Category: running
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Live Broadcast: Why Wear Minimal Shoes?
If you do any sports that involve running, please tune in to my live broadcast on minimal shoes, Thursday, Jan. 19 at 5:30 p.m. PST/ 8:30 p.m. EST on Zubia. I will explain how minimal shoes can help prevent joint pain. I’ve been using them for a few years, and they allowed me to run…
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Maximalist Shoes May Cause More Injuries
Quicker than you can say, “backlash,” thick-soled running shoes have sped to prominence on store display shelves everywhere. Reacting against the minimalist trend, makers of maximalist shoes offer a softer ride. But a couple of new studies suggest maximalist shoes might actually cause more injuries.
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Older Runners Slower to Adapt Footstrikes
A parade of studies in recent years has been trampling the theory behind barefoot running. The latest of these comes from researchers here in Las Vegas at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). One key notion behind barefoot and “minimalist” running is that they encourage the runner to strike the ground first with the…
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Music Makes You Run Faster
If you heard this while running, would you go faster? According to the latest research, music makes you run faster, at least for a short distance. And that’s not all. Music might help you recover from your workout as well.
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New Study Warns of Too Much Running
The latest study on exercise has me running scared. It shows that jogging more than 2.5 hours per week might be as bad as not exercising at all. Yikes! If you count soccer, I’m running at least three hours a week. If you add biking, weight lifting, tennis and hiking I might be killing myself…
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Are Women Better at Endurance Sports?
Are women better at endurance sports? It’s possible. But the latest research suggests the fastest ultra-marathon runners will be male for the foreseeable future. Since at least the 1970’s, I can remember hearing that women’s bodies are more adapted to endurance. The theory was that women evolved to endure the demands of bearing children for…
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What Wearable Heart Rate Monitors Can Tell You (Part III)
Bad news, folks. I have exceeded my maximum heart rate. Surprisingly, I am still able to write this newsletter, but how much longer I can continue, who can say? My wearable devices do not produce that reading. After last week’s adventures with RunKeeper, I thought I’d experiment with some other monitoring devices, hoping to gain…
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What Exercise Monitoring Device Should You Use? (Part I)
Until yesterday, I was feeling so good. I had overcome my knee pain and started running again, loving it like I never did before. I was bounding up the hills near my house, fit and powerful. Did I really need to know that I was only doing a 10-minute mile? That information came to me…
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Life Lessons from an Orthopedic Surgeon
One day in Snowbird, Utah, a snowboarder hurled out of control into one of the world’s most prominent sports medicine doctors. Bert Mandelbaum, a Santa Monica, California orthopedic surgeon, has treated famous athletes, such as David Beckham. And he has helped create some of the most successful injury prevention programs, including FIFA11+, the program promoted…
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New Studies Show How to Prevent Hamstring Injuries
When U.S. national soccer team striker Jozy Altidore clutched his thigh and fell to the ground in the World Cup last month, physical therapist Holly Silvers thought once again of Russian hamstring exercises. No less than three other members of the team (Fabian Johnson, Matt Besler and Deandre Yedlin) reportedly suffered injuries to this muscle…
