When many people think of walking for exercise, they envision themselves walking 2-3 miles a day. As a leisurely pace, walking 3 miles takes about one hour, so a 3-mile walk is a good daily workout, especially if you’re walking 3 miles a day most days of the week. More ambitious walkers often build up … Read more
Walking a mile a day is an excellent fitness goal for beginners. It’s not too much of a commitment in terms of time and energy, yet it can still provide many wonderful physical and mental health benefits. Most people can build up to walking a mile a day rather quickly, and once you establish a … Read more
Every runner wants to be fully prepared and confident about their fitness and ability to finish their race when they stand behind the starting line on race day. In order to get to that place, you have to have trained properly for the event to ensure your body and mind have the endurance, strength, and … Read more
How to lose weight and the best weight loss methods have to be among the most contested subjects these days. Between the obesity epidemic and the common desire to be thinner, almost everyone knows someone in their social circle who is thinking about how to lose weight or is actively trying to lose weight. There are … Read more
We are all well aware of the benefits of working out and how important it is to get in your strength training. However, whether you work out in the gym or do at-home exercise, it’s easy to fall into a rut of doing the same routine over and over, or just cycling through a couple … Read more
Most parents can remember a time when their child was young and constantly on the move; running around from here to there as if their energy was a never ending, overflowing reservoir. Then, as children grow up they are exposed to highly engaging media and screen time and the rigidity and structure of sitting all … Read more
Many adults love to enjoy a few alcoholic drinks with friends on the weekend or throw back a beer or glass of wine with dinner. However, if you’re working hard in the gym to build muscle or push your body in your workouts to get stronger, are your drinking habits sabotaging your fitness gains? Does … Read more
Whether you’re a beginner just trying to finish your first 5k or a seasoned runner chasing a PR, there are plenty of free and premium 5k training plans available online these days, so you can find exactly what workouts you should do to prepare to run a 5k. However, many of these training plans omit … Read more
Running is a diverse sport, with all sorts of different niches and ways to participate. Some people only run on the treadmill at the gym or in their basement. Others love charity races and frequently participate in community 5ks. Then, there are the endurance runners who train for half marathons or marathons, or even ultramarathons and … Read more
Let’s get one thing straight: If you are looking into how to run 10k in 35 minutes, you’re going to be taking on a challenging goal and accomplishing something very few runners can achieve. After all, Running Level reports that the average 10k time across all ages and genders is 49:43, which is quite a … Read more
After a long winter of bundling up and trudging through sloppy miles on slushy and snowy roads during cold, dark mornings, there’s nothing more invigorating and enticing to a runner than the prospect of enjoying warm spring runs. The springtime lighting is beautiful, whether you’re an early morning runner or hit the roads or trails … Read more
It’s completely normal and expected to feel tired after running a hard workout, long run, or race. Running is a physically demanding form of exercise, so nearly every runner is acquainted with feeling fatigued after running at one point or another. But, what happens when fatigue from running lingers? What if you’re a chronically exhausted … Read more
Have you ever been running, feeling great and enjoying the workout, when suddenly it strikes: a terrible side stitch. Just seconds before, you felt like passers by could potentially mistake you for an elite marathoner, and now you’re nearly doubling over in sharp pain. Side stitches can be surprisingly debilitating and uncomfortable, and although they tend … Read more
One of the great ironies in running is the concept of running slow to get faster. Sure, it’s easy to understand how speed workouts, strides, hill sprints, and tempo runs can help you run faster over time, but the same can’t really be said about doing really slow runs at a jogging pace. It’s just … Read more
Every runner should have at least one running goal. You might want to run a 5k or finish your first marathon. Maybe you have a pace or time goal like breaking four hours in the marathon or running a mile in under 8 minutes. Goals for runners are like a bottomless gas tank: they are what … Read more