By admin on September 7, 2012
By Emily Cooley We use the word “tight” to mean a lot of different things. What does it mean to feel tight? How does that affect our performance? And can we do anything to not feel so “tight?” Well fortunately there is a great explanation for why we feel tight. Tightness is a muscle guarding phenomena. [...]
Posted in General, Injury Prevention |
By admin on July 31, 2012
By Alex Lyons Everybody loves core. Want to stay healthy? Train your core. Want to get faster? Do some core! Want to look like that dude from the Twilight movies who seems to have perpetually misplaced his shirt? Core, man. Lots of core. The problem with the term “core”, however, is that it’s been thrown [...]
Posted in Injury Prevention, Run Training, Strength Training | Tagged ab workout for runners, abs, core strength, runner's core, the clam, workout |
By admin on July 17, 2012
“WHY DO YOU HAVE THAT TAPE ON YOUR LEG?” and other questions answered about Therapeutic Taping. (Part 1 of 2) By Dr. Michael Cerami Mark my words; Therapeutic taping will become a significant part of injury treatment over the next 2 years. You will see dozens of athletes using it at the Olympics this summer [...]
Posted in Injury Prevention | Tagged How Kinesiology tape works, Kinesiology Tape, KT Tape, Rock Tape, therapeutic taping |
By admin on February 27, 2012
By Amanda Theobald I got attacked by a dog, while running, in a scary way. It being scary is subjective, and I don’t think I am especially dramatic so just go with it. I have had dogs bark, chase, and even little ones nip at my ankles. Yet, I had never been seriously threatened. Until [...]
Posted in Injury Prevention, Your Story |
By admin on September 21, 2011
By Elizabeth Jenkins You’ve already read Running For Beginners: The Right First Steps so you know way more than I did when I first started running. You have the right shoes, fit to you specifically for your Biomechanical needs, the right socks, a running buddy and a goal. Now that you have all the confidence in [...]
Posted in General, Injury Prevention, Nutrition, Run Training, Sports Psychology | Tagged conversation pace, first run, log, running log, stretching, warm-up |