Sport Specific Training

Articles that address concepts relevant for specific sports or activities that may help personal trainers plan for athletic clients.

Warm up for Hiking and Biking

Warming up the body properly makes your client's favorite activities safer and easier by getting the muscles ready. Warm up also increases blood flow and gets muscles activated for the more...

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Cold Weather Running

So even as a dusting of snow still sat on the ground—a big deal in southern US—I signed up for a 15k road race to be held the very next morning. The very next morning, while we shivered at the start...

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Running Fundamentals

My start with running happened in what I think of as an unusual way. I’d taken my dog for a walk, and he wanted to go faster. So I broke out in a trot. That’s it. I thought to myself after a few...

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Cold Weather Bike Riding

Temperatures are dropping, and we’re facing a few holidays when, let’s face it, food seems to top the list. Put that next to frigid winds and a lowered motivation to get outdoors on the bike, and it...

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