Running Drills

Running drills will not only improve your speed, form, precision, and running technique but can also be a great benchmark exercise to assess your progress in terms of your conditioning and fitness level over time. Shuttle run drills can improve all of these metrics, and the shuttle run test can assess your speed, agility, and … Read more

Every sprinter knows that to get faster, you need to do track workouts. Track workouts for sprinters help develop speed, power, acceleration, and speed endurance, which is your ability to maintain your speed for a longer period of time. So, what are the best track workouts for sprinters? What type of running drills and track … Read more

The primary purpose of track workouts for distance runners is to help develop your speed, comfort running faster, familiarity with race pace, and aerobic and anaerobic capacity., depending on the nature of the intervals you are running and the relative intensity. But what are the best track workouts for distance runners?  In this article, we … Read more

Although the bulk of the track exercises in workouts for sprinters does involve sprinting or running at different intervals, there are also other very effective track and field drills or other running drills that focus on sprinting and running form to improve technique, strength, explosive speed, and turnover. But, what are the best drills for … Read more

A common and extremely challenging running drill taken on by runners, basketball players, soccer players, football players, and athletes training for other sports is the suicides exercise or drill. Running suicides is likely a memory that nearly all of us have from our days participating in youth athletics (or perhaps one we tried to forget, … Read more

The majority of runners usually prefer to run outdoors in the fresh air, taking even an outdoor rainy or snowy run over the boredom and monotony of running indoors on a treadmill.  For this reason, the running community has even created a tongue-in-cheek nickname for the treadmill—the “dreadmill”—to encapsulate the only-if-you-have-to attitude many runners harbor … Read more

So, you’ve heard some buzz about this “100 Up” exercise and want to know if it actually is the ultimate running drill. The 100 Up exercise was presented by Walter George in 1874. George was a 19th-century British runner who set a number of records for running the mile. His mile time of 4:12. This … Read more

Runners often hear about the importance of proper running form; we know that running with good form can reduce our risk of injury and improve our performance. However, the practical side of things is trickier: how do you improve your running form? Although there are a couple of effective methods, one of the best ways … Read more

When runners hear the term “carioca,” they most likely have flashbacks of the last time they were enjoying a pint or cocktail at the local pub and somehow found themselves with the gumption and peer pressure to attempt to belt out a favorite tune with a mic and lyrics in front of the whole bar. … Read more