Smart Training for Your Joints Part III

Exercises for the Ankles and Feet:...

Smart Training for Your Joints Part II

Exercises for the Knees:...

Smart Training for Your Joints (Part I)

Running has numerous health benefits including improving your cardiovascular conditioning, providing an outlet for stress relief, and being a tool for weight management. However, running is considered to be a high impact sport, this means with every step you take you increase the forces the joints need to absorb thanks to the physics involved with gravity and ground reaction forces. When thinking ...

5k Training Plan

Running the popular distance of 5-kilometers, or more commonly referred to as 5k, is beneficial for all from beginners up to elites. This is a favorable distance to train for due to the ease, convenience, and the minimal training time necessary compared to that of longer races. The 5k race is also a good distance for all runner mentalities. This means whether you are one who wants to just go out f...

Tips to keep up with your marathon training (or How to train if your event was cancelled)

Many runners are disappointed because marathons around the world have been postponed or cancelled. Training for this type of race requires not only physical effort, but also mental and psychological preparation and it is understandably frustrating not to be able to compete in the most awaited race of your calendar. Even if your race has been rescheduled months ahead from now, don’t let all the har...

Polarised training for runners

Back in the 2000s, Stephen Seiler, a professor in Sports Science at University of Agder, Norway, started to investigate more about endurance training structure and intensity distribution by observing the training routine of elite athletes such as cyclists, rowers, XC skiers and distance runners. Seiler realized that more than 80% of their training time was dedicated to low-intensity exercises, wit...

Common Fears Towards Your First Marathon and How to Defeat Them

There often comes a time in a brave runner's life when the idea of running the iconic marathon distance of 42-kilometers pops into his or her head. Perhaps you are this runner. Maybe you have done all your due diligence and have taken the many steps to lead you up to the ultimate decision in signing up for your first marathon. Perhaps you have successfully completed a handful of smaller distance r...

From Couch To Marathon

Marathon Training For True Beginners There are people who were born to run and then there are the rest of us. Many use the marathon on their bucket list of challenges to accomplish. If you are someone who is a true running novice, welcome. Running is something that once you get the hang of, it will get a hold of you. If you take the right steps and don’t try to go out and run a marathon right out...