Hints and tips

For an athlete, taking care of muscles is important and it should be part of his routine. In addition to a proper warm up, recovery after training and a lot of stretching, you should go periodically to a physiotherapist for a sport massage.

But there is another method to not knock at his door devastated with muscles contracture: the Foam Roller

What should I eat the day before the race? What about breakfast? How many hours before should I have it?

These are just a couple of questions that expert runners or fresh ones have asked me at least once.

This week I am going to speak about another complementary sport to running: YOGA.

As cycling (click here for my article about it), either yoga in combination with running, helps preventing injuries, reducing muscles tension, speeds recovery and, in addiction, strengths the mind.

This week I introduced a bike day in my daily trainings.

I have to admit, I’m not keen on cycling, I prefer keeping my feet on the ground, but sometimes I bike instead of run to recover from a workout or a competition.