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Running Recovery Extreme: How to Recover from Hard Workouts
Wouldn’t you like to run hard workouts and long runs and be able to recover well for the next day? Now you can. I’m going to share my recovery routine that helps me bounce back from marathon prep workouts and hard speed sessions. It combines nutrition, dynamic exercises, and sleep techniques to help you recover fast. Running Recovery is Paramount to Performing at Your Best It’s important to understand why you get sore after a hard run and why this is a good thing. The key is to learn how to properly recover from long runs and hard workouts. The problem is that a lot of runners don’t take simple measures to recover as much as possible from their running. Injuries were common when I was in college and not only for myself. The purpose of a recovery routine is to allow your body to start the healing process immediately. After your body has time to adapt to the stress of that workout, it super-compensates for the extra stress you put it through and gets stronger. Focus on Long Run Recovery
Running Warehouse: Run Like a Kenyan
Simple strategies to train like the world's best runners by Scott Douglas Wouldn't it be great to run like a Kenyan? Okay, so you're probably not going to move to 8,000 feet of altitude and devote yourself entirely to your athletics. One hundred twenty-mile weeks might not be on next week's agenda. I spent December 2004 in Iten, Kenya, the country's unofficial running capital, where Olympic medalists, world champions and international marathon winners train. Start Slow, Finish Fast Every run I did with Kenyans started at a stumble, and most finished substantially faster. Think of a pot of water coming to a boil-there's no one instant where you can pinpoint when it started to get hot, but the end result is undeniable. Vary Very Much One day I joined 12:52 5K man Isaac Songok and world junior cross country champ Augustine Choge for their morning run. This great disparity in intensity level from run to run is common. Get With a Group Tread Softly Hit the Hills Not at all. Run Diagonally Do Drills
Shin splints treatment - exercise to strengthen the lower legs, prevent, repair and care for shin splints problems. | Sports Injury Bulletin
When you decided to get really serious about your training earlier this year, everything went smoothly for several weeks, but one day you felt a dull ache on the inside, lower portion of your shin as you began your workout. The discomfort went away once you had warmed up, so you weren't overly concerned. Unfortunately, the pain returned on the following day - and lasted for a longer portion of your workout. As the days went by, pain was present for the whole training session, as well as your cool-down - and even hung around during your regular daily activities. ================================================= More information on Shin Splints:All of our articles on shin splints Medial tibial stress syndrome - Two quick fixes for shin splints Shin splints: The runner's disease Q&A - What can I do to heal Shin Splints? Q&A Shin splints or stress fracture? Got a question about shin splints? What was wrong? The sound of slapping feet Try these MTSS-preventing exercises 1. Now the single-leg raise
Net-Zero SIPs Laneway House with Solar
When I first mentioned the Mendoza Laneway House, it was one of the first laneway homes in Vancouver under the city’s EcoDensity program. The company behind that efficient SIPs home, Lanefab, and its partners, designer Bryn Davidson and builder Mat Turner, have been busy and recently completed the first Net-Zero Solar Laneway House on a corner lot at 57th and Vivian. It’s beautiful inside and out. The home features a warm exterior palette of black rock stucco and cedar and was built with triple-glazed Cascadia windows, 1′ thick SIPs, and 18′ multi-fold doors that create a nice connection between the great room and the outdoor patio. Other green features include LED lighting (95% of all lighting), a 500-gallon rainwater collection tank, WaterCycles drain water heat recovery, a Venmar high-efficiency HRV, an air-source heat pump for space heating and water, and a Cent-a-Meter whole house energy monitor. The home has one bedroom, two bathrooms, and 1,020 square feet.
10 Signs That You Need a Rest Day From Runner
After disappointing performances in a couple of key tune-up races last fall, a depleted Ryan Hall made the hard decision to withdraw from the Chicago Marathon. Too many grinding 15-mile tempo runs at a five-minute-per-mile pace at 7,000 feet with too little rest afterward had finally caught up with him. "I love to push my body," he says. "Recovery is the hardest part of training for me." Problem is, if you don't take time for proper R&R, your body won't adapt to the stress of your training—you won't get stronger or faster, explains Stacy Sims, Ph.D., at the Stanford Prevention-Research Center, School of Medicine. First, your sleep patterns and energy levels will feel the effects. So in preparation for the 2011 Boston Marathon, Hall used an online recovery-tracking program called Restwise, which looks at simple biological markers input by the athlete first thing each morning, calculates a daily recovery score from 1 to 100, then trends it over time. Does Form Matter? Moving On
10 Moves for a Flat Stomach
This move targets the lower portion of the abdominal wall (AKA the dreaded ‘pooch’ area). How to do it: Start lying on your back, bend your knees into your chest, point your toes together, and open knees out to the sides, keeping toes touching. Extend both arms overhead on either side of your ears, palms facing up. Lift your hips off the floor and bring your knees up towards your armpits. Slowly lower your hips back down to start position. Bonus tip: Think of engaging your pelvic floor muscles (the ones you use to stop the flow of urine) while you lift your hips off the floor. You can use your keyboard to see the next slide ( ← previous, → next) Get flat abs fast with this routine from SHAPE’s <em>Pink Power: Flat Abs 5 Ways</em> DVD Promo Subtitle Image Alt Text 10 Moves for a Flat Stomach Title Text Media Root By Jessica Smith
How to Get a Complete Workout with Nothing But Your Body
