Endurance for Runners
When we talk about improving endurance, we want to increase your aerobic capacity, in other words, the ability to maintain a moderate to low intensity exercise for a longer period of time.
Increasing Running Distance Safely – How to Build your Running Program
An important topic, when building your running program, is by how much you should increase your weekly total distance (total of miles you run per week).
Several variables may affect that answer but looks like, based on research, that novice runners are more likely to hurt themselves when a sudden increase in more than 30% of their weekly distance happens within a 2 weeks time frame. We are talking about distance-related injuries, such as runner’s knee, iliotibial band syndrome, shin splints, jumper’s knees, gluteus medius, greater trochanteric bursitis, and injury to the tensor fascia latae.
Increasing Running Distance Safely – How to Build your Running Program
An important topic, when building your running program, is by how much you should increase your weekly total distance (total of miles you run per week).
Several variables may affect that answer but looks like, based on research, that novice runners are more likely to hurt themselves when a sudden increase in more than 30% of their weekly distance happens within a 2 weeks time frame. We are talking about distance-related injuries, such as runner’s knee, iliotibial band syndrome, shin splints, jumper’s knees, gluteus medius, greater trochanteric bursitis, and injury to the tensor fascia latae.
How do Laws of Loading Help Reducing Overuse Injury in Runners?
There is a lot of data showing that strength training is the best way to prevent injury in runners, but if you are not doing it the right way, you can still end up getting hurt.
So, how Wolff’s and Davi’s Law can help to enhance your performance?
How do Laws of Loading Help Reducing Overuse Injury in Runners?
There is a lot of data showing that strength training is the best way to prevent injury in runners, but if you are not doing it the right way, you can still end up getting hurt.
So, how Wolff’s and Davi’s Law can help to enhance your performance?
How Often do you Exercise your Feet?
Your feet are the contact point between your body and the ground. With 26 bones, 33 joints, and more than a 100 muscles and ligaments your foot is designed to help absorbing the impact when you run.
Having a strong and mobile foot is the foundation to reduce the impact on your body and use ground reaction forces to improve your performance when running.
Running Coach
This blog is to share what I’ve been developing as a trainer – have my own methodology based on the Gray Institute philosophy and scientific research – to help you improve your performance and understand better your body.
How to Reduce Impact Load when Running – Your shoes are not the answer!
Impact load is one of the main causes of overuse injuries in runners. Stress fracture, shin splint, and plantar fasciitis are just a few examples.
Improving how your body deals with impact and effectively uses the ground force reaction to enhance performance is the key to run faster, longer, and reduce the risk of injuring your self.