MORE GREAT RESOURCES FOR NEW & RETURNING RUNNERS
Book: Build Your Running Body
“Build Your Running Body is the most useful, info-packed, and comprehensive training manual I’ve ever read.” - Amby Burfoot, 1968 Boston Marathon winner and Runner’s World editor-at-large
"This is the best running book ever." - Bob Anderson, founder of Runner's World
For runners of every level looking to take the next step in their training, Build Your Running Body presents a breakthrough exercise plan that goes beyond the conventional pursuit of mileage. The best way to improve our personal bests, run more comfortably, and reduce injury is to target all the components that go into each step we take: muscles, connective tissue, the cardiovascular system, the nervous system, hormones, the brain, and more. This illustrated training manual shows us how, with step-by-step photo instruction and exercise regimens fine-tuned to individual skill levels. Featuring a wide-ranging slate of over 150 workouts—from weightlifting and cross-training to resistance exercises and plyometrics—as well as a nutrition guide with dozens of recipes to help speed recovery and cement endurance gains, Build Your Running Body presents the ultimate program for runners seeking whole-body fitness.
New Book: Fast 5K
"Pete Magill's running career has shown he's the 'master of the 5K.' This guidebook proves that he's also the best at teaching others how to improve their 5K performance. Do what Pete says, and you're sure to run stronger, healthier, and faster." - Amby Burfoot, 1968 Boston Marathon winner, Runner's World editor at large
"I've said it before, and I'm saying it again: If you want to run faster, do what Pete Magill says. It's that simple." - Scott Douglas, Runner's World contributing editor, author or co-author of 7 running books, including Meb for Mortals and Advanced Marathoning
"I've said it before, and I'm saying it again: If you want to run faster, do what Pete Magill says. It's that simple." - Scott Douglas, Runner's World contributing editor, author or co-author of 7 running books, including Meb for Mortals and Advanced Marathoning
If you want to run a faster 5K, but you’re not sure how to train for it ... Relax, Fast 5K reveals the training secrets, lifestyle adjustments, and race tactics that can carry you to your best 5K performance. In this expert tutorial, Magill lays out a step-by step plan for maximizing your running fitness and race readiness. The book includes advice on optimal mileage, tempo runs, VO2 max training, hill repeats, plyometrics, injury-prevention, recovery, diet, race weight, choosing the right racing flats, and much more. Plus there are sample training schedules for runners of all abilities. Magill is the fastest-ever American 5K runner for age groups 45-49 (14:34, track), 50-54 (15:01, road), and 55-59 (15:42, track), as well as a five-time USA masters cross country runner of the year, two-time American age group runner of the year, and multiple-times American and world age-group record holder. As a coach and runner, he's led his clubs to nineteen national championships. This is the definitive training guide for mastering the 5K.
Strengthening & Stretching Program: Wharton Health
(Includes Active Isolated Stretching [AIS], as seen in Build Your Running Body and The Born Again Runner)
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“Athletes rave about the program by this father-son team.” — USA Today
Jim and Phil Wharton have been providing simple solutions to complicated muscular conditions for over twenty years. For years they have been considered the “gold standard” in the field of musculoskeletal health and fitness.
For more on AIS and associated strengthening & stretching programs, visit: WHARTON HEALTH
