Tag Archives: injury prevention

Improving Running Performance and Running Mechanics

I feel like this should be a book…but I’ll share 2 cents. Running? Lifting to run? Stretching for running? What about core? Yeah…do it all. Yamamoto et al. put together “The Effects of Resistance Training on Endurance Distance Running Performance Among Highly Trained Runners: A Systematic Review” in the Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research: [...]
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I Was Wr, Wr, Wr Wrong About Wes Welker and I am Glad!

When Wes Welker went down with ACL and MCL tears in his left knee on the first offensive play for the New England Patriots during the last regular season game of 2009 against the Houston Texans in Houston, I thought for sure his explosiveness was gone. Wes had played with so much spring and explosion. [...]
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First Month of Another Fitness Challenge Brings Eric Beard Some Results

How has Another Fitness Challenge been going for you? I have been plugging away at improving my overhead squat and it has felt great! I enlisted the help of Krisitn Mohr, a physical therapist at Integrative Therapeutics in Natick, MA. She can be reached at kmohr@integrativetherapeutics.com if you want some work from her. She is [...]
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FLY This-Eric Beard Shows a Cool Variation for Core Stability plus Another Fitness Challenge

I love exercises that integrate the lumbo-pelvic hip complex stabilizers with the movers of the extremities. Kneeling, standing, lunging plus any variety of movement the options are limitless. They can help with athletic performance enhancement, metabolic training and corrective exercise. This is one of my favorites. I hope you enjoy! I shot this at NASM [...]
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Corrective Exercise Specialist Eric Beard Works With Chinese Tennis Association in Nanjing, China Part II

There was is so much to talk about with a trip like this. I tried to keep everyone up to speed on my Facebook page (http://facebook.com/theericbeard if you want to connect-just type “blog” into your message so I know who you are), but I only got a portion of the stories out… I spent my [...]
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