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Hi Everyone!
It’s Sunday Run Day! Jesse is here with a great video with 5 Tips on How to Run Faster. (If you are looking for today’s HIIT Workout you can find it here: Full Body Sculpting HIIT: 15 Minutes Per Round).
- Be Consistent: As with all exercise, and health in general, consistency is key. Working SUPER hard occasionally isn’t going to help you progress. Be consistent with your training. This is the number one technique to achieving the results you want.
- Vary Your Paces: Don’t run at the same speed every time you run! You should have easy days and hard days. In future videos we will discuss specific runs that you can do. You can find several Interval Runs and articles on Running here if you can’t wait: https://www.benderfitness.com/category/running .
- Run Faster to Be Faster: Becoming faster requires Speed Work. You need to get your body used to running faster paces. This doesn’t only help with leg turnover (how quickly you can actually move your legs), but also with your endurance for running faster paces. Practicing these skills will help you achieve your goals, and run further in less time. Check out this article on 6 Training Runs You Should Be Doing to Improve Your Speed. Jesse will be discussing different runs (and their benefits) in future videos.
- Hydrate, Fuel & Rest: Without the proper Fuel you will not be able to run your fastest. Nutrition and Rest are a foundational part of becoming a faster, and healthier runner. It will also help prevent GI Distress during hard runs.
- Stretch: Stretching will help you prevent injuries, which will not only keep you healthy, but allow you to follow Rule #1: Be Consistent. Injuries interrupt consistency and sometimes require long breaks from running.
Do you have something to add? What Running topics would you like to see us answer in future videos?
Melissa & Jesse
What a funny guy with a great attitude! You guys HAVE to have the healthiest relationship! I don’t do running. But he makes me want to give it another go! Just not so fast. Lol!
Do either of you have a favorite running shoe? I usually wear asics.
My favorite is Brooks Glycerine. 🙂 I own some Asics too though!
My 15 year old son has been doing the “Sunday Run day” with me the past two weeks and we’ve really enjoyed it. I love finding ways to continue bonding with my kiddos even though they are teenagers. Sunday Run day is also Son day Run day over here. LOL!
Love you guys!! I’d like to know more about how to prevent/help minimise a runner’s knee and the IT band disconfort.
Love you guys!! I’d like to know more about how to prevent/help minimise a runner’s knee and the IT band disconfort.
that was really hard. I hare to like seeing you struggle but it helps us realize these workouts are hard….even for you! Did 2x through. Modified donkey kicks in round 2
Have either of you tried KT tape? I’ve been curious about it recently. I’ve had a bad knee due to dance 8 years ago. I love running but my knee only lets me go so far, or I feel it for a week.