Many runners do substantial amounts of “core” training. The core training is done in the belief that it will assist them greatly during the run and especially at the end of the run, when fatigue begins to set in. Also the core training will enable them to maintain good posture and form during the run. […]
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After reading the reverse sit up blog, a few readers asked if the hanging leg raise was a good substitute exercise for strengthening the lower abdominal muscles –along with the hip flexors. Both of these muscles are strongly involved in hill running as well as in sprinting. The hanging leg raise is a good exercise,
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Contract the abdominals. I feel confident that you will see this recommendation with just about every exercise that is being described for you to execute. It appears with regularity in many newspapers as well as fitness magazines. For reasons that I have been unable to determine, the proponents of contracting the abdominals state that is
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There was still another exercise article in the San Diego Union Tribune that left much to be desired. They describe an exercise in which you begin standing with your hands flat on the ground, legs straight, and then inch your hands away from the body until you are in a full plank position. You then
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In watching the speed skaters in the Olympic Games it was rewarding to see the start used by the skaters. They do exactly what I have been preaching for many years. In essence, you push off with the rear leg and step out with a front leg. But yet, many coaches maintain that this is
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