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How does wiggling your fingers activate your fast twitch muscle fibers?
You may remember hurdler Michelle Jenneke's famous dance where she wiggles her fingers to warm up before the race. In this interview (at 01:11), she reveals that wiggling her fingers activates her ...
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Do “barefoot” runners need a different warm-up?
I normally run 10-15 km training runs. My warm-up has always been nothing more than starting very slowly- I run the first 3 km at a crawl, really. A few months ago I switched to "barefoot" running, ...
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Best warm up for running
Trying to figure out the best warmup routine for running. I see a few articles that say you shouldn't do any stretching before warming up given cold muscles. This article for example, just states ...
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How hard should my warm-up be?
Kortuk and I were reading a blog post from Sweat Science that argues we should do harder warm-ups, because they increase our performance.
It turns out there’s plenty of physiology behind this. If ...
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Why do my legs begin to itch during my running warm up?
For as long as I can remember, my legs will start to itch when I begin jogging. Sometimes the itching is unbearable and I have to stop. I noticed that it doesn't happen during sprinting / high ...
