Sam Plumb

A No-Nonsense Guide To Plyometrics for Runners

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Plyometrics is the often forgotten ingredient to a good runner, it increases the body’s ability to absorb and use energy whilst running. First of all, what is plyometrics? if you’ve clicked this article you probably already know, but here’s what the dictionary says.. “A form of exercise that involves rapid and repeated stretching and contracting of the muscles, designed to increase strength and power” Proven benefits How To Start? Before jumping into big box jumps, […]

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Smart Strategies To Run a Fast 5K

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Warm up Super simple yet overlooked. If you don’t warm up properly then you won’t run a fast time. Your muscles, joints and your aerobic system need to be ready. A simple 20 minute warm up would be enough, this would look something like this; Breathing Do you think about your breathing when you run? A lot of runner take small and shallow breaths into their chest when running and this adds to the of

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7 Psychological Tricks To Create Lasting Workout Habits

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All of these habits are taken from the amazing book “Atomic Habits”, so please go and read/listen to that book after you finish this article. 1. The 2 Minute Rule. This one is about Creating habits that stick. Even if you don’t feel like it go and train/run for at least 2 minutes. It’s sounds silly but it’s better to do 2 minutes every day than 1 hour once a fortnight. More often than not

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3 of the Quickest Post Workout Meals

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Who can relate? Here’s 3 meals that will take less than 10 minutes to make and have all the vital nutrients to help you recover from your workout. Cod with avocado & mango salad  Prep Time 5 Minutes  Cook Time 8 Minutes ingredients: Cous Cous Salad (vegan options)  Prep Time 10 Minutes  Cook Time 0 Minutes Prawn garlic and lemon Linguine  Prep Time 10 Minutes  Cook Time 10 Minutes

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5 Exercises to Bulletproof Your Knees

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Runners knee is all too common. Pain going up and down the stairs. Pain running down hill. Pain from bending your knee. Now without looking at your body and the way you move…. I cant 100% guarantee these will all work, but they will sure strengthen the joint to reduce the risk. Spilt squat Holds Get into a spilt squat position and hold at the bottom for as long as possible Eccentric Leg extension leg

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