Sports science proves Muscle Runners target speed muscles

Sports science proves Muscle Runners target speed muscles

Muscle Runners are not called Muscle Runners for nothing! Indeed some may find the Antepes’ name a little odd. However, these built-for-speed shoes are so-called because they are designed to...
Muscle Runner Goes Head-To-Head Against Running Shoes - University of Calgary - Part 1

Muscle Runner Goes Head-To-Head Against Running Shoes - University of Calgary - Part 1

You believe in your Muscle Runners - you know they make you faster by improving your sprint technique and sprint muscles. You can feel the whoosh of energy return on...
Avoiding Gapology - Building a speed plan #4 Reaping the sprint seeds

Avoiding Gapology - Building a speed plan #4 Reaping the sprint seeds

In our previous three posts in this series, we have taken you on a journey starting from how to best prepare and plan your autumn/fall training, to transfer, to relevant...
Avoiding Gapology - Building a speed base #1 Sowing the sprint seeds

Avoiding Gapology - Building a speed base #1 Sowing the sprint seeds

At this time of the year (autumn/fall) many sprint-based athletes will be starting their training for the next season. They will commence with a building phase – a phase which...
How Usain Bolt ran so fast and how you can too - Stride Length vs. Leg Speed (Part 1)

How Usain Bolt ran so fast and how you can too - Stride Length vs. Leg Speed (Part 1)

Sprint speed is the product of stride length and leg speed (cadence). How you train to improve these qualities is vital for increasing your speed. So, what’s better? Training for stride length or leg speed when it comes to maximizing sprint speed? Oh, and how did a certain Mr Bolt do it?
Muscle Runner - Your Quick Get-Away Driver

Muscle Runner - Your Quick Get-Away Driver

With the Olympics fresh in our minds, we will have seen the fastest of the fast – Noah Lyles, Sha’Carri Richardson, Grant Holloway et al set the track on fire....
Build Sprint Muscle

Build Sprint Muscle

Power is crucial for sprinting Coaches and sports scientists specifically refer to rate of force development (RFD).  Basically increasing RFD makes you faster. How so? Well, you will be able...
CARBON FUELS MUSCLE RUNNER

CARBON FUELS MUSCLE RUNNER

Okay, okay, before the green lobby erupts we’re referring to the carbon fibre plates in your Muscle Runners. Hopefully we got your attention though as did the carbon plates and...
Muscle Runner warm-up sprint spike for the road

Bring the heat on the street – Muscle Runner Sprint Workout #1 - 10 warm-up drills to get you ready

We say it time and time again Muscle Runners are a “sprint spike for the road” With their ForeSpring™ dual density TPE foam plus ForeSpring™ dual flex carbon fibre plate...
Speed Kills! 3 Reasons Muscle Runners will lower your 40-yard dash time

Speed Kills! 3 Reasons Muscle Runners will lower your 40-yard dash time

Speed kills - it leaves your opponents for dead! Dramatic but true. Everything else being equal the faster the athlete the better the athlete. For many 40 yards is the...
How to prepare your lower leg muscles and Achilles tendons for Muscle Running

How to prepare your lower leg muscles and Achilles tendons for Muscle Running

Have you ever felt heavy legged and lacking bounce when you’re running? It’s more than likely the result of an ineffective foot-strike (probably heel led) and lower legs which need...
POWER BASE - MUSCLE RUNNERS STRENGTHEN FEET & LOWER LEGS

POWER BASE - MUSCLE RUNNERS STRENGTHEN FEET & LOWER LEGS

Our feet are crucial for running - they are the transmission point through which we absorb vertical force and produce the horizontal power needed to move us forwards. With such a...