Published: March 27, 2017 By: Mark Crabtree, MS, ATC, CSCS, FMSC There is a well-known saying amongst health care providers working with runners. Runners are currently injured, just recovered from injury, or are about to be injured. Why? Running is an advanced exercise. With every stride your body withstands somewhere between 4-8x your body weight. Running a…
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Published: March 27, 2017 By: Jared Beckstrand, DPT I’ve always described running as “simplistically complex”. It’s something we’ve done our whole lives… you put one foot in front of the other and then repeat! But the deeper you delve into this world the more you realize how much really goes into progression and improvement. We…
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By: Amy Begley, Atlanta Track Club Coach Published: March 2, 2017 Tip One – Progress slowly For beginning runners, don’t try to go out and run lot of miles. Start off with the following schedule: 3 days per week of walk/jog workouts (example: ½ mile walk + 20 minutes rotating 1 minute of running with one minute of jogging…
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By: Amy Begley, Atlanta Track Club Coach Published: March 1, 2017 In order to reach your goals, you have to be honest with yourself. How much are you willing to put into your training? Are you actually pushing yourself, or are you going through the motions? Truthfulness isn’t a problem for Deanna Hackney. She’s pretty much brutally honest with…
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