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Should You Stretch Before Your Run?

By on Monday, July 25th, 2011 | 5 Comments

Does stretching make you a better runner, or a worse runner? Should you stretch before your run, after your run, or both? Stretching damages your muscles, the same as any other kind of workout, so that they can come back with appropriate adaptations to withstand that activity in the future. Granted, the microscopic tears from [...]

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How To Do The Stretches Used In The USATF Stretching Study

By on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 | No Comments

What is involved in the stretching regimen that was used in the recent USATF study? There were 3 different stretches that they used (technically 4 since the last stretch had 2 parts.) The subjects that were going to be stretching were supplied with a detailed stretch protocol that included the photographs of the stretch, as [...]

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Does Stretching Before a Run Help Prevent Injuries?

By on Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 | 7 Comments

The USATF wanted to find the answer to that very question, so they recently did a 3 month long study of 3000 runners to find out exactly what factors do and don’t play a part in preventing injuries and in getting injured. The results of their summary can answer that question in two words: Not [...]

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Should You Stretch Before A Run? (Part 2)

By on Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Yesterday, I shared some simple stretches that you can do before a run. As presented, the stretches are more like dynamic warm ups rather than actual stretching, intended more to get you ready to run than to stretch a cold muscle. But what about the advice on stretching before your warm up? This was also [...]

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Should You Stretch Before A Run? (Part 1)

By on Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 | 3 Comments

Stretching before you run used to be the thing to do. Then it went out of favor, to be replaced with post-run stretching or stretching after a warm up. Stretching a cold muscle can do more damage than you want to it, but loosening a muscle up before a run, especially if it isn’t practical [...]

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Twice As Many Researchers Advise Against Stretching

By on Monday, December 1st, 2008 | 7 Comments

Stretching was always a mainstay for distance runners in an effort to both reduce injuries and improve performance. Over the past decade, however, a lot of research has come out that seems to contradict that popular belief. In fact, according to Running Research News, almost twice as many research studies advise against stretching compared to [...]

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2nd Annual Maine Coach & Athlete Cross Country Clinic (Part I: Injury Prevention and Treatment)

By on Monday, August 25th, 2008 | 5 Comments

The 2nd annual Maine Coach and Athlete Cross Country Clinic was on August 18th, 2008 at the University of Southern Maine. The clinic lasted for about 2 hours, although most of the speakers and coaches were available before and after the clinic for questions. The clinic was sponsored by John Rogers of the Maine Running [...]

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Ball Dynamics Pressure Points™ Review

By on Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 | No Comments

About a month or so ago I was in touch with a gentleman at Ball Dynamics, a Colorado based manufacturer and distributor of the FitBall® product line. They sell a variety of swiss balls and medicine balls and accessories, which should be a staple in any athlete’s home exercise equipment. In exchange for this review, [...]

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