Sprinting: what a simple concept. This sport could easily be summarized as running a short distance as quickly as possible, and for most of us amateurs, it would be making a foolish attempt at ...

Marathoners generally don’t lose any sleep over how fast they can sprint, nor do they spend time developing their top-end speed. But Veronique Billat, a French exercise physiologist and author of The ...

Alex Hutchinson is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist and Outside’s Sweat Science columnist, covering the latest research on endurance and outdoor sports. If you haven’t rewatched the epic ...

Sprinting builds muscle mass and strength, can increase your speed, and help tone muscles. Long-distance running may improve your cardiovascular endurance and respiratory system. Which is best depends ...

Running a half or full marathon is on many runners’ bucket lists, but to be the best runner possible, it’s important to regularly challenge yourself with different distances and types of runs—and that ...

What Really Determines Your VO2 Max? That’s why we approach speed training differently. The purpose of training speed in running is really two-fold: First off, we want to recruit more Type-IIa muscle ...

Sprinting is a motor task for humans using maximum physical features and demands considerable training. In this regard, an understanding of the leg morphology of sprinters from a biomechanical ...

Sprinting can deliver the benefits of an hour-long workout in just a few minutes. Unlike steady-state running, Sprinting is ...