How to Run Longer – The Physiology

Understanding How to Run Longer This is going to be a neat post. I love physiology and I think it’s pretty fascinating if you can understand how your body adapts to running and exercise, ultimately allowing you to run longer. So that’s what I’m going to show you today. All Stress Leads to Change First [...]

5 Reasons Hill “Sprintervals” Are Better

Powerful Lessons on Using Sprintervals and Uphill Running First of all, what on earth are “sprintervals”? Well, just a few weeks ago as I was coming up with a name for my new Treadmill Trainer workout (released yesterday) I couldn’t help but think that “sprint intervals” could easily just be called “sprintervals”. And that’s basically [...]

What is Pose Running?

“Pose running?” you say.  “Is that something for models?” While I’m sure models have their own workout methods to stay in shape (which may or may not be called pose running), the phrase in question here refers to a dynamic technique for increasing efficiency in how you run. Created in the 1970’s by Russian track [...]

Are You Overdoing It? How Many Races is Too Many?

Believe it or not, one of the main challenges that runners today face is overtraining.  But would you also believe that a big challenge competitive runners face is overracing? Overracing may not be a real word, but the concept is very real.  One common question among competitive runners is “How many races is ‘too many’?”, [...]

5 Great Stretches for After Your Runs

It’s getting close to sundown.  You have just finished your run, and you are tired – sweat dripping, muscles aching, feet screaming at you for torturing them.  You can feel the shower, the clean clothes, and the delicious food waiting for you. So you turn to go inside and relax a little. Wrong choice. Why [...]

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