048: Listener Questions: Becoming a Better Runner, Swim Training and More! [Podcast]

by | Jul 22, 2014 | Ask Coach Al, Authentic Movement, Core Stability and Strength, Gait Analysis, Podcast, Run Form, Running, Running Injury

[powerpress]   Today we dig into some great questions sent in to us from listeners. The first has to do with becoming a BETTER runner, something nearly every triathlete and pure runner has thought about at one time or another (or a few thousand times!) 🙂 Whether it’s...
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...

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...