Monthly Archives: April 2011

Steady State Training

By JRM | Published: April 25, 2011
There’s more than one way to build aerobic capacity and power, and thankfully, not every approach to doing so requires the athlete to work at maximal effort (or, in other words, to suffer!).  Sometimes, employing a slightly slower, steady approach to your training  can yield not only notable gains in aerobic capacity, but in endurance [...]
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To Each His Own

By JRM | Published: April 4, 2011
A common belief amongst competitive distance runners is that in order to increase one’s fitness, one must run… a lot.  Although I will be the first in line to advocate the fact that success in distance running requires a steadfast commitment to a long-term, rigorous training progression, I will also caution that obsessing first and [...]
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