Lydiard Foundation Coaches Seminar

Exercise for a Better Sex Drive

Dr. Karp’s Run-Fit Boot Camp

Customized Training Programs

Marathon Training 101

101 Winning Racing Strategies

In Press
******************************************************************* IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year Award

Most of you know by now that I recently won the 2011 IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year award, the highest award in the fitness industry!  If you missed the award ceremony, you can see it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7JpdpHo0IY.  You can also check out the profile on me in the July/August, 2011 issue of IDEA Fitness Journal, the premier trade magazine for fitness professionals. 

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Lydiard Foundation Coaches Seminar

This month, I’ll be a guest speaker at the Lydiard Foundation Coaches Seminar September 10-11 at the YWCA in downtown Boulder, Colorado.

The Lydiard Foundation is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the late distance running coach, Arthur Lydiard.  While staying true to the principles that have made this the premier coaching method for the past 60 years, the foundation continually consults with scientists and coaches world-wide to advance Lydiard training into the 21st Century.  For more information on the Lydiard Foundation, go to http://www.lydiardfoundation.org.

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Exercise for a Better Sex Drive

In addition to the many documented health benefits of exercise, it also improves your sex drive.  Studies published in Behaviour Research and Therapy and in Journal of Abnormal Psychology found that a single 20-minute bout of intense exercise immediately prior to viewing an erotic film significantly increased women’s physiological sexual arousal (measured by vaginal blood flow and vaginal pulse amplitude) in response to the erotic stimulus compared to when the subjects did not do any exercise prior to viewing the film.

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Dr. Karp’s Run-Fit Boot Camp

If you live in the San Diego area and want to get fit, lose weight, and be inspired and motivated, I’m offering my Run-Fit Boot Camp twice per week!  You’ll get the most effective calorie-burning and body-sculpting workouts available!

Workouts are running-based and include aerobic and anaerobic intervals, circuits, hills, and games.  Some workouts also include supercharged body-weight exercises specifically designed to sculpt your muscles!  Running burns more calories and makes you fitter than anything else.  Get sculpted legs like a runner.  Get a flat stomach like a runner.  Get defined arms like a runner.  Be inspired like a runner.  If you want to be fit, you need to be RUN-FIT! 

Dr. Karp’s Run-Fit Boot Camp meets every Monday at 9 am at Mission Bay Park in San Diego and every Thursday at 6 pm at Nobel Athletic Field in La Jolla.  For more information and directions, go to http://www.runcoachjason.com/bootcamp.

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Customized Training Programs

Want a fast, guaranteed way to run your best race?  You can always purchase my popular customized training programs for the mile, 5K, 10K, half-marathon, or marathon for beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.  Just e-mail me at jason@runcoachjason.com.

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Marathon Training 101

If you or someone you know is running a marathon this fall, make sure you pick up a copy of my popular DVD, Marathon Training 101: Chasing Pheidippides.  The DVD presents an overview of the science of the marathon and breaks down the training process in simple terms so you can run your best race, with detailed advice on the most important workouts and tapering.  To order, go to http://www.runcoachjason.com/merchandise.  

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101 Winning Racing Strategies

My newest book, 101 Winning Racing Strategies, will be published in late 2011.  Here’s a preview:

Strategy #98: Commit to challenging yourself.

One of the great things about racing is that it gives you the opportunity to challenge yourself.  There aren’t too many other situations or environments in life in which you know going in that you’ll have such a clear opportunity.  Take advantage of that opportunity.  Before your race, commit to challenging yourself and use the race as a way to find out who you really are.

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In Press...

101 Developmental Concepts & Workouts for Cross Country Runners, my book for runners and coaches that details 30 important training concepts and 71 workouts, published by Coaches Choice in 2010, is available online at Amazon.com and CoachesChoice.com.  Order a special, author-signed copy at http://www.runcoachjason.com/merchandise.

My Love Affair with Lactate, my article on the myths of lactic acid, appears in the September 1, 2011 issue of Athletics Weekly, the world’s only weekly track and field magazine.  

Fartleks are a great way to introduce yourself to speedwork.  That’s right—that funny-sounding word that makes high school runners giggle on the first day of cross country practice can give you a chance to have fun with your training, play with changes in speed, and even make you faster.  Fartlek Training, my article on the art of running fartleks, appears in the Fall, 2011 issue of Duke City Fit, Albuquerque, New Mexico’s premier fitness magazine.

Also check out my “Cardio for Your Caboose” workout suggestions in the October/November, 2011 issue of SELF magazine, on newsstands in September. 
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