In this piece in the Times, the issue of whether or not to stretch, and if so, how, is addressed, yet again: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/22/to-stretch-or-not-to-stretch/?r… The quick and dirty is that studies have demonstrated that power and …
Sprint to Faster and Maybe Better Health
Sprinting has been shown to improve all kinds of health and fitness parameters. here’s a recent commentary re a study that, again, supports the value of high intensity training: http://www.multibriefs.com/briefs/acsm/active1-25.htm Now, before I go on …
Running Shoe Type to Fit Your Foot Type
I’ve reported before on whether or not you should buy a running shoe to fit your foot type. The most recent studies simply do not support this idea. For one thing, analyzing a foot type, …
Workouts that Work
It’s christmas morning and all through my house, not a creature was stirring, except me. Hopefully the mouse that’s been meandering on the counter near my home-made bread – he/she never did get any but …
Knees, Arthritis, Running: Are They Connected?
I’ve probably written on this before but this article in the ny times inspired tonite’s blog: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/13/phys-ed-do-marathons-wreck-your… I alert you to the concluding line: ‘There’s no strong evidence,’’ he said, that, if your knees are …
Feet Revisited – Shoes, No Shoes, or the Right Shoes
This is prompted by the long-held belief that motion-control shoes prevent overpronators (flat-footed people) from excessive rotation of the ankle, lower leg, and knee, and thus prevents problems up the kinetic chain. Obversely, supinators- those …
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More On Barefoot Running
The articles continue coming in about the merits or hazards of barefootness. The American Running & Fitness Association, of which I am a lifetime member and happy recipient of its newsletters, has an article in …
Shoeless Joe
Some of you may be old enough, or have seen the movie, “Field of Dreams”, to remember the name “shoeless” Joe. I’m old enough to know the name but not the reason he got this …