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Plyometrics #5 Very High Intensity Option
In the final post in our plyometric series we climb to the top of the plyo tree with an introduction to very high intensity options. Our series has taken you...
PLYO SERIES #4 - LET'S GET HIGH AND GO FAR FASTER! HIGH INTENSITY OPTIONS
Just how do elite athletes change direction so quickly? How do they leave lesser mortals in their dust with their first steps? How do they have skyrocket powered vertical jumps?...
Muscle Runner Power Blaster - Improve your speed with no movement - Isometrics!
Importance Of Isometric Training. The lower legs are crucial for explosive movement. And the great news is that your Antepes Muscles Runners are specifically designed to strengthen calf muscles and Achilles tendons in a highly sprint and speed specific way. We show you how no movement drills will get your lower leg muscles and ankles ready for speed.
Strong Foundations
Ask an athlete what the key speed muscles are and they’ll probably say the quads or maybe hamstrings. The foot, ankle and lower leg muscles tend not to be a...
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
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
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 - Stride Length vs. Leg Speed (Part 2)
In our last post we looked at whether it was better to focus on stride length or leg speed when it comes to improving sprint speed. And we considered the...
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?
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 - 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...
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...
