By Elizabeth Towe You’ve decided to do a 200+ mile relay race and you recruited 11 other people along for the journey! You will train to run the distance and you will plan your team logistics. It’s a sweaty, fun, story-filled 2 days to plan! Have you thought about
By Elizabeth Towe In any training plan, you want to increase strength and improve instability before you add volume (number of miles). The goal of this exercise, another variation of a lunge, is to improve your ability to rotate the torso, shoulders and arms while holding stability on one
By Elizabeth Towe We reach into our toolbox this month for an exercise that does not mimic the movement in running, cycling or swimming. It does, however, dynamically work muscles in the front, inside and outside of the hip through a full range of motion while holding a stable
By Elizabeth Towe Efficient running requires a stable stance leg from which you drive your body forward. Connecting the power of the stance leg to a stable torso with opposite arm rotation improves the efficiency of running. With the Step Back Lunge and Row, we can work in all
By Elizabeth Towe Winter is the time of year for planning. Look through the Event Guide and choosing your target events. This months core corner we will review a simple movement pattern, the step up. This is a movement that can serve as a cornerstone for an overall lower
By Elizabeth Towe Do you ever have knee pain while running? It can often be caused by weak hip stabilizers. When we do repetitive movement in the same plane of motion (sagittal movement like walking, running, cycling), we can get weak in the other planes of motion from neglect
By Elizabeth Towe Is it off season? Maybe, but it IS time to work on your running gait! If you have had nagging knee pain or hip pain, it might be easily corrected with some hip strength and stability. In running gait, you plant your stance leg in order
By Elizabeth Towe One of the most common weaknesses we see when evaluating gait is weak hips. We have the beautiful and powerful gluteus maximus and the ever supportive gluteus medius and minimus, yet we do not always hold them accountable for one of their roles in movement—stablizing the
By Elizabeth Towe Objective: The plank is a great basic exercise that we can do anywhere. In this static exercise, when we activate all of the appropriate muscles to support the perfect plank, the result will build great foundational core. But we are not static in life! We have
By Elizabeth Towe The first thing we can do to reduce incident of injury is begin to be more mindful each day of achieving optimal posture. Explore the position of your skeleton that will minimize the strain, especially on your spine. The most common culprit that we can easily
