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Treadmill Buying: 5 Tips You Need to Know
It’s no secret that treadmills are one of the most popular pieces of home fitness equipment. While many fitness fads have come and gone, the treadmill has stood the test of time and proven itself as the king of home fitness! So what makes the treadmill such a great choice when it comes to home […]
Coaching
How to Train for Your First Marathon
Here’s exactly what you need to do to prepare your body and mind for the challenge of running your first marathon. Download this free 20-week training plan.
Coaching
How to Work Your Glutes with a Resistance Band
Next up in my “Exercises You Should Be Doing” series is a Resistance Band Exercise for Glutes: the Band Resisted Lateral Walk. While a lateral walk may not sound like much of an exercise, once you throw a mini resistance band into the equation you’ll see – or should I say feel – why this move […]
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How to Train for Your Fastest Half Marathon
You’ve run a half marathon and now you’ve got the bug and want to improve your finish time. Excellent, you’re in the right place. The Faster Half Marathon Training Schedule is designed to those that have run at least one half marathon, and want to build on their fitness and improve their time. It’s also […]
Coaching
How to Train for Your First Half Marathon
You’re all signed up for your first half marathon! Now it’s time to prepare your body and mind for the challenge ahead. This half marathon program is geared to those who want to train for their first half marathon, and who have been running at least 3-4 miles three times per week. If you’re running […]
Coaching
How to Increase Fitness with Simple Home Treadmill Workouts
Are you considering owning a treadmill? While a treadmill may be the most basic piece of cardio equipment, their impact on your workouts is anything but. A treadmill can be used for everything from high intensity interval training (HIIT) that will help you to lose weight fast to easy walks and lower impact jogging on […]
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The Ultimate Showdown: Strength vs. Cardio Training
Strength training or cardio: what’s better for fat loss? Or overall health? You might be surprised to find the answer. Learn how to optimize your workout routine for your goals.
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Exercises You Should Be Doing, But Probably Aren’t: Windmill Stretch
Now that you’ve mastered Squats and Pushups, let’s focus on the Windmill Stretch. While this is more of a stretching-type exercise, it also goes a long way in improving overall mobility and is a great way to self-assess your own movement on a daily basis. Most people cringe when they think of stretching and, I’m the […]
Wellness
Yoga Poses to Prevent Low Back Pain
To avoid low back pain, the demands of running require a strong core, good spinal mobility, and open hips and sacral joints. Adding these yoga postures into your running cool-down or including them in your active recovery workouts will build the strength and flexibility that is needed to maintain and efficient running form and avoid […]
Coaching
How To Train For Your First 10K
Training Plan For Your First 10K The 10K distance is the perfect race for those who want to run a little farther than their usual 2-3 miler, build their running endurance and push their limits beyond a 5K. Start from where you are. In this post you’ll find a training plan that is geared to […]
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How To Do Push-ups
While the exercise for this week’s “Exercises You Should Be Doing, But Probably Aren’t” may be one of the most common exercises on the planet, it’s also one of the most butchered. So I thought it would be appropriate to go a little more in-depth as to what constitutes a proper push-up. Most people have […]
Wellness
7 Yoga Poses To Help You Recover From Low Back Pain
The first portion of this blog series focused on rehabilitative postures to lengthen and open places that cause pain in the low back. When your muscles and fascia have open and aligned sufficiently to release compression, the phase of recovery is directed at maintaining that healthy position while introducing movement. This trains your body to […]
Coaching
How to Use Incline on a Treadmill to Boost Your Calorie Burn (3 Workouts + Infographics)
The slap in the face of 37 chilly degrees during my morning run has me contemplating switching to treadmills for a few days each week. Running on treadmills has it perks, beyond the obvious benefit of being indoors during colder months. They’re a helpful tool if you want to improve your natural running pace or burn more calories […]
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How to Run on a Treadmill
There’s no doubt that running on a treadmill is a bit different than running outside but, if done properly, treadmill running can have just as many benefits (if not more) than running outside. One of the great positives to treadmill running is that it is safe! No uneven terrain, no need to be worried about […]
Wellness
Stop Low Back Pain with These Yoga Moves Especially for Runners
If your low back is aching, you’re not alone. Approximately 80% of the population experiences low back pain at some point. Runners can be especially challenged by low back issues for many reasons, including the core stabilization required to hold the spine in a healthy position during running, as well as the tightness that running […]
Wellness
Mental Health Series: Why Self-Care is Important
The classic struggle It’s the classic struggle of finding balance between work and life. While we know that we need to recharge, it’s easy to feel like a hero when we spend all of our time working and caring for others. Our American ideals of hard work and emphasis on achievement make it easy to […]
Motivation
Active Vacation Series: What’s Happening in the Race Scene
It’s never been a better time to be a runner. Whether you’re thinking of getting started on a running program, or have been running for years, there is a plethora of fun races to strike the match of motivation. Here are some of my favorite running race trends. Themed Races These races tend to hover […]
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Use Yoga to Improve Your Run: Part II
In part I of this series we talked about how to strengthen the hamstrings with yoga to improve your running. Read on for Part II as we discuss hamstring stretches. As a complex muscle group comprised of three separate muscle segments, the hamstrings are particularly prone to imbalances that are impacted by our repetitive daily […]
Motivation
Climb Every Mountain, and Everything Else in Your Life Too
This article is the first in the Active Vacation Series. One person’s finish line is another’s mountain summit. Mountain climbing and hiking is one of the fastest growing sports and it’s easy to understand why. It combines the motivation of a challenge with the scenery of the great outdoors and requires travel to beautiful destinations […]
Wellness
Barre Workouts You Can Do At Home: Part II
In Part I of this series, Joli explained the benefits and history of Barre workouts. Here she gives us a basic workout you can start doing at home today. The “fold-over” series Adding barre exercises to your home workouts is a powerful way to specifically target the glutes and core. Barre instructor and international instructor, […]