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What ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ Gets Wrong About Running While Fat

Article added December 4, 2019 Categories Beginners Training, Featured Beginners, Featured News, Motivation
Written By: KATE BROWNE

The story we’re too often told about fatness and running is that body size is an obstacle to overcome in our quest for glory. Right after I watched the trailer for the Amazon Studios film Brittany Runs a Marathon, I thought about the time I had forgotten to buy energy chews right before a 10-mile marathon training run. […]

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This 5-Minute Warmup Will Help You Crush Km’s Every Day

Article added September 6, 2019 Categories Beginners Training, Featured Training, Training Essentials, Work Outs
Written By: THE RUNNER'S WORLD EDITORS

  Whether you want to run streak or run strong each day, get your muscles going before you start running. We want you to spend more time on the road than on your foam roller, so we spoke to David Reavy, founder of React Physical Therapy in Chicago, for a smarter, more efficient method of staying […]

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Why You Might Need to Do More Low-Intensity, Steady-State (LISS) Cardio

Article added June 5, 2019 Categories Beginners Training, Featured Training, Training Essentials
Written By: K ALEISHA FETTERS

No, killing yourself at high intensity won’t get you to your goal faster—but slowing down, even more than your “recovery” pace, just might. Nowadays, getting in a good workout seems to be synonymous with being reduced to a shaking—potentially vomiting—pile of sweat. Easy runs? They are just too, well, easy. After all, in the past […]

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13 Hamstring Exercises to Help You Build Strength and Ward Off Injury

Article added May 29, 2019 Categories Beginners Training, Featured Training, Training, Work Outs
Written By: STELLA KATSIPOUTIS

All you need are dumbbells and a resistance band. Time: 15 minutes Equipment: Dumbbells, resistance band Good for: Hamstrings Instructions: Choose three moves below. For each move, do 15 reps, then continue to the next move. Repeat the entire three-move circuit two to three times. Roxie Jones—NASM-certified trainer, SoulCycle Instructor, and Talent Hack ambassador—is sharing her go-to moves. Sprinkle these […]

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