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Downing chocolate milk after a tough workout can help replenish exhausted muscles and significantly aid exercise recovery, new research shows - as well or better than much higher-priced sports drinks!
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From learning about the latest research on nutrition, to understanding how to pick the right running bra, to a great selection of footwear, and lots more...
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BUYING SHOES -
DON'T buy shoes just because they look cool, or they're a good price!!
Modern running shoes are wonders of research, technology and design.
BUT many running shoes are built to correct problems you may not even have!!
Running in the wrong shoes may actually CAUSE problems you wouldn't otherwise get!!
Get informed before you spend a bunch of money on the wrong shoes!
What in the world are Vibram Five-Fingers? _________________________________________ Click here __________________________________________________________ WE ARE ALL BORN TO RUN Barefoot Running video posted on the NYTimes website: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/health/27well.html
_________________________________________________________ WE ARE ALL BORN TO RUN Awesome story!! Check this out > What follows is an excerpt from the Amazon.com interview with Chris McDougall - Click on the book above to see the whole interview... Christopher McDougall: The key secret hit me like a thunderbolt. It was so simple, yet such a jolt. It was this: everything I’d been taught about running was wrong. We treat running in the modern world the same way we treat childbirth—it’s going to hurt, and requires special exercises and equipment, and the best you can hope for is to get it over with quickly with minimal damage. Then I meet the Tarahumara, and they’re having a blast. They remember what it’s like to love running, and it lets them blaze through the canyons like dolphins rocketing through waves. For them, running isn’t work. It isn’t a punishment for eating. It’s fine art, like it was for our ancestors. Way before we were scratching pictures on caves or beating rhythms on hollow trees, we were perfecting the art of combining our breath and mind and muscles into fluid self-propulsion over wild terrain. And when our ancestors finally did make their first cave paintings, what were the first designs? A downward slash, lightning bolts through the bottom and middle—behold, the Running Man. The Tarahumara have a saying: “Children run before they can walk.” Watch any four-year-old—they do everything at full speed, and it’s all about fun. That’s the most important thing I picked up from my time in the Copper Canyons, the understanding that running can be fast and fun and spontaneous, and when it is, you feel like you can go forever. But all of that begins with your feet. Strange as it sounds, the Tarahumara taught me to change my relationship with the ground. Instead of hammering down on my heels, the way I’d been taught all my life, I learned to run lightly and gently on the balls of my feet. The day I mastered it was the last day I was ever injured. ___________________________________ Check out this video about "Born to Run" > http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m2L95KVU6Y48MK _________________________________________________________ Running Barefoot or in Minimal Footwear Click on the pic! This website has been developed to provide an evidence-based resource for those interested in barefoot or minimal footwear running. There are some short but very good videos on this site to watch good form - CHECK IT OUT! The Summer Running Plan is EASY to follow. First: It doesn’t matter how fast you run - just as long as you keep running! Next: You can stick to the schedule ANYWHERE YOU’RE AT - At your motel while you’re on vacation, at your cousin’s house, at the beach, WHEREVER! You just put on a watch, and if your workout that day calls for a 20-minute run, go out in any direction for 10 minutes, then turn around and backtrack the way you came. BAM! - You’ve got your 20-minute run for that day! CLICK ON THE PLAN YOU NEED FOR A PRINTABLE COPY! HS BOYS HS GIRLS ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL
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The Human Body Is Built for Distance
We're designed to run long distance!
It's just a matter of knowing how to do it right!
In Alpine, doing it right is called BUCK-RUNNIN'
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Check out this NYTimes article listing some of the features of our bodies
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Barefoot Running
The Roving Runner strides along Central Park barefoot with
Christopher McDougall, author of the best-selling book "Born to Run."
To read more and to comment on this video go to the Well blog.
Question: Born to Run explores the life and running habits of the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico’s Copper Canyon, arguably the greatest distance runners in the world. What are some of the secrets you learned from them?
Daniel E. Lieberman
Madhusudhan Venkadesan
Adam I. Daoud
William A. WerbelCollaborator Bios
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