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plyometric exercises for runners
Podcast, Strength, Plyos & Form Drills

Good Form Won’t Make You Faster (This Will)

One runner spent 6 months perfecting their form. Another runner ignored form completely and focused on the right explosive workouts. Guess who got faster? After you apply these 3 specific things to your training – your stride will feel lighter, […]

running form drills
Podcast, Strength, Plyos & Form Drills

3 Magic Tips to Better Run Form in 15 Minutes (Form Drills)

You want better running form. You’ve watched videos, you’ve tried to fix your posture, you’ve filmed yourself running… and you’re STILL breaking down halfway through races. There are three drills that fix this—and most runners either skip them or do […]

Stretching before run
Injuries (Stop & Fix Them), Podcast, Recovery: Rest & Sleep

Stop Stretching Before Runs—Do This 7‑Minute Routine Instead

If you think stretching before running prevents injuries, the research says otherwise. Multiple studies over 20+ years show static stretching before exercise doesn’t meaningfully reduce injury risk. And it gets worse: those 20 minutes of quad pulls and toe touches? […]

Podcast, Run Form, Cadence & Gait, Strength, Plyos & Form Drills

A-Skips

You might’ve seen runners doing these fancy high-knee skips during their warmup. Looks simple, right? Just a little rhythm, a little bounce. Easy. Then five seconds in when you try it yourself… your brain short-circuits and your body forgets which […]

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, Podcast, Tools & Tactics (Advanced), Trees and DLake

The Subtle Art of Run Form: 7 Ways Run Faster Without Injury

You ever see a photo of yourself running and think, “Damn, why do I look like a baby giraffe learning how to walk?” I used to think running form didn’t matter. If you were fast, you were fast—end of story. […]

DLake & Friends, Podcast

The Ultimate Guide to Improve Run Cadence: 17 Tips From Easy To Hard

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE 6-MONTH “INCREASE YOUR RUN CADENCE” TRAINING PLAN, QUICK START GUIDE AND CHECKLIST Imagine running faster and stronger but with less effort, and all from one small adjustment. What is it? Increasing your run cadence […]

Podcast, Run Form, Cadence & Gait, Strength, Plyos & Form Drills, Trees and DLake

Use This Easy Run Drill Trick To Get Unreal Results

4 Uphill Form Drills & Plyometrics for runners Have you ever seen a runner with perfect form and wondered how they do it? Do they have a special genetic gift? Or did they work hard to develop their form? The […]

daren doing run drills
DLake Deliberates, Podcast, Strength, Plyos & Form Drills

Use Run Form Drills and Plyometrics to Become an Injury-Free Monster

If you want to become an injury-free run monster and learn everything about doing running form drills and plyometrics for strength, power and better form – then you should listen to this episode of DLake Creates. Listen on Apple Podcasts, […]

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