Running Technique: Is changing from a heel first to a mid-foot running style beneficial?

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Over recent years there has been increasing interest in the potential benefits of changing from a heel first running style to mid-foot strike. Advocates of mid-foot running styles claim decreased injury rates and improve running efficiency, compared with a heel first running style. Since the majority of runners naturally use a rear-foot, or heel first …

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Plyometric training improves endurance running performance

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Despite the proven benefits of plyometric and strength training for endurance athletes it is still not a widely used training method and is often neglected for a variety of reasons including, time constraints, lack of knowledge of its benefits, or fear that it will lead to muscle gains that could potentially harm endurance performance. Recently …

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Coffee improves cycling time trial performance

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Caffeine is known to significantly improve endurance exercise performance in a number of endurance sports including running, cycling and triathlon. Most previous research has suggested that consuming caffeine through coffee may be less effective at improving endurance performance than consuming caffeine anhydrous, this was believed to be due to compounds found within coffee called chlorogenic …

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Uphill interval training improves 5km running performance

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If like me you’re serious about run training then it’s likely that you include regular hill training as part of your training routine. Hill training is a highly specific way to strengthen the muscles used during running, in fact it is probably the most running specific strength workout you can do. Whilst it is clear …

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The importance of maintaining relative exercise intensity

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Anyone who trains seriously knows that as your fitness improves you must increase your exercise workload in order to continue to see improvements. One of the easiest ways to do this is to maintain the same relative exercise intensity during your workout by training to a percentage of maximum effort – normally with the use …

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