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What You Need to Know About Barefoot Training
Grin and bare it — barefoot training can make you faster and less injury prone.
4 Tips to Bring Fun Back to Your Fitness Routine
Routines – even healthy ones – have a way of becoming, well, routine. Here’s how to put the fun back into your fitness experience.
What is Mental Performance Training?
Using visualization and meditation techniques, mental performance training helps you to set goals and overcome obstacles, such as negative thinking, to achieve optimal performance. It can also help you to prepare mentally for high-pressure situations.
How to Do Overspeed Training
Feeling the need for speed? Yearning to turn on your turbojets? Overspeed training may deliver the velocity you’ve been missing.
Hot on the Trail: Trail Running
If the thought of pounding the pavement makes you want to head for the hills, trail running may offer profound appeal. Find out why millions of runners are taking to the trails.
Ready, Set, Race: Tips to Navigating Your First Competitive Event
Is your favorite active pursuit leading you somewhere? Like a starting line, perhaps? Get the beginner’s scoop on everything from finding an ideal event to celebrating your first finish.
What Is Carbohydrate Loading?
Oodles of noodles aren’t the only secret to successful pre-race fueling. Here’s a closer look at how to maximize your energy supply.
Overcoming Gym Intimidation
Don’t let jitters and insecurity keep you from enjoying your in-club workouts.
How to Mentally Recover From a DNF
Falling short of the finish line can be frustrating. But the only real defeat lies in failing to learn from your experience.
Transition Tips for Triathlons
You’re fast in the water, explosive on the bike and smooth in your running stride. But a great triathlon finish hinges on your performance in the transition area.
How to Start Running
Let go of your preconceived notions. Find your stride, seek your rhythm and discover the runner inside you.
How to Use Active Recovery to Heal from an Athletic Injury
Many sports injuries heal faster, and many athletes appear happier, when they augment rest with modified recovery workouts.
Buddy System: The Pros and Cons of Training Partners
Every athlete can benefit from training with a partner or group. Here’s how to be sure you’re getting the most out of your time together.
5 Strategies to Help You Cope When You Get Dropped During a Race
In the swim lanes, on the road or on the run — here’s how to manage when you get dropped at your race.