by Mens Health | Oct 14, 2016 | Fitness
Good runners make it look effortless, even when it isn’t. Work hard on your stride and shape, and reap the rewards by carving minutes off your PBs. Start here… 1. Lean Forward Aim for a slight forward tilt – about two or three degrees. You don’t want to...
by Mens Health | Oct 14, 2016 | Running
Keeping running interesting is a challenge. Few guys understand this better than Ben St Lawrence, Australia’s 5 000m and 10 000m national champion, who in a heavy week will cover more ground than the length of the South African coast line. A St Lawrence tactic for...
by Mens Health | Oct 14, 2016 | Fitness
Serious runners swear by hill training. But a new South Dakota State University study finds that running intervals on flat terrain may be more effective than hill repeats for improving your distance running. When athletes performed intervals on either level ground or...
by Mens Health | Oct 13, 2016 | Running
By Thomas Okes You know when you’re halfway through a pull-up and your trainer says, “Now go slow on the way down. Slower than that. No I said slow. Okay try again” – that’s eccentric, or negative, training, and it comes with a range of serious...
by Mens Health | May 5, 2016 | Fitness
We’ve all been told that protein and carbohydrates are a ‘must-have’ for endurance athletes after a tough workout—but why? New research explains the performance-boosting power behind your post-run shake. In the study, men who consumed a protein-carb drink after an...
