Building muscle isn’t easy. If it was, a lot more people would look like Arnold Schwarzenegger. But there are techniques you can use to make the most of the time you spend in the weights room.  Take myo-reps, for example. It’s an approach created by top trainer Borge Fagerli and it delivers the same gains

What makes the biggest impact when it comes to recovery strategies and tools for runners? Dr. Peter Tierney is a health and performance researcher, consultant, and coach who’s worked with many professional sports organizations to help athletes recover effectively from exercise. Dr. Peter Tierney’s science-backed “Big 5” recovery strategies help athletes perform at a top

Whatever kind of runner you are, and whatever you’re training for, it’s always great to make parkrun part of your weekly routine if you can. It’s a great start to the weekend and will top up your motivation for running because of the always-excellent atmosphere. However, fitting parkrun in isn’t always the easiest thing to

Most diets work, at least in the short term. Whatever rules you have to follow with a diet, at its core is probably an approach that puts you in a calorie deficit if you’re aiming to lose weight, and encourages you to eat more healthy things and fewer unhealthy things. But the restrictions diets place

Anyone who has trained for a marathon will probably have already heard about the taper, an almost magical period where you get to stop training so hard and start resting up ahead of race day. Outside of marathons, tapering is not spoken about as much, but it is still an important thing to do when

What should runners look for in a running shoe? Thomas Neuberger of Believe in the Run has tested hundreds of running shoes and has witnessed the evolution, trends, and fads of the running shoe industry over the years. Thomas Neuberger has tested about 100 pairs of running shoes in the past year alone. Thomas is

The Brooks Glycerin was once the most comfortable running shoe available, with its stack of cushioning making it stand out. Now, however, many of the best cushioned running shoes have higher stacks and softer foams than the Glycerin—and the Brooks Glycerin 21 is relatively lightweight and low-stack for a cushioned shoe. This makes it a

The New York City Half Marathon has been one of the New York Road Runners’ most popular races over the last decade. While the course has changed over the years, fans’ enthusiasm for it hasn’t wavered. I ran the New York City Half Marathon twice when it took place entirely in the borough of Manhattan,

Trail running doesn’t always mean running an ultramarathon. From trail 5ks to marathons, there’s a growing interest in middle distance trail events. Andy Wacker is making this space a more vibrant and welcoming community for runners. The Trail Team athletes race for Team USA at Challenge Stellina in Susa, Italy, August 2023 Trail running has

Dave Castro has kept up his annual tradition of providing weekly clues ahead of each of the 2024 CrossFit Open workout announcements. And, as tradition dictates, the clues have been head-scratchers.  His 24.3 clue is a video of a dog tearing into a chicken leg, filmed from below.  Within an hour of going up on

Jon Levitt is a friend and well-known figure around Boulder, Colorado. This episode explores a new podcast format to feature a chat with Jon as we share current thoughts on our running and the broader industry. Sometimes our best conversations with friends happen on the run. Often they are meandering like the run itself, covering

The Saucony Peregrine line has been a fixture on my round-ups of the best trail-running shoes, and the Peregrine 14 lives up to the high standards of its predecessors by being an excellent off-road shoe that’s comfortable on a variety of terrains. However, it’s also similar to the Peregrine 13, so the better value is

The Boston Marathon is a race with a long and storied history. Whether you’re racing Boston this spring or have it in your sights as a long term goal, this episode will help you learn all the ins and outs of this iconic event. We’re beginning to emerge from winter in the northern hemisphere, and

Running is a high-impact sport which makes succumbing to some sort of injury quite common, especially the longer you continue with the sport. You can mitigate this risk by doing things like run-specific strength training and following a well-constructed running training plan, but even then things can happen—I once scuppered a marathon training cycle by

The Tokyo Marathon 2024 is the first World Marathon Major of the year, and it’s set to be a fantastic race with the elite fields headed by two of the greatest runners of all time with Eliud Kipchoge in the men’s race and Sifan Hassan in the women’s. Kipchoge will be aiming to break his

This post was written by Keagen Hadley. He is a licensed doctor of Occupational Therapy and the owner of Keagenhadley.com. He is an Amazon bestselling author and passionate about health, wellness, and longevity. Are you a runner curious about the edge lifting weights could provide on your runs? Strength training can unlock your full potential,

The Asics Metaspeed Sky Paris and Metaspeed Edge Paris will be available to buy from Monday March 4, with both shoes priced at $250/£220, which is the same price as the Asics Metaspeed Sky+ and Metaspeed Edge+ in the US and an unexpected £5 drop in the UK. It’s been almost two years since Asics

Athletes are often either wary of pain or try to ignore it entirely. Neither is optimal! But learning to reevaluate your relationship with pain can help you understand what it’s trying to tell you, and help your long-term health. We have long been conditioned to see pain as a warning sign. For those of us

Running is a high-impact sport and if you’re not careful your body won’t be able to handle the demands running places on it, which can lead to injury. Following a progressive running training plan is a smart way to let your body adjust gradually to more running, but you can also strengthen your muscles to

Garmin Forerunner 265 My pick as the best overall sports watch, the Forerunner 265 is a multisport watch with an attractive, lightweight design. It has more features than the Forerunner 165, including dual-band GPS, more training analysis, cycling power meter support and a triathlon mode. For Multisport mode Dual-band GPS Two sizes More training analysis

Even when buying the best workout headphones, there’s always a compromise to be made somewhere. In-ear buds have a more secure fit and the best water and sweat resistance, and can sound fantastic, but don’t match the sound quality and active noise cancellation (ANC) you can get from on-ear or over-ear buds.  Most over-ear headphones

With consistency and dedication, it’s never too late to achieve your running goals. Whether you’re a masters runner or discovering running after college, learn how paying attention to the little things can translate to impressive accomplishments. No matter how great your love for running, you can’t get better without consistent, healthy training. While new runners

Way back in 2017, on a hunch, Coach contacted a few CrossFit boxes to find out if anyone had found love in a sweaty place. Of course they had and we featured four so-called CrossFit couples. Since then we discovered that it wasn’t just casual CrossFitters who had coupled up. Some of the sport’s elite

The most effective way of becoming a better runner is, of course, to run regularly—that’s what we learned when we asked elite runner Mara Yamauchi how to run faster—but supplementing your running with strength training can also help. “Doing low rep but challenging running-specific strength exercises can improve your running performance by up to five

As runners, we accept a certain amount of risk for undertaking such a high impact sport. While 100% injury prevention may not be possible, you can learn the best practices to stay healthy for consistent training and racing. Let’s face it: injuries are frustrating. They keep us from doing the sport that we love and

It used to be that gym-goers gave weights machines a wide berth in the gym, with the functional fitness crowd preferring free-weight exercises instead. However, a gym’s weights machines can be very useful when you want to challenge large muscle groups, like those in your legs, with lots of weight, and they can also effectively