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Sports technology: running shoes should be designed according to gender
Male and female athletes have different running shoe requirements
Sports equipment: what are the right running shoes for you?
Running shoes are designed to provide cushioning and support, for different running styles
Endurance training: building a strong base is the key to achieving optimum running fitness
Specialist running journalist Andy Barber talks to top endurance coach Nick Anderson
Fivefingers footwear is more efficient for runners than conventional running shoes
Fivefingers footwear for functional feet
Running Injuries: recovery training
Leap of faith- from injury to training
Plyometrics: prevention and treatment of tendon injury
Highly sprung – maximising tendon health for running performance
Injury prevention – the running mechanics behind achieving an injury free season
Injury prevention – taking a robust approach to running
Strength Training Program Part 1: Competition Preparation
The best Weight Training Exercises to prepare for competition
Can body fat loss and lean muscle gain be targeted with nutritional supplements?
Can body fat loss and lean muscle gain be targeted with nutritional supplements?
Pilates for Running with Caroline Sandry
In this video TV presenter, personal trainer and Pilates expert Caroline Sandry takes you through a number of Pilates exercises that are of specific benefit to runners. The exercises will strengthen and stretch areas prone to tightness and injury among runners of all speeds, distances and ages.
Improve your distance-running performance
Explosive type strength training enhances distance-running performance
Running and Swimming compared with Rowing exercise?
Power output and lean body mass – how do rowers compare with other athletes?
Face-cooling improves sports performance
The effects of face-cooling during hyperthermic exercise
Heat Stroke in the cold?
Cool weather heat stroke risk
Training programmes: Benefit from Hip extension
Standing machine hip flexion
Sports Injury: Distance Running
Bleeding risk for ultra runners
The Effect of Creatine on Runners
Creatine serum offers no advantages for runners
Speed Training: Compression Clothing
Compression clothing – can it help you squeeze out a PB?
Chronobiology and the Internal Clock
Chronobiology – how timing could give you the edge
Cycling Training improves sports performance
Can bike training improve the performance of non-cycling athletes?
Sports Nutrition: Antioxidants
Antioxidant protection for athletes: is it time to ditch the pills?
Body Fat and Running Performance
Optimum Running Performance and Body Fat Levels
Research Round-Up: endurance, ergogenic drugs, hydration and vibration
endurance, ergogenic drugs, hydration and vibration
Acceleration Training for Peak Performance
learn how to increase speed to make a quick getaway
Caring For Your Spine
Core strengthening to keep your spine in good shape
Altitude Training: big help?
Can altitude training help endurance athletes reach new heights?
Supplements: Glucosamine
Does glucosamine really work?
Time Efficient Running - run less to run faster?
Running efficiency training ideas
Running Injury Prevention
Injury Prevention and Stretching Advice for Runners
Backwards Running : The benefits of training backwards
Backwards Running : The benefits of training backwards
split squat
The split squat
stress & overtraining
Stress & Overtraining : Strategies to ward off overtraining by dealing with stress from all sources
deep water running
Deep Water Running : Getting into deep water - why it can be good for fitness
triathlon swim
Triathlon Swim: Swim slower for faster triathlon times
standing calf raise
Standing Calf Raise : Standing machine calf raise
slow training
Slow Training: Why long, slow training runs may be best after all
step-ups
The step-up
air pollution sports
Air Pollution Sports: the real problem that faced the organisers of the 2004 Olympics
running stitches
Running stitches: New thoughts on stitch
runners high
Runner's high: a new explanation
london marathon
London marathon: Lies, damned lies and statistics: what we know about the incidence of injury, illness and death in the London Marathon
scientific training | marathon training
Scientific training: How one former couch potato found a talent and then called on the appliance of science to become an elite performer
marathon training schedule
A marathon training schedule for the non-specialist, which has been tested in the lab and on the roads
marathon runners
Marathon runners: Metabolic markers of peak performance
marathon injuries
Marathon injuries: Injury risks for marathon 'virgins'
carbohydrate drinks
Carbohydrate drinks: Carbohydrates and perceived exertion
distance running training
Distance running training - How
Osteoporosis in athletes: how female distance runners are at risk
Osteoporosis - female athletes distance running injuries : why distance running can be bad for bones
Treadmill Running vs. Natural Running - how they differ in effecting sports performance
Treadmill running and natural running differences
Haile Gebrselassie and sports drinks
Haile Gebrselassie - How Fast Might Geb Have Run the London Marathon with the Help of a Good Sports Drink?
Running: the importance of race pacing
Race Pacing
Bone Maintenance in Older Runners
Bone Maintenance in Older Runners
Runners: hamstring strengthening can improve running performance
Runners benefit from strong hamstrings
Sports Psychology: mental preparation to improve running performance
When it comes to doing your best, it’s the thoughts that count.
400m workouts | marathon workouts
These are the 'golden' workouts for the key distances from 400m to the marathon
Creatine supplements can boost your endurance training without encouraging weight gain
The correct dose of creatine will improve endurance athletes performance without making them gain weight!
Water running: how deep water training can improve performance
Deep water training option for runners
Strength training: hill running to increase power
Hill running for strength training - Uphill sprints boost hip power
Running efficiency: increase your running speed and power by reducing the energy cost of your movement
Running Efficiency
Running efficiency: increase your running speed and power by reducing the energy cost of your movement (2)
Running Efficiency
Achilles Heel: your running technique is affected by the condition of your Achilles tendon.
Having a short Achilles tendon may be an athlete’s Achilles heel.
Reduce your running costs by studying African culture and their athlete's running technique
Running Economy: how to make headway on improving running efficiency
Runners anaemia: how some athletes suffer from this rare disease
Anaemia: Runner's persistent anaemia baffles doctors
Road running: air pollution is a real risk to athletes
Road training can hinder performance
Fell running: racing in the hills
Building up your strength is the key to hill running
Running training: how to construct a year long training plan for runners
Sport-specific training
Extreme distance running: an ultra endurance training plan
Beyond the marathon
Exercise equipment
Exercise Equipment: Is treadmill training a help or hindrance for the serious athlete?
Predicting your race time with the critical velocity speed test
High-speed running tests are excellent predictors of race finishing times
The type of running surface an athlete exercises on will effect the quality of their performance
Different running surfaces have different effects on performance and vary in the likelihood of causing an injury
Treadmill exercise: how to perform hill training
How to set the speed and inclination of the treadmill to mimic hill training
creatine monohydrate effects
Creatine Monohydrate Effects: Dietary supplementation with an important amino acid called creatine has been linked with greater muscle strength during weight-lifting exercise, faster running times during 1000-metre intervals, and improved recovery following intense exercise.
Crocodile soup
The athletic world reacted with a mixture of derision and skepticism when it learned that famed Chinese running coach Ma Junren was giving his world-champion female athletes turtles' blood in hopes of enhancing their performances, but scientists in Cambridge, England have recently learned that a turtle-blood cocktail may be no laughing matter. That's because they've discovered that the blood of another reptile - the crocodile - may eventually improve athletic prowess.
Crocodile soup
The athletic world reacted with a mixture of derision and skepticism when it learned that famed Chinese running coach Ma Junren was giving his world-champion female athletes turtles' blood in hopes of enhancing their performances, but scientists in Cambridge, England have recently learned that a turtle-blood cocktail may be no laughing matter. That's because they've discovered that the blood of another reptile - the crocodile - may eventually improve athletic prowess.
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