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Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, regularly shares training tips regarding how to strengthen our running, fitness and health. Today, we're talking about shin splints. Shin splints are one of the most common injuries runners experience. It’s that nagging pain in your lower leg that can be the result of small stress fractures of the shin, extremely tight muscles or from overuse and repetitive stress. This pain can be a caused by increasing the mileage or frequency of your runs too quickly to a weakness in your core or hips. If you have pain in your shins when you run, your first course of action is to avoid running on hard surfaces, reduce the frequency of your runs and your weekly mileage and warm up properly. In addition to those three, stretching and strengthening the feet, lower legs, hips and core is your next alternative. Today, we feature part 1 of three exercises you can do to strengthen and stretch your shins.
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Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, regularly shares training tips to help us strengthen our running, fitness and health. Todays, she brings us Part 2 in our series about the importance of a proper cool-down. Check out her tips! Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, regularly shares training tips to help us strengthen our running, fitness and health. Today, she talks about the importance of a proper cool-down, not only when we race but during our daily workouts, as well. Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, regularly shares tips to help us strengthen our running, fitness and health. Today, she's back with Part 2 of our warm-up series, featuring stretches for the lower body. Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, regularly shares training tips to help us strengthen our running, fitness and health. Today, she shares some of her favorite warm-up exercises for the upper body. Properly warming up our muscles before a run and cooling them down post-run are important to preventing injury, taking care of your heart and helping reduce muscle and joint soreness. A proper warm-up consists of 5-10 minutes of aerobic activity to loosen those muscles and get your warmed up: brisk walking, marching, jogging, and cycling. A proper cool-down involves 5-10 minutes of a slower jog where your heartrate and breathing return to normal. |
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