Category: fitness
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Tarahumara: Legendary Native Runners of Mexico
This rare video contains footage from the 1960s and 1930s of the Tarahumara playing their running game. The majority of the video is a documentary footage of a small Tarahumara “community in the transitional zone between the Sierra upland country and the deep canyons to the South.”
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Scenes from Christopher McDougall’s Born To Run
Born To Run by Christopher McDougall is easily my favorite book. I’m ecstatic to have stumbled upon this YouTube video of people and places from the book. It was a lot of fun watching and comparing faces and landscapes to what I’d envisioned. This may be a bit of a spoiler for anyone planning on…
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Runner’s Advanced Workout for Knee Health
Tonight was a knee-focused workout to strengthen my knees and supporting muscle groups. Keep the weights and repetitions low to start. Increase repetitions gradually from about 6 to about 12 then increase weight and drop the repetitions back down to 6, repeat. I’ve grouped some of the lifts into super sets to increase the cardio…
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7 Secret Secrets of Barefoot Running
This video is too funny to not post. Please note, I do believe in barefoot running, but this video is not an accurate representation of my beliefs or suggested approach. My intention here is to make you laugh, not explain why you should take your shoes off and log some miles. Check out the barefoot…
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I will run the Leadville 100.
For years since over-running my knees on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th of October, 2007 I’ve battled a maddening array of knee, leg, hip, and foot problems. In most cases, when people asked about my injuries, I just told them I had bad knees, because I knew they didn’t have the time and probably weren’t…
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My first Bikram Yoga class!
It’s 3:30pm and I’m crouched over my toilet contemplating relieving my stomach of it’s biscuits and gravy contents. I can’t decide whether a full stomach or throat sore from bile would be more unpleasant while contorting my body for 90 minutes in a crowded, 105 degree sauna. I kneel over the toilet with an “I’m…