Tag: running
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Running with my girlfriend – Update
Its been a few weeks since my last post on Helena and I’s running journey. A couple of weeks ago we missed our first session. A mixture of a hectic weekend schedule and waking up late on Saturday morning led to this. The weeks prior to this one though, were very productive for us. We…
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Running with my girlfriend – week 3
Running with my girlfriend – Week two Week three of Helena and I’s couch to 5k adventure, and we are still going strong. This week we made a little bit of a change to our programme, going from a 30 second : 1 minute run to walk split; to a 30 second : 50 second…
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Running with my girlfriend – week 2
Join us as we continue our mission to start 2020 right, with a couch to 5k training plan. Only the second week in and already a challenge presents itself. Frost. As people that are much more suited to night time excursions than early morning exercise, anything that makes getting out of bed less appealing is…
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Running with my girlfriend – Week 1
My girlfriend and I start 2020 with a mission to get fitter through running.
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The afterburn effect. Is it real?
Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption or EPOC for short, more commonly known as the “afterburn effect” is a post-exercise phenomenon that is little known in the wider sports and exercise community. Learning to tailor your routines to take advantage of this effect can greatly improve the efficiency of your exercise. In short, EPOC is the physiological…
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Things not to do after a workout.
Forget to hydrate So many people are dehydrated to some degree most of the time. It is recommended that you drink about 30-35ml of water per kg of body weight each day. You should also take in an extra 500-1000ml for every hour of exercise. It is quite clear that if you lose a lot…
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