Stretching, strength and speed exercises
The stretching and other exercises found here are important for anyone who is serious about running. Do the exercises soon after training when your muscles are warm. That way you will prevent injuring yourself and will help you to recover faster!
Stretching exercise
In order to keep your muscles supple after physical exertion, it is a good idea to do some stretching exercises. These will also help to prevent injuries. Stretching isn't difficult, but you must do it properly otherwise it will do more harm than good. If it’s painful if you are not doing it properly.
Strength exercise
This strength exercise can be carried out without using any special fitness apparatus or weights. Make sure that you fully read and understand how the exercise should be done. Try to keep your movements fluent to reduce the chance of pulling any muscles. Developing strength is important for everybody. Even athletes whose goal is focused purely on endurance - such as someone who is training for a marathon - should carry out some kind of strength training.
Speed exercises
Specific speed exercises that you can carry out during distance training in order to improve your running speed and/or to gain more variety in your training.
Glossary of training terms
A overview of the common terms used in the training schedules.
- Accelerate 80 meters
- Dribble
- Fartlek (acceleration)
- Heart rate at rest
- MLSShf
- Relaxation Exercises
- Run at an accelerated speed
- Slow tempo walking
- Walking
- Warming-up
- Distance run
- Dribbling, walking, or running at a moderate pace
- Fitness level
- Jogging
- Power walk
- Relaxed running
- Running
- Stretching
- Walking at a high pace
