Training Well Done

Hamstring tears are one of the most dreaded injuries in sports. They are painful to have, challenging to recover from, can take a toll on your confidence running fast. But, they can be overcome!

Take a listen and learn about what a hamstring tear is and the different types, how to return to play, & how you decrease the likelihood of having initial or continuous complications.

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Knee pain on the front of your knee just above or below the kneecap can be a sign of potential patellar tendonitis. That is inflammation & irritation of that tendon. In this episode I will describe the injury and ways of improving it, especially if it's minor or post physical therapy.

This is not medical advice and if you have a problem see a medical professional.

Coming off a weekend where I ran & biked a lot and felt the heaviness in my legs of fatigue, I decided we should learn about injuries. In the episode I will cover:

• Signs of an injury
• Common running injuries and their causes
• What actually is a soft tissue injury
• What to do / what not to due about training and being injured

Dive in an let's have fun!

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Weight loss, on one hand is rather simple: expend more calories than you take in.

But being able to do that, can be more nuanced. How you actually lose weight is subject to HOW you live, than just the math of it all.

Often, people sabotage it in a variety of ways.

Listen up to learn how you can avoid these mistakes!

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Many runners may have low to no strength training experience and have questioned "why should I strength train?" I'm going to explain in this episode the 3 reasons why it matters for runners to engage in strength training.

Also, shoutout to my client Marcel who completed a 50 mile ultramarathon the weekend before this was recorded. Your split squats are a motivation for this episode!

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When running, be it racing, leisure, or as a field/court sport, hitting on the correct spot of your foot is key. This can make the difference between a great performance or an injury waiting to happen, or happening. 

When running, you most optimally want to have the focal impact along the transverse arch of your foot. It’s a fore/mid foot strike, I often tell my athletes with shoes on - it’s below where the bottom of the shoelaces are. You want your foot to land there, with your heel off of the ground, and a slight roll from outside to inside. 

Ask yourself, do I want to be a basketball or a frying pan?

Welcome! I'm Coach Donald your host of Training Well Done. What is Training Well Done? Well, it's Training, Well Done.

I will entertainingly teach you about the how, what, and why of quality training! This is for people curious about how to best improve your performance, health, and lifestyle, without the fluff. There will be a training emphasis on running well, strength, and injury management/risk reduction.

You'll get digestible insight on training, nutrition, physiology, and tactics to get you to your best!

I own and operate Global Human Performance, a fitness coaching and education business in Pittsburgh PA where I coach many runners, athletes, and those looking to improve their health overall. I coach in the gym, on the track, and online and have helped hundreds of people improve their performance and get healthier.

I hold a M.Ed in Exercise Science from the University of Texas & a variety of fitness and performance related certifications.

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As a runner, cyclist, athlete that is getting in shape, etc, have you ever wondered what that actually means to get in shape? Obviously that means you have more endurance, but there are a number of things that are entailed in that and how you train effects them differently.

Listen for an insightful episode on what 5 adaptations occur from endurance training!

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Often times, many of us runners and athletes just get up and start moving. And when you're 16, that can fly, but it's a terrible habit to get into because at 36, things hurt, and can get hurt from just jumping into things.

Even a short 3-10min warm up can give you a much better training session. I will tell you a few reasons why and a few key things you should do to efficiently & effectively prepare your body to train!

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