Running Tips and Variations Part Two
A good running playlist or soundtrack can also greatly improve the value of your runs. These should include tracks with inspiring lyrics (such as Survivors Eye of the Tiger or Kanye West’s Stronger) as well as a steady beat that you can use to time your running. Studies have shown however that the most effective play lists of all work by starting off with a slow tempo and then gradually increasing in speed as you run. This way the body gets more and more worked up until you’re running faster than you knew you could. The music should then slow down or peter off towards the end.
Also not to be underestimated is the importance of warming up and cooling down and stretching. This will prevent injury by getting your muscles and tendons used to movement, and will also get your body used to the movements. By cooling down and stretching at the end of the workout you can then also drain lactic acid from the muscles and prevent soreness the next day.
While all these things will improve the effectiveness of your ‘standard’ runs, a host of variations can also be used to give yourself a very different kind of workout. For example, in interval training the athlete sprints for short distances then walks for a bit further. This actually increases the body’s production of growth hormone leading to increased muscle mass and fat burning. At the same time it can provide a more difficult cardio workout and will burn more calories in a shorter space of time. A similar variation ‘fartlek’ (time play) training uses a whole range of different speeds used intermittently.
You can also make running more difficult by increasing the resistance – by running up hill, through sand or in shallow water. This forces the muscles to work harder and uses up more energy (and so calories). Similarly by running where the air is thinner you can force your body to work harder to extract oxygen and so increase you lung capacity and ‘VO2 Max’.
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