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Category: Sprints & Strides

Sprints & Strides, Strength, Plyos & Form Drills

What Happens When Your Muscles Run Out of Gas (Slow Twitch vs Fast Twitch Fibers)

What if the reason you’re slowing down in the final miles has nothing to do with cardio—and everything to do with muscle fibers you’ve been completely ignoring? What Is It? Your muscles aren’t all the same. You’ve got slow-twitch fibers […]

Sprints & Strides, Strength, Plyos & Form Drills, Tools & Tactics (Advanced)

The Silly-Looking Drill That Could Save Your Tendons

You’re probably skipping… skipping. Yes, that really fun thing you would do when you were four years old to travel around your tiny world. And skipping… skipping is why your strides feel awkward, your form drills break you, and your […]

DLake & Friends, Mental & Mindset, Podcast, Sprints & Strides

The Easiest Speed Workout Most Runners Skip | Nicole Burnham

A few months ago, I finished a run with a friend in Sydney, Nicole Burnham. She’s one of those Abbott World Marathon Majors collectors (six done, seventh loading). The kind who trains smart but low-key still looks like she’s got […]

Sprints & Strides, Strength, Plyos & Form Drills

Why Sprinters Have Abs And Why Distance Runners Don’t

Sprinters have abs the way sharks have teeth. Not because they want to show them off, but because they use them. Distance runners, on the other hand, often think abs are optional. Core work? Eh. Crunches? Maybe. Sprints? Lulz, why? […]

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