The Warm up Ritual | Written by Mark Blomeley
Let’s be honest, for most of us runners a warm up is usually putting on our shoes and then doing a slower run for a couple of minutes before we increase our pace to our target pace for the session. We know...
The Long Run: What’s the Point? Written by Mark Blomeley
The long run or long runs are a staple of any good running program for anyone running over 800m. However the reality is for many runners, due to injuries or long term issues not enough long run volume can be achieved...
Running Mechanics | What matters By Mark Blomeley
As runners there is so much emphasis placed on where we are landing on our foot. The trend over the past decade is to place a lot of emphasis on forefoot landing or “running on your toes”. Today I’m going to surprise...
The Sports Gene' Explores The Science Behind Athletic Success
Originally Published Jul 31 2013 - Re-Published with permission by RT 13/1/2016
By: Chris Gorski
Not everyone can become an elite athlete. On the basketball court, tall men with abnormally long arms have an advantage over equally athletic men with typical body proportions....
Endurance sports' physical demands explain why certain events favor different body shapes.
By: Chris Gorski
(ISNS) -- Olympians competing in the many endurance sporting events have such different body shapes because the physics and physiology of moving fast -- and efficiently -- require it.
A sport's physical demands dictate the dimensions of...
Bilateral vs Unilateral Movement Development for Runners
By Mark Blomeley
Ok, so you’re probably looking at the title and thinking what the? Let me explain…
To put this simply, bilateral movement refers to a two arm or two leg movement, whereas unilateral refers to a single arm or single leg movement. In other...
Note: Times have been update by RT to reflect the current world records.
By: Chris Gorski, Senior Editor
(Inside Science) -- The current world records for the marathon 2:02:57, set by Dennis Kimetto of Kenya on September 28, 2014 and 2:15:25 for women, set in 2003 by Paula Radcliffe, from the U.K.
These...
The 5 Hard Truths about Athletic Performance
By: Mark Blomeley
Achieving and optimising your athletic potential is a difficult process filled with many obstacles. There are a lot of things that lead to sub-optimal performance either short term or long term, so what I wanted to give you today is 5...
Why Strength Training is critical for runners
By Mark Blomeley for Runner's Tribe
One of the key things that I tell all my athletes is that strength training is building block for all athletic development. No matter what sport you play, you need to learn how to move properly and gain the...
New research shows how movement may keep synovial fluid in cartilage.
Originally published: Nov 2 2015 - 12:00pm
By: Charles Q. Choi, Contributor
(Inside Science) -- The human body is able to act like a well-oiled machine because liquid fills its joints. Now researchers are shedding light on how physical activity might...
