Women's Fitness

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Run less, run stronger might seem like a far-fetched promise, but swapping some of your miles for a strength session could go a long way to improving your running speed and endurance, not to mention reducing your risk of injury. Running generates an

Women's Running

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If the last time you tried jumping rope was in elementary school gym class, new research published in the International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance might have you jumping again. The study, which involved 96 amateur endurance runners

Trail Run

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Sasha Mclaren has always wanted to be a runner but felt she’d missed the boat. “I’d love to run but I can’t,” she mentioned recently. I pricked up my ears. Why? An adept yogi and swimmer, in her early 40s, she had good fitness and no obvious barrier.

Triathlete

4 min read

Watching any great runner in motion is a beautiful thing—they move through time and space with seemingly zero effort, just one long stride after another, with perfect hip extension and posture. Unfortunately, not everyone is blessed with such grace a

Women's Fitness

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Q What is the number one piece of advice you would give to runners to improve technique and minimise injury? A Plyometric exercises are great for keeping your body balanced and conditioned for running. Practise jumping on the spot at 180 jumps per m

Men's Health Australia

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WANT TO BE A FITTER, leaner, happier man? Don your sweatwicking shorts, lace up your trainers and chase down the benefits of running. Put foot to floor on your lunch break, and in return for sweaty brows and sore legs, you’ll stoke your metabolism, r

TIME

9 min read

Old age demands to be taken very seriously—and it usually gets its way. It’s hard to be cavalier about a time of life defined by loss of vigor, increasing frailty, rising disease risk and falling cognitive faculties. Then there’s the unavoidable matt

What Doctors Don't Tell You Australia/NZ

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Thinking about adding running into your regular fitness routine? Don’t think about it, simply start it. And to kick start, what could be a life-long love affair, here are my top six tips on how to introduce running in to fitness routine. You don’t

Women's Running

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HILLS ARE ONE OF THE MOST VERSATILE WORKOUTS A RUNNER CAN COMPLETE. Just take a minute to consider all the benefits: Running hills promotes more economical (aka energy-efficient) form, and is easier on your joints and connective tissues than similar

Women's Fitness

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With the experience you have now, what is the best bit of advice you’d give runners? ‘Grab a friend. The number one thing you need is company. I have some of the best training partners and that’s definitely what keeps me motivated every day. Set out

TRAIL

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Let’s have one of the most controversial of all running-form debates: foot-strike. In the first of six Under the Microscope segments, run technique coach SEAN TAIT dispels the myths, highlights the research, and clarifies how to attain optimum effici

TRAIL

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In his How and Why series – SEAN TAIT, founder and run technique coach at Off the Mark – assists with solving challenges facing TRAIL readers. Firstly, it is really great that Nadine is recording all her workouts. There are so many benefits to doing

Women's Running

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The 80/20 rule of intensity balance stipulates that runners should aim to spend about 80 percent of their weekly training time at moderate intensity (i.e. at a pace at which you can comfortably carry on a conversation) and about 20 percent at moderat

Men's Fitness South Africa

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Shorts: BROOKS “Do you hear that?” asks Pasquale Manocchia, his face contorting into an ugly wince. It’s as if he’s just heard fingernails screeching across a chalkboard. We’re seated in his office high above a 13 000 square metre gym called La Pales

Women's Fitness

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1) I jog for 30 minutes to the sand dunes, then do 12 x sand dune hill reps (45 seconds up, then walk back down as recovery). A great one for all runners, benefiting your heart, lungs, muscles and stability. 2) I run along the beach then into the sea

Men's Fitness UK

3 min read

Running is one of the most basic fitness activities. All you need is a pair of decent shoes, a bit of motivation and you’re ready to unlock huge health benefits that range from improving mental health to living longer. But if you’re thinking of takin

Women's Running

4 min read

If Erika Canales and David Braswell know one thing to be true about runners it’s that their stride tends to create tight hips, shoulders, and lower back. Another think they know, busy runners often skip out on post-run mobility exercises that could h

Entrepreneur

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Michigan State University students created TempoRun, an app that helps users run at their ideal pace by categorizing the music in their libraries from walking to 10 sprinting.

TRAIL

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I have developed a strong appreciation of the power of the mind after coaching many trail runners from beginner to professional over the past 15 years. I’ve seen how it can make or break training and racing. This is my top 10 list of key mental abili

Women's Running

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SPRING IS (FINALLY) AROUND THE CORNER. For runners, this usually means one thing: the start of a new racing season. If you haven’t already started incorporating speed training into your regimen, now is the time. But even if you don’t have a race on y

Triathlete

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Greg Sawicki is an associate professor of automation and mechatronics at Georgia Tech. His work focuses on robotic lower-limb exoskeletons designed to augment human locomotion. In other words, he’s trying to make it easier to walk and run with the he

5280 Magazine

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Roche describes flow as “when your normal level of consciousness isn’t the one driving your actions. It requires lots of effort at first, then none at all, and it’s definitely the pot of gold waiting at the end of the rainbow for any runner, not just

TRAIL

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Last week, while trying to ignore my painful ankle, I got to thinking what I could have, should have, and wished I had done differently as a trail runner. Don’t get me wrong – I have been blessed beyond my wildest dreams, have so many trails, magical

220 Triathlon

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Q I think I’m allergic to chlorine, what are the symptoms and how can it be treated? Lisa Grey A According to various medical sources, strictly speaking you can’t be allergic to chlorine, but you can definitely be sensitive or react to it. Reaction

Men's Fitness UK

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For many runners, headphones are as essential as a pair of trainers and running is an exercise in blocking out discomfort. For Lawson, that’s missing the point. “I would really recommend running without headphones or being plugged into  anything,”

Reader's Digest UK

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What led to you becoming an expert on exercise and sport, including running? I qualified as a physiotherapist in 1988. I have worked in professional football and skiing as well as the NHS. I set up my own practice about 25 years ago and look after th

Trail Run

4 min read

Unlike many women who came before me, I get to enjoy trail running as one of the most unprejudiced areas of my life. It’s an activity we all get to do together, on the same course, at the same time. Unlike more subjective contests, the outcome is str

Pick Me Up

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Running has boomed over the last year as the nation has looked for new ways to manage physical and mental health. Steve Paterson oversees people development and product training at Runners Need, and is a passionate runner. He shares his top seven tip

Muscle & Fitness Hers South Africa

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What was it that got you into obstacle course racing? I kind of got pulled into it because my ex-boyfriend wanted to try it out. I won my first race [in 2013] by 20 minutes, and I was like, “This is so dumb—there are no real athletes in this sport.”

UltraRunning Magazine

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As a coach, I’ve found three words that provide a useful, practical mantra for distance running: patience, discipline and confidence. Ultra success involves putting in the work day-by-day for a payoff that could be months or years away, with the pati