TRAINING GUIDES

Hit your stride

Hit your stride

Foot strike is dominating the discussion about running form. Some researchers say that if we run as our ancestors did (barefoot or close to it), it would be impossible to land on the heel, therefore heel striking—and...

Hit your stride

Foot strike is dominating the discussion about running form. Some researchers say that if we run as our ancestors did (barefoot or close to it), it would be impossible to land on the heel, therefore heel striking—and...

Lactate is not your enemy

Lactate is not your enemy

For years the conventional thinking among fitness experts, and even scientists, has been to demonise lactic acid, or lactate, as the culprit for acute muscle soreness during stressful exercise. Entire...

Lactate is not your enemy

For years the conventional thinking among fitness experts, and even scientists, has been to demonise lactic acid, or lactate, as the culprit for acute muscle soreness during stressful exercise. Entire...

4 tips for a running breakthrough

4 tips for a running breakthrough

Take advice from some of the sport’s best coaches on how you can shake up your training for a faster run split next race. 1) Practice race skills in a group: Sure, you...

4 tips for a running breakthrough

Take advice from some of the sport’s best coaches on how you can shake up your training for a faster run split next race. 1) Practice race skills in a group: Sure, you...

Avoid Finish Line Disappointment

Avoid Finish Line Disappointment

Athletes race for different reasons, and they often finish feeling disappointed and unsatisfied with their accomplishments. Can you make a better job of defining success? Goal-setting experts tell us we need to set “SMART” goals (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant...

Avoid Finish Line Disappointment

Athletes race for different reasons, and they often finish feeling disappointed and unsatisfied with their accomplishments. Can you make a better job of defining success? Goal-setting experts tell us we need to set “SMART” goals (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant...

Cold Water Immersion and Breathwork

Cold Water Immersion and Breathwork

Cold Water Immersion and Breathwork We are bombarded with buzz words and fads, and you may have relegated the terms above into the pile that also includes celebrity diets and...

Cold Water Immersion and Breathwork

Cold Water Immersion and Breathwork We are bombarded with buzz words and fads, and you may have relegated the terms above into the pile that also includes celebrity diets and...

6 key tips to help marathon training recovery

6 key tips to help marathon training recovery

If you’re in the midst of marathon training and upping that mileage, chances are your body is starting to creak. Here’s our advice on how to help the body recover...

6 key tips to help marathon training recovery

If you’re in the midst of marathon training and upping that mileage, chances are your body is starting to creak. Here’s our advice on how to help the body recover...