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Suggested Post Caption We all have those crazy busy days or weeks where it’s near impossible to fit in our all-important strength workouts. If you’re finding yourself low on time but you’re committed to #noexcuses here’s a great 20 minute workout that will adequately kick-your-butt.👉 Here are the deets!!🔥 (If you have a few extra … Read more

Suggested Post Caption The most important part of a “training plan” is the PLAN. How you approach your own training, whether you have a coach or not, should be planned and strategic if you want to continue to improve and give yourself the best chance of avoiding injury. You may need to consider planning better … Read more

Suggested Post Caption Today we’re looking a theoretical guideline called Supercompensation (Bompa & Haff, 2008). Supercompensation explains how we can build onto our fitness over time with continual adaptations by moving through the Alarm Stage and the Resistance Stage repeatedly.✅ Here’s what that looks like! We apply a new training stimulus (maybe we add more … Read more

Suggested Post Caption If you love running, and want to keep loving it, avoiding injury and burn-out is a high priority. A key element is understanding Easy Days and Quality days.🗝️ #1, for almost any healthy goal, you need both in your training plan.🗝️ #2, ensure you have appropriate recovery between hard workouts. Why? 👉 … Read more

Suggested Post Caption Core work is another important component in any runner’s training plan. It’s important to understand that the goal of core training is to increase stabilization within the spine and pelvis. The lumbo-pelvic-hip complex is involved with movement and stabilization throughout the whole body. Training this area of the body is important both … Read more

Suggested Post Caption Most running related Achilles tendon issues are more likely due to the condition called Tendinosis rather than Tendonitis. And a proper understanding of the condition causing your pain is important because protocols are different. Tendinitis is acute inflammation of the tendon, whereas tendinosis is a degenerative condition. ✅ According to research done … Read more

Suggested Post Caption Are you looking for ways to prevent injury while maximizing your training capacity? It really sucks to spend time, energy, sweat and tears building peak fitness and preparing for races or other goals, finally finding your mojo, only to see it all dashed against the rocks at the bottom of the “injury … Read more

Suggested Post Caption As much as we know about how athletes get fitter, it is also true that everyone differs in their response to training. So training is never an exact science. A study done by Vollaard et al., 2009, showed that while study subjects were all given the same training and it was given … Read more

Suggested Post Caption Charles Darwin said, “It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.”When athletes train, physiological changes take place. Our bodies are made to adapt to stresses so that the stress becomes less stressful. This is how we manage change.You might find it … Read more

Suggested Post Caption This is a MYTH! Sweat is not a reliable indicator of intensity or fat loss. 💦 The rate of sweating is highly subject to the environment in which a person is training. If you’re in a warm room doing a spin class, or it’s a hot day and you’re running outdoors, you’ll … Read more