--Strengthening your lower back and abdominal muscles should help ease any pain you experience while running. To minimise stress on the lower back, use an upright posture (ie no slouching) while sitting, standing, walking, and running. You can also protect your back by doing most...
. Jimmy tries to explain: “Talent means running smoothly. You can see that they already have a good running style and natural ability.” Then it’s up to the coach to improve their running style with strength training and drills, and make sure they have
. These will also help to reduce your risk of injury by fortifying your joints and protecting your legs from the repetitive pounding of training. If you are looking for a non-weight-based programme to build leg strength, head for the hills. Hill intervals are also
-length changes will make your reactions quicker and your body more agile.Try this: Train on hilly off-road terrain as often as possible. The gradients and uneven surface will condition your body against injury while improving your balance and core strength
In New York City for the annual Runner's World Shoe Conference, Alison Hamlett enjoys some quality time with running legend Haile Gebrselassie ahead of his 'big apple' debut.Q. You're 37. Why has it taken you this long to run the NYCM?A. After I
Radcliffe did when she won here, that would be fabulous. You can learn from other athletes but if you try to copy them it can be detrimental. You have to know your own strengths and weaknesses. You have to remember who you are and run the best race for you
by exercise and the ageing process. The number of muscle fibres you have also falls by three to five per cent per decade after 30. Try cross-training to maintain muscle strength. 40s After the age of 45, Professor Tim Noakes believes you should reduce your
also train with my wife, Clare, and that’s helped me to stay injury-free, as I train slower with her. As well as training with Clare, I train on my own to give me mental strength in an Ironman.What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given?The triathlete
and protecting your legs from the repetitive pounding of training. If you are looking for a non-weight-based programme to build leg strength, head for the hills. Hill intervals are also an effective way to build efficient and powerful leg muscles. Find a hill
where a vertebra that is out of position is causing nerve irritation, the brain (via the nervous system) will not be able to successfully send vital messages to the joints and muscles, in Mills’s case her hip. The result is reduced strength and reflexes
