In all recreational and competitive running events from your first 5K to a marathon or Spartan Ultra Beast, athletes tend to get injured. Generally injuries come about when the weekly mileage increases along with the intensity. Our host Richard Diaz, founder of diaz human performance and The Natural Running Network, has a long history of…
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Expert Running Tips, Obstacle Racing
Training with Heart
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With all the new data collecting devices on the market today, many athletes are still reluctant to employ heart rate as a principal guide in their training, this is really unfortunate. Of all the feedback one could obtain heart rate training, remains the most important ally regarding how or if the body is adapting to…
Expert Running Tips, Obstacle Racing
Barefoot Training Tips to Improve Running and Reduce Injuries
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I am not a Barefoot Running advocate where unnatural surfaces are concerned; however, training unshod holds a wealth of benefits that translate into your running with shoes on. We’ve brought back Dr. Emily Splichal, podiatrist and world renowned human movement specialist to share her insights on running related injuries, shoe selection and her pre-run barefoot…
Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
Learn how to Decrease Pain and Increase Performance
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It is difficult to attend a Cross Fit competition, Spartan Race, Triathlon, Marathon or really pretty much any sporting even without seeing an athlete with some colorful tape affixed to their body. You may have heard that it’s helpful with abating injuries but you may not know as much as you should about how, when…
Endurance Sport Nutrition, Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
An interview with Heart Rate GURU, Dr. Phil Maffetone
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Dr. Phil is a pioneer in both heart rate and the revelation of our need to return to Natural Running. He preached about and he himself trained in minimal running shoes long before Born to Run became fashionable. His MAF heart rate training formula (180-age), to this day is still the most effective approach to…
Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
Running Coach Talk & Tips
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Running a marathon, half marathon or participating in Obstacle racing requires more them determination, you need to develop a training strategy designed specific to your current abilities that will allow you to effectively and carefully prepare for success. Our host Richard Diaz invited nationally acclaimed running coach Luke Humphrey, author of The Hanson’s Method, a…
Endurance Sport Nutrition, Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
Kinesiology Tape – More than Just a Band-Aid
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You’ve see athletes in the Olympic Beach Volleyball, during Cross Fit Games, Spartan Racing and in all fashion of Endurance Sports with colorful tape on their knees, shoulders, calves, etc., now learn how it works, when and how to apply it when you are on the verge of a running injury or simply hope to…
Endurance Sport Nutrition, Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
Performance-Endurance Hydration and Feeding Strategies
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We’ve invited Dr. Allen Lim and Jason Donald to share insights on how, what and when to hydrate, the importance of electrolyte and energy replacement and feeding strategies while training and racing. Jason was an elite professional cyclist who spent a few years as a member of the Garmin professional cycling team and Dr Lim…
Endurance Sport Nutrition, Obstacle Racing
Are You Eating Your Beets?
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Beets are fast in becoming the new power food for athletes and as it turns out, for good reason. Listen as Richard Diaz and his featured guest Dr John Ivy, world renowned expert on the role of nutrition in exercise performance discuss all the reasons why every endurance athlete should be supplementing their diets with…
Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running
How to Deal with Plantar Fasciitis
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As a runner, there is nothing worse than a nagging running related injury that just does not want to heal. Plantar Fasciitis is one of these injuries that left unchecked can easily ruin an entire race season. Listen as Dr. Brian Abelson, author of “Release Your Body- Resolving Plantar Fasciitis” and Richard Diaz discuss this…