Day 4: A Day of Spectacular Finishes

Day 4: A Day of Spectacular Finishes

Looking at the medal count for the 2016 IAAF Indoor World Championships it is easy to see that the United States had a strong showing – in fact it was Team USA’s best ever performance at World Indoors. The team brought home 23 medals with 13 of those being gold. This...
Strength Training as an Endurance Athlete

Strength Training as an Endurance Athlete

Implementing a strength program into an endurance program is often met with resistance, angst, and can sometimes be regarded as an attack on one’s faith in training. Anyone that has been around the endurance community long enough has seen the look of blasphemy when...
Resolutions

Resolutions

RESOLUTIONS by Megan Jaffe (Also featured in the Jan/Feb. 2016 issue of Freeplay magazine) “Be not ashamed women…you are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.” – Walt Whitman It’s that time of year again to put to rest bad habits and take up...
How to Plan Your Off-Season

How to Plan Your Off-Season

The following is an excerpt from the How to Plan Your Off-Season article taken from the November—December 2015 issue of Freeplay magazine. The off-season typically resurrects the love–hate relationship athletes have with downtime. While we dream of the ability to do...