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Use the following Track and Field pages to improve your technique, speed, strength and stamina. Alternatively, click on a different category on the left or search the library.
Back Injury expert Mark Alexander shares his Back Pain secrets
Mark Alexander, the author of our new self-management book on back pain, reveals all
Chinese Sport : The Rise and Rise of Chinese Athletes
Chinese Sport : The future's not orange - it's Chinese
Strength Training Program Part 1: Competition Preparation
The best Weight Training Exercises to prepare for competition
Increase Vertical Leap and Improve Jumping Ability with Plyometrics
Plyometric Exercises to Make You Jump Higher and Further
Dynamic stretching exercises increase jumping ability
Basketball Warm-ups to Increase Vertical Leap
periodisation models
Periodisation models: sport-specific requirements for skill acquisition and competition readiness
Strength training for the upper body: the stiff arm pull-down
The stiff arm pull-down strengthens the upper body and advances core stability of the lumbar spine
osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis: What happens when you hang up your sports kit - for good?
sport specific weight training
Sport specific weight training
The javelin: how Finland dominate the most limb-taxing event in athletics
The Javelin: The throwing Finns: are they made or born?
Athletes who throw
Athletes who throw things should alternate between heavy and light.
sports injuries benefits
You may not appreciate it at the time, but an injury can teach you a lot about how your body works
weight training vests | ankle weights
Weight training vests and ankle weights: wearing ankle weights and a weight training vests can help you run faster - but do it slowly
Longevity
Longevity: Exercise helps you to live longer, but how important is intensity?
Olympics Sex test
Olympics Sex Test: Why the Olympic sex test is outmoded, unnecessary and even harmful.
sports vision
Sports Vision: In most sports, you'll never achieve your true potential if your eyes aren't up to it. Here's a special report on how they can be trained.
Running economy 2
Running Economy 2: Here are some of the things your mum forgot to tell you about putting one foot in front of the other
Running economy
It's now official: strength training can improve your running economy.
running shoes
Running shoes research - Do men and women run with completely different gait styles? If so, are those differences so great that female runners need their own distinctive running shoes?
squat
Squat research review
Track and field training: Coaching techniques
Track and field training: Technical proficiency is one thing, but coaches and teachers ignore the basics at their peril
Track and field training: Coaching techniques
Track and field training: Technical proficiency is one thing, but coaches and teachers ignore the basics at their peril
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