NIL deal hits Montana JUCO as Dawson Community College, Shoe Shack pair up
By: Scott Breen GLENDIVE — With name, image and likeness opportunities now evolving for college athletes, bigger universities typically come to mind. Junior colleges — not so much. But that’s now the case in Glendive thanks to one head coach and a local business. “This is the Skechers Performance GO RUN Ride 11 running shoe,” explained [...]
Heart Rate Zones
Heart rate training zones are calculated by taking into consideration your Maximum Heart Rate (HRmax) and your Resting Heart Rate (HRrest). Within each training zone, subtle [...]
The Health Benefits of Running
Everyone knows regular exercise keeps you happy and healthy, inside and out. But why is it so good for you? Here's the science behind running and how it improves the way your [...]
Strength Training – Progressive Overload
Progressive overload essentially means doing more work over time.
This principle is based on the concept that your body eventually adapts to the demands placed on it. To [...]
Importance of Run Duration
The great endurance coach Arthur Lydiard wrote, "Aerobic training at moderately high volumes is absolutely essential in developing the endurance athlete. Increased numbers [...]
Running Economy
In many sports, speed is an important attribute and ways to improve speed are constantly sought after. To improve speed, you need to increase stride length and/or stride [...]
Warm-up/Cool down
Time spent on warming up and cooling down may help improve
an athlete's level of performance and accelerate the recovery process needed
before and after training or [...]
Recovery runs – Slow down to speed up
Occasionally slowing down your pace can actually make you run faster in the long-term. That means running at a pace that doesn’t tax your body. The most common mistake most [...]
Indoor/Winter Track & Field
Competing this winter may be the ticket to fast times during the spring! The winter indoor season serves as a dress rehearsal for what’s to come outdoors. Many of the [...]