Dr. Michael Yessis, Sports Technique Expert and president of Sports Training Inc,  joins the show's Host, (me) Run Coach Alli. 

Dr. Michael Yessis received his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California and his B.S. and M.S. from City University of New York. He is president of Sports Training, Inc., a diverse sports and fitness company. Dr. Yessis is also Professor Emeritus at California State University, Fullerton, where he was a multi-sports specialist in biomechanics (technique analysis) and sports conditioning and training.

Dr. Yessis has served as training and technique consultant to several Olympic and professional sports teams. He has also trained hundreds of athletes in different sports and developed unique specialized strength exercises that duplicate what takes place in execution of the game skills. By doing these exercises athletes improve skill technique and the physical qualities (strength) specific to the technique. By doing these exercises athletes improve their performance on the field very quickly.

During his fifty plus years of working with athletes, and as president of Sports Training Inc, Dr. Yessis developed what has come to be known as the “Yessis System” . His three-step method has been successfully used to improve athletes in football, soccer, baseball, basketball, track and other sports.  Most notable is the improvement in skill technique (form) and the strength specific to the skill execution.

Dr. Yessis is considered this country’s foremost expert on sports technique. Dr. Yessis has written 17 books in the sports and fitness field including Biomechanics and Kinesiology of Exercise, Build A Better Athlete, Sports: Is It All B.S.?, and his latest, The Revolutionary 1x20RM Strength Training Program.

Today on the show, we discuss the value of running technique and how every runner's journey should begin by focusing on technique. We discuss the importance of understanding how to run faster, and it's not by just simply running more.

We discuss the three most crucial strength specialized running exercises any runner at any level should incorporate into a training program, when to do so, why it's beneficial, where to include it in a program, and how it can change how fast you run; by 80%! Dr. Yessis believes athletes should have access to proven practices that are known to enhance their abilities on the competitive stage, and he has that and more to offer on today's episode of the show!

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