Preventing Achilles Tedonitis
One of the best ways is to consistently stretch your two calf muscles. When you strain or develop Achilles Tendonitis you have simply gone beyond its tissue tollerance. Often it's due to shorten muscl ...
Resistance Training program shorter than P90X
I have found this resistance training program to be a great program for women. It's called CHALEAN EXTREME. Maybe you have heard of CHALENE JOHNSON? She's a celebrity trainer for Beachbody. She has ...
Strength Training During Marathon Training
As runners, sometimes we tend to put so much focus on leg strength, we neglect to work the rest of our bodies. Even when training for a marathon, it’s important to add some resistance training a cou ...
Training for your first half-marathon
We're all different and can train at different levels. Here are my thoughts for your consideration (I'm assuming you're training for your first half)
1. Work up to 35-40 miles per week, doing one ...
Gaining Weight and Gaining Fat During Marathon Training?!
To my dismay, I gained 12 pounds over the 3 months I trained for my first marathon. I tried to console myself with the belief that it was new muscle mass. But it's impossible to gain that much muscl ...
Mom gives birth to sextuplets, then trains for marathon
I saw a story on TV last night about a woman who gave birth to sextuplets, and after coming home with the babies and they started to grow, began training for a marathon with walks with the children ...
I Ran a Marathon!
I did it! I ran my third half marathon in April and soon after started training for a full marathon. I followed a great training program and this past Sunday, I ran the Marine Corps Marathon! It wa ...
