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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.
Women's dumbbell standing calf raise
Strong calf muscles require constant and varied attention. The standing dumbbell calf raise is just one of the many different exercises that are commonly used to develop the lower leg.
Single Leg Squat
Running is a unilateral activity meaning that at some point all weight is supported on one leg. The ability to generate force during unilateral movements is a big advantage in sports.
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
speed training workouts
Speed Training Workouts : Is over-speed training over-hyped?
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.
Creatine
Creatine now shown to boost performance in trained sprinters
Running economy 1
Running Economy 1: How to make headway on improving running efficiency: can freeloading African women provide some important clues?
Running economy 2
Running Economy 2: How to make headway on improving running efficiency: can freeloading African women provide some important clues?
Anaemia
Anaemia: Runner's persistent anaemia baffles doctors
Winter v summer babies
If you plan to make your mark as a speed merchant, don't get born in a cold month
athletes | air pollution
Athletes and Air Pollution: When athletes should keep off the road
Distance events
Distance Events: The risks of going long: when the super-fit endurance athlete turns into the heart attack victim
Speed Training
Speed Training: Talking turkey: why hill work helps athletes in football, rugby, basketball, cricket - and even running
Endurance performance
Endurance Performance: Conventional training for distance events is dead: now you need to work on your anaerobic power
Fell running
Fell Running: Take to the hills
Sport-specific training
Sport-specific Training: The ultimate training programme: an indispensable year plan for runners
Marathon
Beyond the marathon
Exercise equipment
Exercise Equipment: Is treadmill training a help or hindrance for the serious athlete?
Exercise equipment
Exercise Equipment: Is treadmill training a help or hindrance for the serious athlete?
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