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Optimizing Your Running Routine: How to Estimate Calorie Burn for Better Fitness and Weight Management
Estimating calorie consumption during running can provide valuable insights into your energy expenditure and help you plan your nutrition and training accordingly. There are various methods and calculators available to estimate calorie burn during running, and while they provide estimates, they can be helpful for setting dietary and fitness goals. Here are some common methods:
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Strava Student Discount
Did you know that Strava offer a Student discount on their paid subscription? And it’s a good one!
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What you need to know about shin splints plantar fasciitis
Alongside runner’s knee and achilles tendinopathy, plantar fasciitis is one of the most common running injuries. Although it’s a frustrating and, for some, slow-healing condition, there are several things you can do to hasten your recovery. Always get a proper diagnosis, but in this post you will find a few ideas to help you recover faster.
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Hypertrophy vs Strength Training: What Are The Differences?
There are some key differences between training for hypertrophy vs strength. Hypertrophy refers to increasing the size of the muscle, which is done by increasing the overall volume of your workout (sets x reps). Strength training refers to increasing the ability of a muscle to produce force, which is done through lifting heavier weights (above…
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Why Are Companies Paying Employees to Exercise?
Employers know that healthy employees are good for business. A Leeds Metropolitan University study found that on days participants visited the gym, they reported improved time management, increased productivity, and better interactions with co-workers.
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How running can help reduce anxiety
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and the focus this year is on anxiety – something that running, in fact all exercise, can help to alleviate. In this blog I explore what happens inside our brains when we exercise which can help us to understand the positive impact running can have on our mental health.
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5 Reasons why you might gain weight when you take up running.
It’s a well trodden path, even before the additional challenges presented by lockdowns and the virus, you decide you need need to lose some weight so you are going to become more active. And to do that you are going to take up running. But wait… What is going on ?!?!?! You are weeks into…