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Tom Telez knows running develops whole body strength and personal trainer Melissa likes his advice! |
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Running Hills and bodybuilding can work
together says Houston Personal Trainer Melissa who has lean long sexy
legs from her running and weightlifting workouts.
"I'll start walking your way, you start walking mine..we meet in the
middle neath that old Georgia pine..we gain a lot of ground when we
both give a little"...Remember that country song from years ago? Well
Houston Personal Trainer Melissa does not have a Georgia pine but there
is an AMAZING live oak in Texas that she loves..and its not a great
picture here of the gorgeous oak tree but she will get a good one
eventually. The song in
home Personal Trainer Melissa loves is one of the ones she runs with
during her two miles in the morning and two miles in the evening to help
burn body fat. It is a good lesson to take as well because successful
weight loss or a hard core running workout both require an investment
from the personal Trainer AND the client..both
 individuals
have to come forward, step up to the plate and do their part. For
Melissa, these runs or rather JOGS,
are endurance activity however they are short enough to maintain muscle
and they are done on an incline or low grade which helps build muscle.
Melissa tries to avoid stopping and
REALLY maintains consistency with the daily jogs. During a conversation
with Running Coach and Carl Lewis's Olympic Coach Tom Telez of
Houston, She learned that running up a moderate incline or hill of
about a twenty to thirty degree low grade, is very efficient for
building leg strength and for encouraging proper running
form..preventing over striding. Coach Telez compared it to moving a
car..if a person wanted to efficiently move a car would they run in
front of it pulling the car and taking big strides? Or would the person
trying to move the car get behind the car and push it using small steps
with rapid turnover? So running faster requires fast turnover of the
feet and this skill can be developed while running on an incline.
Running helps burn abdominal fat
and keeps the butt sexy and cellulite free.
After the runs it is very important to stretch the quads (front of the
thigh) and even MORE important to stretch the hamstrings. Foam rollers
can be used to help facilitate this and the stretches can also be done
using a belt to achieve the full amount of stretch possible when there
is a lack of flexibility.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 14 January 2008 )
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