"Runner's World" Guide to Cross Training - Softcover

Book 3 of 38: Runner's World

Fitzgerald, Matt

 
9781579547837: "Runner's World" Guide to Cross Training

Synopsis

If you want to enjoy a long, successful life of running, it is essential to incorporate non-running activities into your training programme. In RUNNER'S WORLD GUIDE TO SCORSS TRAINING, Matt Fitzgerald - seasoned runner, triathlete, sports and fitness journalist, and online coach to runners and triathletes - tells you everything you need to know about, the very best cross-training exercises for runners, from the equipment you'll have to buy to the techniques you'll have to master. Strength exercises will keep your muscles in balance. Flexibility exercises will keep them supple and alternative endurance activities will help heal existing injuries while preventing future ones. Fitzgerald recommends the six best non-impact cardiovascular activities for runners: pool running, elliptical training, bicycling, inline skating, swimming, and cross-country skiing. The book shows how to integrate running and cross-training, and features five complete programs that will train you for a basic 10-K, advanced 10-K/half-marathon, basic marathon, advanced marathon, and triathlon. With the imprimatur of Runner's World magazine-the most authoritative source of information on the sport - this excellent guide will be welcomed by runners at every level.

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About the Author

Matt Fitzgerald is a runner, triathlete, and coach. A former editor and current contributor for Triathlete magazine, he writes articles for national publications such as Men's Health, Men's Fitness, Outside, Stuff, Maxim, Fitness Runner, and the Runner's World Web site; and serves as managing editor of the sports nutrition Web site Powering Muscles. He lives in San Diego.

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