down, without the core strength to control your movement, your quads and knee joints bear the extra pounding of your body weight, which can lead to fatigue, pain and even injury. 4. Endurance As you're nearing the end of a race, a solid core helps

can separate you from your racing rivals. Here's when and how to surge - and leave your competition behind you. Conquer HillsSurging at the bottom of a hill can leave you fatigued before you reach the top. Save your speed for the last third of the hill

of your running training off-road as possible. Not only will this build your muscles to cope with fatigue when you're running off the bike, the varied terrain will strengthen your ankles, which will protect you against turning your feet when you're running

enough, you experience extreme fatigue, lagging performances, and are often more susceptible to colds. Since you may be losing some iron in your sweat and urine, and because exercise itself can hamper your ability to absorb the mineral, you need to pay

need more of it, such as endurance exercisers, are often the ones who don’t get enough because they tend to eat less meat than sedentary people and bodybuilders, and meat is one of the best sources of protein.Skimping on protein can cause fatigue

is experiencing deep fatigue, and your body’s production of hormones is suppressed. This may well call for a more drastic training cutback, eliminating two or three days of training per week for up to six months.—Warren Scott, sports medicine specialist

sets of 30 seconds. The podiatrist explained that 15 minutes was needed to fatigue the stretch receptors in the muscle. Is this right?A It’s true that of all exercises, stretching is perhaps the one which is most open to interpretation. People can

, fatigue, overtraining and burnout. "Beginners - and even intermediate exercisers - should leave the gym thinking that they could have done more," says Kravitz.Once is enough The research is clear: for the average person, one set of an exercise is just

is friendly and the scenery is enough to distract from any fatigue. Enter online now.2. BUPA London 10000London, May 31  Put together by the team behind the London Marathon, the Bupa London 10000 is well-organised, had helpful marshals, and has a relaxed

more comfortable,with his help and the training I had gained from your schedule I managed tostay on the pace for 18 miles until I started to feel fatigued and realisedthat in order to make the finish, I needed to back off the pace slightly. Ilet