Nike Human Race

Participating in the Nike Human Race 10km this Sat. Should be fun! race is worldwide and goes towards Livestrong.

Listen to your body!

Listen to your body (Don't continue through pain)-this is referring to responding to pain. Athletes are usually in tune with their body's so the key is to pay attention to small changes to the body and respond to them.

Preventing injury tip of the day!

Improve functional strength to help prevent injury Functional strength refers to using the whole body during each movement. You should try to minimize isolated exercises as it is rare that we use just one muscle group during movement and exercise. The key is to think of core and posture with every exercise you do. Make sure your aligned-head not falling forward from rest of body, lengthen upper body, engage your core. Every exercise should be driven by your core. Some examples of functional exercises (lunges, squats, planks, side planks, bridging). Circuit training is the easiest way to do a short but effective workout. Circuit training also works on cardiovascular fitness which can help improve your walking or running fitness and speed.