When Is the Right Time to Get a Sports Massage?
Sports massage is a highly valuable treatment for a runner. Based on your mileage the frequency of massages should be determined. Runners who do not…
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Recovery: How to Recover like a Champion for Injury-Free Running!
It is important to understand proper recovery techniques to ensure long and injury free running. There are a number of recovery techniques; let’s look at them and examine the science behind each.
Strength Training: How important is it along with Running?
Runners often prefer to run and do nothing else. Stretching they may do if motivated by a coach or peer runner or understood from a prior injury that stretching is an important aspect of running. However, strength training is something…
Should I Run Backwards?
If the idea seems a little strange to you, rest assured it’s not a new one. In fact, it may be a great way to add some fun into your training especially since the benefits of running backwards are many! Running backwards! Yes, it seems rather incredulous. But it has been used in training and as a part of general fitness in Japan and Europe for quite some time now.
How to Choose the Right Running Shoes?
Whether you are a new runner or a seasoned one, basic facts about ‘the right running shoe for you’ (unless you are a barefoot runner) are very important to understand and implement. Your choice of running shoes can make the difference between running in comfort or pain, and most importantly, whether you stay healthy or get injured. Too often I find runners experimenting with expensive shoes only to end up in pain. Understanding the basics of buying the right running shoe for you will save you lots of time, money and will keep you running for long.
Pre-Workout Warm-Up: 6 Dynamic Drills
Warming up is one of the critical factors to prevent injury during a workout. It sounds clichéd but it really is. I have seen too many injuries arising from gym workouts due to a lack of warm-up. Often people ask why it is so important. It’s a fair question. Let’s imagine…
Can Sitting All Day Affect My Running Performance?
A lot of runners are recreational runners; some may be sedentary runners or even weekend warriors. All these terms vary in the attitude of the runner and also the time and effort put into the running. But the bottom line is that they all have day jobs and the running (whether it is daily or once a month) happens outside of the working hours. What is wonderful is that their bodies are getting the exercise that they need; however, attention must be paid to whether sitting all day in a poor posture is affecting your running in some way. If you don’t pay attention to this, you might be allowing yourself to short change your performance or pick up several persisting injuries along the way. So seriously ask yourself- is my sitting killing my running?
Are You Using a Knee Support While Gymming or Running for Pain Management or Prevention? STOP RIGHT NOW!
I often see runners, sports players and gym enthusiasts wearing a knee brace/support every time they play or lift weights. If it was up to me I would personally go up to them and lecture them about the harm they are doing to themselves by doing so. But since it may not be considered appropriate, I decided to write about it.
Why shouldn’t I buy shoes online?
It is too easy to pick up shoes online based on your friend’s recommendation or to pick up the same brand/model as your previous shoes; especially since there are such lucrative discounts available online! There are several reasons why this is a bad idea. Let me mention just a few here:
What is “the wall” and How does it affect my running?
Most full marathoners have hit the “wall” at some point and hence know what it feels like. In scientific terms, the “wall” is when glycogen depletion occurs while running. We store enough carbohydrates in the form of glycogen in our muscles and liver to run about 28 to 30 kms and then we hit the wall of glycogen depletion. Our muscles…
