Whether you’re aiming for a new personal best, training for your first race, or jogging to stay fit, more is better—right? It’s true increasing your weekly miles and adding more speed work is the key ...

Whether you’re vying for a personal best, training for your first race or simply running to stay fit, more miles mean better results, right? Perhaps not. While adding more speed work to your schedule ...

Imagine you have just finished a workout. Your legs are like jelly, your lungs are burning and you just want to collapse on ...

Active recovery is low intensity exercise that a person performs after higher intensity exercise to improve their recovery and performance. Recovering after a workout is an essential part of physical ...

Firefighters are athletes. Taking care of ourselves means not just getting evaluated by our primary care or department physician but truly embracing a healthy lifestyle. Being able understand your ...

We all (should) know that rest is just as important to fitness as training itself. But how should we rest the best in between intervals? Should we completely chill out or recover actively? ‘Cav’ ...

Nobody questions the value of exercise training for optimal athletic performance and improvement. But rest and recovery is an equally essential component of an exercise program because it gives the ...

If you’re just getting started with an exercise program, you know you can’t go hard every single day. Taking a day off between intense workouts is usually recommended in order to reduce fatigue and ...

If you work out hard on a regular daily schedule year-round, you will have a few days a week when you need a bit more recovery. Maybe you got a poor night's sleep or haven't had the best nutrition in ...

The day before my half-marathon, I barely left my couch. Instead of doing a shakeout run to get my blood circulating and prep my body for the race, I opted to scroll on socials, watch How To Lose A ...