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Build Your Running Body: A Total-Body Fitness Plan for All Distance Runners, from Milers to Ultramarathoners - Run Farther, Faster, and Injury-Free
Build Your Running Body A TotalBody Fitness Plan for All Distance Runners from Milers to Ultramarathoners Run Farther Faster and InjuryFree Author:Pete Magill, Tom Schwartz, Melissa Breyer For committed runners looking to take the next step in their training, Build Your Running Body presents a breakthrough total-body running philosophy that goes beyond the conventional pursuit of mileage. The best way to lower our personal bests, reach new levels of fitness, run more comfortably, and reduce injury is by achieving whole-body fitnes... more »s through a workout regimen that targets all the components that make up a fully fit runner. This illustrated training manual, with step-by-step photo instruction and workout programs fine-tuned to individual skill levels, is designed to strengthen and refine the parts of the body that go into every step we take-muscles, connective tissue, the cardiovascular system, energy production, nervous system, hormones, and the brain--all through workouts that get us moving much more than just our legs. Connecting the total-body fitness ideology to the race course are dozens of tips on preventing and recovering from injury, preparing race strategy, buying proper apparel, and tracking fitness progress. Filled with charts and graphs that illuminate the physiological gains of a full-body training regimen, definitions of key running terms, penetrating insight on the latest research and hot-button topics, and a guide to diet and nutrition, including dozens of recipes that help speed recovery and cement fitness gains, Build Your Running Body is the only way for runner's to achieve a complete athlete's physique.« less