I’ve become quite good at doing regular, if short, workouts with weights, but one area I’ve yet to really explore is ...
Plyometrics is a term that can leave you scratching your head. What does it mean? Is it another term for Pilates? Or are we just getting our P’s confused? Does it involve – ugh– stretching? And how ...
You’ve got the mileage mapped out, the intense workouts scheduled, and the big day—your next goal race—circled on your calendar. But you could be missing a key element of training in your weeks, ...
I recently wrote about how running with a can of Pringles helped me improve my form—an ingenious trick from my high school coach that taught me to keep my hands relaxed. The story got me thinking: ...
It’s pretty clear, at this point, that plyometric training can make you a more efficient runner. There’s still plenty of debate about how it works. Does it streamline the signals traveling from brain ...