Raise your hand if you love a good checklist! The goal of the “Body Checklist” is to catch changes early and intervene. The unnoticed stiffness in the hip last weekend could be the thing that robs 45 seconds from your running pace in a couple weeks and sets up an awkward knee twist and injury next month!
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RSSRunning Plyometric Workout
Categories: Brian Beatty's Blog, Fitness and Strength Exercises, Fleet Feet Training Groups, Running Resources, Training Program Coaches
Intelligently incorporating plyometric drills into running can help build speed, efficiency and tissue durability. This workout goal is to have a smaller number of exercise reps, (we use 60 in this workout) and focus on generating maximum explosive power on each jump repetition.
Hill Drill Workout: Fleet Feet Running Club Full & Half
Categories: Brian Beatty's Blog, Fitness and Strength Exercises, Fleet Feet Training Groups, Running Resources
Hill Drill Workout for Fleet Feet Running Club Full & Half | August 28-29, 2018
Optimize Rehab and Training by Balancing 3 Priorities
Categories: Brian Beatty's Blog, Functional Movement Concepts, Health & Wellness
Rehabbing from and injury and training for improved performance often puts us in situations of potentially conflicting demands. Here are some tips to find clarity!
6 Post-Ride Mobility Moves in 10 Minutes
Categories: Brian Beatty's Blog, Cycling Resources, Fitness and Strength Exercises, Functional Movement Concepts
Your body rewarded you with the joy of another ride, now reward it by 1-2 minutes with each of these 6 moves!
Climbing on the bike: training rules for cyclists
Categories: Brian Beatty's Blog, Cycling Resources
You can’t learn to climb long hills without climbing long hills, so from here, we head west to the mountains!
Run Fast, Eat Slow, Be Well
Categories: Brian Beatty's Blog, Cycling Resources, Food and Nutrition, Health & Wellness, Running Resources
This post is a shameless plug for the book Run Fast, Eat Slow by Elyse Kopecky and Shalane Flanagan.
Post Ride Reset
Categories: Brian Beatty's Blog, Cycling Resources, Fitness and Strength Exercises, Functional Movement Concepts
It only takes a few minutes after a bike ride to release tension from your body and reset.
Dynamic Warm Up for Cycling Strength Workouts
Categories: Brian Beatty's Blog, Cycling Resources, Fitness and Strength Exercises, Functional Movement Concepts
This warm up set prepares the body and nervous system for cycling strength specific workouts. Spend a few minutes doing these movements prior to adding load for your workout.
Ankle Wrapping for Mobility Exercises
Categories: Brian Beatty's Blog, Fitness and Strength Exercises
demonstration video of how to gain ankle mobility using an inner tube or elastic wrap