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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 #3 Cultivating the sprint seeds
In this series of four posts (do check back on numbers 1 & 2 if you haven’t already done so) we look at speed preparation and planning for the autumn/fall...
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...
Not all Super Shoes are Created Equally - Antepes Muscle Runners A Breed Apart
There’s a lot of hype surrounding so-called “super shoes”. The first sub 2 hour marathon (Eliud Kipchoge 1.59.40 in 2019) was achieved in shoes which potentially ushered in the trend....
Your Muscle Runner Will Make You Run Faster
You may be wondering what all the fuss about forefoot striking is and why Muscle Runners can make you a faster more powerful athlete. Let me explain why. Some of...
