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- Running Shoes That Promise to Improve Your Running Style
[Recreation-and-Sports:Running] Barefoot Running and Forefoot Strike seem to be the key words for runners in 2009. At this time we are seeing more and more Brands launching and promoting shoes that promise to improve your running style, either by creating a barefoot feeling or by promoting midfoot and forefoot strike.
- Running Injuries - How to Prevent, Recognize and Treat the Most Common
[Recreation-and-Sports:Running] Pain - unfortunately - is a familiar concept for runners. Running is a high-impact activity and a certain degree of pain is to be expected. But when the pain a runner experiences is recurring or increasing, both after and during workouts, we might be looking at an injury.
- Run Fast - How to Increase Your Running Efficiency
[Recreation-and-Sports:Running] Running workouts are usually aimed at increasing your condition (you're never conditioned enough as a runner!) but spending some time in improving your form can actually help you run faster given the same level of condition. Or running as fast while feeling less fatigue.
- Choose the Best Women's Running Shoes - Summer 2009
[Recreation-and-Sports:Running] Until relatively recently, the common approach from sportswear companies towards women's running shoes was the now sarcastic motto "shrink 'em and pink 'em", as womens running shoes were no more than a mens shoe in feminine colours.
- The NASA Endurance Fitness Test
[Health-and-Fitness] This test was made to measure your body's ability to endure an aerobic effort for prolonged periods of time. An aerobic effort is when your body consumes oxygen in order to create energy. After your body exhausts its maximum capacity to burn oxygen, the process becomes anaerobic: when oxygen is not used and the body creates lactic acid.
- How to Choose the Right Running Shoe - Understanding Pronation and Shock Absorption
[Recreation-and-Sports:Running] Do you need a shoe that cushions your foot or one that supports it? If you want to select the right running shoe for you, the first concept you need to be familiar with is pronation. Each time you hit your foot on the ground, either by running, jumping or simply walking, you apply a force to the ground.
- Nike Free 5.0 Running Shoes - Review
[Shopping-and-Product-Reviews] A review of the new installment of the Nike Free running shoes. Nike Free is engineered to provide you the benefits of barefoot running together with the protection, support and cushioning that a running shoe can give you.
- The Best Running Shoes For Flat Feet
[Recreation-and-Sports:Running] A flat foot is the most visible sign of overpronation, meaning that your arch collapses during the impact on the ground. As a consequence, your ankle twists inward and your knees overcompensates. Flat feet are a particular concern for runners, as during the running gait the arch is supposed to support on average 3 times their body weight.
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