If you have knees that ache regularly, here is an exercise that strengthens the various muscles in the thigh. By developing strength in the range of muscles above, you may tighten the connections around the knee getting better support. When this group, the quadriceps,...
You’re aerobic – if you can talk for as long as you want with minimal huffing and puffing (h & p) You are mostly aerobic – if you can talk for 30 sec + then must h & p for no more than 10 sec You are approaching anaerobic threshold – if you...
Reason to Run #52: I want to keep my joints active now and 30 years from now It may surprise you to know that runners tend to have better orthopedic units than non-runners as the decades go by. When I wrote my book Running Until You’re 100, I compiled the studies on...
Find a way to enjoy parts of every run – even the faster training. Most of your runs should be…mostly enjoyable. You increase the pleasure by ensuring that there are social or scenic runs every week. Too often, busy people leave these out. Take control of...
Rehearsal has been used for decades by individuals in various fields to achieve their potential on any given day, under a variety of conditions. Mentally envisioning a series of challenges and rewards, all the way to the goal, gears up the mind-body team to work...
We are born with a combination of two types of muscle fibers. Those with a high percentage of fast twitchers can run fast for a short distance, and then become very tired. Fast twitch fibers are designed to burn the stored sugar in your muscles: glycogen. This is the...