Variety Is Greatly Overrated. Here’s Why! (Including TIPS On How To Progress!)

Variety Is Greatly Overrated. Here’s Why! (Including TIPS On How To Progress!)

by | May 1, 2014 | Ask Coach Al, Core Stability and Strength, Elastic Return, Functional Strength Training, Gait Analysis, Injury, Ironman, Mobility, Mobility, Run Form, Running, Running Injury, Stability, Triathlon, ultrarunning, Virtual Online Gait Analysis

Despite what some believe, strength is NOT the goal with the movement training we do. Strength is a symptom ….a symptom of moving well. In a similar vein, speed training is not the optimal path toward improving our fitness. Improved fitness leads to improved speed...

Ready. Set Intention. Goal!

by | Apr 29, 2014 | and Life Balance

  “Setting your intention is like drawing an arrow from the quiver of your heart” – Bruce Black     We set goals. We strive to meet them. It’s how we live. Going back to school, a house on a hill, the corner office, fitting into those skinny jeans, a racing...

We Are All An Experiment of One: Find Out What YOU Need The Most and Then Get It Done!

by | Apr 23, 2014 | Ask Coach Al, Core Stability and Strength, Elastic Return, Functional Strength Training, Gait Analysis, Injury, Ironman, Mobility, Mobility, Run Form, Running, Running Injury, Stability, Triathlon, ultrarunning, Virtual Online Gait Analysis

In order to be able to run as fast and as long as you would like to and remain injury-free while doing it, your running body must be BOTH strong and flexible. Think about this fact: approximately 50% of the energy that propels you forward during the running stride...

You Are Not The Judge Of Me

by | Apr 17, 2014 | and Life Balance

    In sport and in life we are compelled to be remarkable. That drive keeps us striving and reaching for new growth. We set goals; we achieve them. We seek challenges; we meet them. We enrich our lives with experience, knowledge, and people that support our quest to...