pace the race so the last kilometre is the fastest.
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When your doctor has given you restrictions
A knee, a shoulder, surgery. A limit from your doctor isn't up for negotiation, but there's much more room below it than it seems from a distance. And there are things I need to know beforehand.
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Three weeks without running and the fastest kilometre at the very end
On Saturday I ran a night 10K after three weeks without running. My estimate said 42 to 43 minutes, my watch showed 41:05. The interesting part isn't the time, but why the estimate was off. And what that means for any comeback after a break.
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Getting back to the gym after a break: how not to start from zero again
How much strength you lose in a month, three months, a year, and why it comes back faster than it did the first time. The most common mistake is to build your first session around the last one before the break.
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How to lose weight: why losing weight alone isn't enough
A calorie deficit is only half of the answer. The other half is what you keep while losing weight and why the number on the scales is misleading. General principles, not a meal plan.
