Amanda Brooks's Blog, page 157
May 11, 2020
Are You a Fitness Snob? Fitness Obsessed? Or Just Right?
Years ago, an article in Womens Health magazine caught my attention and has stuck with me because well it labeled me as a fitness snob! I understand the idea they were going for, but felt [...]
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May 10, 2020
Peak Performance Lessons from The Last Dance
Can spiritual teachings make you a better athlete? A better leader? A better person? If youve been watching The Last Dance, recently and reminiscing about Michael Jordans incredible feats then youve also been seeing the [...]
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May 8, 2020
Best Running Injury Prevention Exercises
Nearly every runner has been through an injury, which makes the average non-runner believe that you simply cant enjoy this sport without hurting yourself. As though there are no running injury prevention exercises or practices [...]
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May 5, 2020
7 Overtraining Symptoms that Prove You Need a Rest Day
Were hitting a dreaded wall with progress, so instead of re-evaluating, we dig in deeper. We work harder, maybe cut more calories, increase the distance of our runs, push our paces and suddenly everything seems [...]
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May 4, 2020
Best Running Apps | Did it Happen If You Didn’t Bring Your Phone?
In 2002, I grabbed my trusty digital Timex to time the length of my new running habit, strapped a big yellow radio to my arm and headed out without a specific route. Once home, I [...]
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May 1, 2020
Are Massage Guns Worth It?
I got in to running because it was cheap. I could run in my cotton t-shirt, my mesh shorts and the shoes I had laying aroundI quickly learned at least that last piece was a [...]
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April 29, 2020
Beginner Half Marathon Training Tips and Tricks
Each year the half marathon continues to attract more runners and I think the reasons are obvious; its just far enough to feel like your racecation is justified, but not so far that half marathon [...]
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April 26, 2020
Best Wireless Running Headphones
For years my iPod kept getting smaller, but my headphones remained pretty much the same with an annoying cord that hit me in the face or pulled. It never crossed my mind that wireless running [...]
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April 22, 2020
Run Data Analysis: How To Use All that Info From Your Watch
The technology in our GPS running watches can track our sleep, heart rate, elevation gain, cadence, distance run, vo2 max, and total number of black toes accrued. Ok, that last one was just to make [...]
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April 19, 2020
Galloway Vs Hanson: Which Marathon Training Plan is Right For You?
Have you ever wondered the difference between all the marathon training plans out there? How do you begin to pick a marathon training plan? Will a free marathon plan off the internet do the trick? [...]
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