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Strength Workouts

Laying the Fitness Foundation: How to Skip the Intro Training Plan for Beginners

Have you ever met a successful runner who has only been running for a few months? I have. There are certain people who seem to jump into running and are able to perform at a competitive level. How do they do it? What’s their secret?
It’s not actually a secret. These people have a general fitness [...]

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Five Workout Videos to Inspire and Motivate Your Running

Have you dreamed of effortlessly sprinting through the woods with the warm sun on your back?  Or maybe carving your abs out of granite?  If you’re looking to get in the best shape of your life, these videos provide the perfect motivation.
Each of these videos has inspired me to train harder than ever and run [...]

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Born to Run is Not Only About Barefoot Running: How Christopher McDougall Really Became an Ultra Runner

If you take a poll in most running circles and ask, “What is Christopher McDougall’s book Born to Run about?” you will most likely get the same answer: barefoot running.  And it’s simply not true.
Questioning our need for bulky motion control trainers is a central theme of his book.  McDougall gives this topic a lot [...]

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Elite Core and Dynamic Warm-Ups: A Comprehensive Guide

There’s no doubt that distance runners need to strengthen their core and properly warm-up for a run.  But the days of crunches and pre-run static stretching are over.  High school kids, Division I runners, and professional athletes are all spending more time getting ready to run with dynamic warm-ups and core exercises.
I used to skip the [...]

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Trail Running Training in the Gym: How to Get Faster on the Trails

Moving the majority of your training to the trails is one of the best decisions you can make.  If you run on the roads every day and rarely venture into the trails, you may be missing out on one of the best injury prevention tools that’s available.  And the best part is it doesn’t take [...]

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Skip the Monthly Membership: Home Gym Exercises Made Easy

How many of us know that we should lift and have bought a gym membership in order to do our strength workouts?  After a month most people don’t go to the gym enough to make it worth it.  The average price of a gym membership is roughly $50 per month and that doesn’t factor in [...]

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Gym Workouts for Runners: Functional Strength

Once per week, I head to the gym for a quick lifting session.  I believe gym workouts for runners are important, but I don’t think you need to do a lot.  Most of the strength benefits can be realized in twenty minutes per week.
I perform two sets of the same workout – I rarely deviate [...]

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