How to buy running shoes – There isn’t a ‘perfect shoe’ in the world. People have different biomechanics, weight, uses for their shoes, and differently-shaped feet, which means that what is best for one person will be another person’s worst nightmare!
Here, I’ve divided the shoes into 4 primary categories – minimalist, neutral, performance, and stability to help you understand how to buy running shoes.
Whether you’re a runner, swimmer, or a gym fanatic at some point in your life you may experience an injury.
Lengthy layoffs can be frustrating as they can interrupt your training schedule and they can be the catalyst for you to get repeated injuries if you don’t use good recovery techniques.
For example, if you break one leg on a chair and continued sitting on it, it would only be a matter of time before the other three legs were damaged.
Your body is the same and will only compensate for a weak joint for so long.
The quicker you can get back to full fitness the better, and with proper rehabilitation you can reduce the risk of altering your body’s mechanics and picking up other injuries further down the line.
This article has two chapters:
In order to help you back on the road to recovery we have looked at some ways that will help you recover quicker and we will advise you on how to use these techniques to recover from some of the most common injuries.
Running for beginners – getting into running can be a daunting prospect. You probably haven’t done much exercise over the last few years. As the years have passed you have probably put on more weight.
With the extra weight you have put on you probably feel the most unfit you have ever been. Not to mention you may not even know the right gear to buy.
Despite all these perceived obstacles you must start somewhere right? Right!!
Where to start?
First thing first, you must get rid of perfectionism. You are going to start slow to ease your muscles, tendons, and cardiovascular system into it.
Take it one step at a time. Rome wasn’t built in a day. I am going to give you my top tips on how to begin running.
Running tips for bad knees – Feeling sore or stiff in the legs after running is not always a sign of injury, it could be that your body is just adapting to the new physical stress.
If you have developed knee pain recently or you are recovering from a recent injury I will talk about what to do later on in this article.
I will address the two most common knee injuries which are Illiotibial band syndrome and runners knee.
I will also address how to deal with muscle soreness around the knee.
How long to run 5k? That depends on your running speed, technique and the 5K training plan you use. It takes a while to run a good 5k time.
Good 5k runners will complete the distance in under 20 minutes. There are many training factors you can use to increase your running speed.
6 minute mile = approximately 18:35 minutes
8 minute mile = approximately 24:38 minutes
10 minute mile – = approximately 31:00 minutes
Here is a great example of a 10-week training program to finish that first 5k in style.