Wind sprints have secured a prominent place among today’s vast array of training options. Consisting of a series of top-speed running spurts, followed by “recovery” walking,…
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Running Backward: The Advantages to Retro-Running
Clients who incorporate running into their workout programs may get burned out from the sheer monotony. Retro-running, or running backward, can interject some variety, whether…
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The Air Pressure is On: Running Against the Barometer
For years, athletes both recreational and professional have accepted the fact that running at higher elevations poses a unique challenge. The air density diminishes at…
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Downhill Running: Tame the Force, Perfect the Form
Downhill running demands a huge effort on the actions of eccentric muscle tissue. As a result, such runners often suffer from lower limb muscle damage.…
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Seven Tips to Reduce Swelling After Running a Marathon
There’s no denying that the fitness prep for a marathon is challenging. However, often it’s the aftereffects of a race that catch up with a…
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What’s the Rush? The Benefits of Slow Jogging
The well-known fable of the tortoise and the hare has science behind it! Learn about the advantageous experience of slow jogging. Your running aficionado clients…
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Good News for Runners: It’s Good for Your Knees
The sport of running has always carried with it the stereotype that it might damage one’s knees. New research aims to change that perception, suggesting…
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Shin Splits: Why Your Lower Legs May Hurt and What to Do
Shin splints, or as it is clinically referred to, medial tibial stress syndrome, affects one percent of the population per year, but what is it?…
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Four Ways to Stay Safe and Alert When Exercising Outdoors
Runner safety. That’s a hot topic these days. It seems that every week there’s a new story on a runner who came to grief…
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Prepping Newbies For Their First Race
Even though I hate running I have run countless 5k races. Prior to becoming a personal trainer, it was always an easy way to motivate…
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Fun Run Part Two
We did it! We “put our money where our mouth is”. We “practiced what we preached”. We got up and did something new! This last…
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Make Fitness Fun with a Run
Motivation for a workout, especially for those who are more sedentary, has got to be one of the biggest hurdles to overcome before starting a consistent fitness program. So, how do you get your client (or family member, friend or even yourself) to get off their duff and start to actively participate in improving his or her health and fitness?
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