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Train
Movements…Not Muscles
I would like to start off by citing a recent study published in Medicine
and Science in Sports and Exercise (Millet, et al) that reports
“heavy resistance training does not impair endurance performance and
actually results in improvements in factors that relate to endurance
performance success”. Their
research shows resistance training to improve both maximal strength and
running economy with no negative effects on maximal aerobic capacity.
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RUNNING
INJURIES: CAN THEY BE
AVOIDED?
A few
months ago I was asked to discuss injury prevention at the KTC
summer picnic and since that time I have had several people contact
me regarding the topic. So,
I have decided to use this forum to address this highly
controversial subject. People
run for a wide variety of reasons, but I am pretty certain that no
one takes up the sport to hurt themselves. more
Get
Hip – Hit the Gym!
Why
do I need to strength train? Good
question…Timothy Noakes opens chapter one of his landmark book The
Lore of Running with “Muscle contraction is the essential
physiological event that allows us to run.”
Stronger muscles are better suited to absorb and transfer
the great forces that are directed up the kinetic chain with each
footstrike. Running, in
and of itself, certainly does promote muscular endurance but it will
not lead to an increase in lower extremity strength. more
The
Art of Running Mechanics
The
elusive pursuit of that perfect run…we’ve all been there…where
you feel as if you are floating across the ground and each stride
seems effortless.
We watch elite runners and they seem to have “special
abilities”.
They display an apparent “ease of speed” at race pace
while they maintain a very high level of their most effective form
for the duration of their event. more
RESISTANCE TRAINING
GUIDELINES
This
month I will address some specific issues that have been tossed
around the running community lately (on the KTC Bulletin Board and
my cell phone among other places).
I am glad that people are tuning into the fact that some
types of resistance training can make you a better runner (ie-faster,
more efficient, and less prone to injury).
But I am also aware of the fact that there is an awful lot of
bad advice out there that can do more harm than good. more
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