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The Runner’s Core: A foundation for powerful and efficient movement |
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Written by Ralph Griffiths
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Friday, 28 August 2009 17:06 |
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The “core” has been a hot topic lately. Celebrity endurance athletes, sport magazines and online articles shout out “Screw leg training! You need to do you some crunches!” And they’re right, at least in sentiment, if not execution.
The key to effective core training for runners is to define the difference between “core strength” and “core stability”, and which is more important for functional performance.
Do you know the difference between the two? They are closely related, but there are some very important differences.
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Clearing up common misconceptions #2: Not eating after 7pm OR 3 hours before bed, or something. |
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Written by Ralph Griffiths
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Monday, 17 August 2009 13:58 |
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A common fitness industry recommendation is not to eat after 7pm. This is based on the theory that most people are more active during the day than at night. For many this is a safe assumption, but for others is simply not the case.
Here’s a good example of why this dietary standard falls short. Every Monday night I run with the Oak Park Runners Club. We run 8 miles at a fairly good clip and finish up around 8.30pm. If I were one to follow the guideline in question I would be thinking “It’s late. I’m starved, but I shouldn’t eat too much or it will all be stored as fat.” This couldn’t be further from the truth.
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A dietitians recommendations: Carbohydrates |
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Written by Kristin Delleman
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Sunday, 09 August 2009 17:43 |
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Here's our friend and dietary specialist Kristin back as a guest blogger. This time the focus is on bringing you up to speed on carbs and how your body uses them in exercise.
TRUE or FALSE? All carbohydrate foods are equally bad.
FALSE. Carbohydrate foods sometimes get a bad reputation when in reality carbohydrates are a very important nutrient in metabolism. However, the type of carbohydrate being consumed and portion size is key.
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