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	Supporting Act: Six Underappreciated Muscles By Ray Klerck on 21/09/2010 10:54:01 Your quads, hamstrings, glutes and abs often hog the limelight. Work your 'hidden heroes' - lesser-known but just as important muscles - to run stronger, faster and fitter. by helping you cover more miles with less effort,” says strength and running coach Paul Collins, author of Dynamic Dumbbell Training (£14.94, Meyer & Meyer). “A weakness in these muscles is often a precursor to injury.”To shore up your black spots and make

	Painfulness Is Just An Ilusion By Andy Blackford on 04/09/2003 17:28:56 Vanquishing pain by using only the power of your mind can be the real pain to straighten me out. And while I am now satisfied that pain does not exist, Im having a hard time convincing certain wayward elements in my non-existent body. Take my right hamstring, for instance. It all began 20 years ago when I fell down the lighthouse

	Q+A: Calf strains: Why they occur and how to treat By Judith Pitt-Brooke on 13/02/2006 15:51:05 Our experts answer real-life questions Q I’m 44 years old and have been running for 20 years. I stretch my calves and hamstrings before I run but have recently suffered a calf strain after a few miles. How can I avoid this and how should these injuries be treated when they occur?A From

	Q+A: I'm 17 and running gives me growing pains... By Martin Haines on 10/09/2000 18:25:37 Our experts answer real-life questions Q Im a 17-year-old middle-distance runner. Last year I started growing really fast and reached 6ft 6in. Now I regularly experience pains in my upper arms, hamstrings and thighs after harder runs. My GP says I should stretch more, while my coach

	Taxing Relief By Andy Blackford on 05/09/2003 10:40:13 Losing money to the taxman can be painful, but the alternatives can be downright agony the Regent’s Park Canal, I can’t help thinking I might have overcooked it a bit. Still, it certainly kept the taxman off my back, so I mustn’t grumble. First came the dental work. When I was 15, I paid a visit to my dentist in Middlesborough

	Paradise Lost By Andy Blackford on 05/09/2003 11:10:41 It's expected that most honeymooners will get into a few strange positions, but being bent backwards over a rubber ball takes the tradition to a whole new level children like pulling the legs off flies.I’ve always hated stretching. Warming up, it seemed to me, was a waste of time. As far as I was concerned, the first 10 miles of the race was my warm-up. Result: I am barely able to touch my knees, let alone my toes

	Fast Lane: Improve Your Muscles By Ed Eyestone on 28/02/2008 17:50:02 Train yourself to run with more muscle Speed repetitions Warm up, then run eight x 400m at mile race pace with two-minute jog recoveries between. 5 Sprints Warm up, then run eight x 200m at 800m race pace with 200m slow jog recoveries between.6 Strides Warm up, then run 10-12 x 100m

	The RW D.I.Y Coaching Team By Matt Barbour on 01/07/2008 12:43:15 With this advice from the country's top running coaches and health and fitness professionals, you can train yourself to run your best pressure should be at/or lower than 120/80; HDL (good) cholesterol above 50; LDL (bad) cholesterol lower than 100; triglycerides lower than 150; and blood glucose level lower than 100. Get a check-up (blood test, blood pressure check and a sounding of your

	Ground Rules (Preview) By Sam Murphy on 29/07/2010 12:43:41 Tired of tramping over Tarmac? There are plenty of other running surfaces to tackle, to banish boredom and benefit your body. Here’s how to get the best out of them. in longer stance phase (total foot/ground contact time) than a firmer surface. The extent of hip and knee flexion on foot contact were greater on sand, and hamstring activation was higher.If you're accustomed to running mainly on road, Dr Nicholas

	Ground Rules By Sam Murphy on 29/07/2010 12:40:28 Tired of tramping over Tarmac? There are plenty of other running surfaces to tackle, to banish boredom and benefit your body. Here’s how to get the best out of them. rather than a rocky fell. And always look 10-15 metres ahead – not down at your feet.Workout ideasRecovery runTrails slow you down, so they are the perfect place to do your recovery running. Aim for 20-45 minutes on an easy trail at a pace that is two

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