🏃♂️Maintaining a high mileage can significantly slow down the decline in VO2 max and muscle strength as you age.
⏱️Doing shorter and faster intervals challenges your heart, lungs, muscles, and tendons, promoting running faster.
🔄Adding high intensity cross training, like spin classes or group fitness classes, helps prevent running injuries and improves overall fitness.
🏋️♀️Incorporating slow and heavy strength training, focusing on calves, helps build muscle mass, preserve bone density, and enhance running performance.
🔥Including plyometrics, like jump rope exercises, enhances tendon stiffness, running economy, and injury prevention.