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Essential off season leg stability work

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Joint issues are very common among endurance athletes, but the good news is that you can dramatically reduce your chance of getting those kinds of injuries! Strengthening weak muscles, stretching tight ones and relieving muscle tension should become not just an off season, but year round mantra of anyone who doesn’t want to get injured.…

Benefits of Yoga for Runners & Triathletes

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by Arwa Jundi, Certified Yoga Instructor – RYT Whether you run, cycle, swim or are a gym rat, do you ever wonder why are you doing this or why does your body ache in certain areas? Yoga not only allows us to stretch and find physical balance, strength and flexibility in our body, but more…

Train to Run Faster

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by Jana Peale We’re gearing up for event season! Many of us are training for the Salt Lake City Marathon, Half Marathon, Wasatch Ragnar, or another one of the many events found on our race calendar. While running frequently will prepare you for the distance, it will not prepare you to hit a PR. To run faster, you…

Off-Season Training Tips

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By Anna Ratliff As the days remain dark and cold, motivating yourself to get or stay in shape can be tough. But many of us have serious training plans – beginning with the New Year. There are New Year’s Resolutions to attain, plenty of spring races to train for, and holiday treats to burn off.…

Refuse Defeat!

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This post is about not giving up even when the stakes are low. You see, it’s easier to be motivated for your runs or cross training sessions when you are training for something, but what about when there aren’t any races on your horizon? Right now, I’m not training for anything other than to be…

Crossfit as a Form of Cross-training

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By Joel Pino I absolutely love to run. I don’t know what it is about it, but tying on shoes and getting out the door does something for me. I’m sure plenty of you feel the same way. So when some other activity comes up that may take me away from my running; say rock…

Crossfit Kool-Aid

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So, one of the endurance athletes I have coached for almost 2 years, has decided to mix it up a bit in the weight room. Yep, Mike, is going to take Crossfit for a spin around the ‘ol weight room block. Seriously, here is a guy who HEARTS the weight room, but hasn’t given the…

Marilyn Monroe had it figured out!

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ALRIGHT LADIES, DO YOU NEED ANY OTHER REASON THAN THE FOLLOWING PICTURES TO LIFT WEIGHTS? Rumor has it that she woke up at 6am to go for a jog and lifted to keep her womanly curves looking good. AHHH YES…A REFRESHING FLASH BACK TO THE PAST WHERE MARILYN MONROE’S REAL FIGURE COMPLETE WITH BROAD SHOULDERS…

Muscle is where your health is

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Have you ever noticed the obvious physical difference between a distance runner and a sprinter? Yeah, many distance runners are almost too skinny. Now, the world class runners may be a little more genetically programmed to be extra thin and need to be as light as possible too, but even many of those athletes are…
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