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Tested: Treadmills
By Sean Fishpool on 08/07/2002 11:17:34
11 treadmill reviews - from £800 to £3500 - plus all the buying advice you need
of your garage. So read on, and buy wisely. Features that matterHere's what we discovered about maximum speed and incline; cushioning; belt size; heart-rate control; safety and more Using your treadmillHere's what you need to know about installation
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Session Two: 40 minutes
By Martha Schinlder on 24/11/2003 17:34:02
Session Two: 40 minutes workout
’re short on time…I. Thou Shalt Know Thy Heart Rate (or Thou Shalt Not Trust The Machines) Your gym’s cardio equipment may be state-of-the-art, with audio hook-ups to six different TVs, two beverage holders and a magazine rack, but you shouldn’t trust
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Mini-Test: Speed and Distance Monitors
By Runner's World on 22/06/2005 15:27:29
Here are three of the latest additions. RW tests the Polar S625X, Timex Speed and Distance Monitor and Garmin Forerunner 201
with Polar heart-rate monitors then put aside some time with the instruction manual. There’s a lot to learn to do justice to its range of features, from a full range of heart-rate-monitoring functions to various fitness tests and calorie calculations. Its
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Around The Site In 80 Ways... Articles
By Runner's World on 12/07/2004 15:24:26
The first in an occasional series about how to make the most of your favourite running website: a one-page look at our 1400 articles
distances, building up to a race, race day itself)• General (training basics, speedwork, hillwork and other elements, motivation, heart-rate monitoring, Mike Gratton's 'hard training' section)Health: • Beating Injury (how to diagnose it, how to avoid it
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The 15 Beginner Essentials
By Joe Henderson on 12/11/2004 15:47:59
No waffle - just the 15 key things all new runners need to know
, so they push too hard. As a result, they get overly fatigued and discouraged, or even injured. Here are some more guidelines. A comfortable pace is one to two minutes per mile slower than your trial mile time. Or you can use a heart-rate monitor
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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
should be done as genuine recovery runs, but I see so many club runners doing them as steady runs – it puts you on a fast track to fatigue and over-training." Slow it down – use a heart-rate monitor, train with a plodder or take in some chilled, view
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What’s The Damage?
By Roy Stevenson on 09/08/2010 14:06:25
Unless you’re a very lucky or very resilient triathlete you will suffer an injury at some point. The question is how to deal with it when it happens.
sure the injury is not flaring up. If you feel pain, try a different activity.Aim highTo maintain your fitness you'll need to exercise at a high intensity, so aim to get your heart working above 80 per cent of your maximum rate. This is difficult
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Speedwork Rules
By Runner's World on 01/06/2002 16:32:54
Remember these 10 tips when you start adding the fast stuff to your running programme
and heart rate go crazy.6. Focus on formSpeedwork improves your systems biomechanics, so think about form when you run fast. Visualise yourself running lightly, smoothly and efficiently.7. Find the funFaster running is a new kind of effort, but it doesn
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RW's Top Bras
By Marguerite Lazell on 04/06/2005 14:17:32
A raft of makes, sizes and styles of sports bras that can make you feel good about yourself, and your running. RW tests Sugoi, Insport, Odlo and Champion
running.Sugoi velex bra – £26Sizes S to XLColours chintz, arrow, blackWith an all-in-one design, this bra is stylish enough to wear without any layers on top in the summer. Slipping a heart-rate monitor underneath is no problem, but our testers found
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RW's Free Weekly Marathon Email
By Runner's World on 28/11/2006 10:32:15
Marathon training plans, running tips and motivational advice delivered straight to your inbox
on target?Heart-rate training for marathonersHow to minimise down-timeRace-day planning...and much more!Too impatient? Here's last year's archive Pre-schedule countdown: Week -2 | Week -1 The real training starts here:Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week
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