By CEO Robert Forster, PT 1. ADD WATER AND LOSE PROCESSED CARBS Do one deep water running workout a week and feel your power and speed come up. Running in deep water with a flotation belt for buoyancy [Read More]
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WHAT IS ACTIVE RECOVERY?
RECOVERY SCIENCE By CEO Robert Forster, PT After an appropriate time for recovery, the adaptive process occurs. Using progressive build periods of training followed by a week of decreased [Read More]
GIRL POWER: WOMAN TAKE OVER THE MARATHON
GIRL POWER: Women Take Over the Marathon By CEO Robert Forster, PT Four thousand years ago the marathon distance run was christened when Pheidippides ran from Marathon to Athens to deliver news of [Read More]
GIRL POWER: WOMEN TAKE OVER THE MARATHON
GIRL POWER: Women Take Over the Marathon By CEO Robert Forster, PT Four thousand years ago the marathon distance run was christened when Pheidippides ran from Marathon to Athens to deliver news of [Read More]
ARE YOU TRAINING OR STRAINING
Don’t Run With Pain An Excerpt from Healthy Running Step by Step by CEO Robert Forster, PT When describing how challenging it can be to find the source of a runner’s pain, my physical therapy [Read More]
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FASTED CARDIO
By Shelby Stoner, PHASE IV Exercise Physiologist To fast, or not to fast? This seems to be a question circling around the fitness industry in recent years, referring to the trend of [Read More]
SHIN SPLINTS: WHAT THEY ARE, HOW THEY OCCUR, AND HOW TO GET RID OF THEM!
By Shelby Stoner, PHASE IV Exercise Physiologist “I should stop running until that pain goes away” …Said no runner ever. Guess what? Running through pain is NOT the solution to your problem, [Read More]
METABOLIC EFFICIENCY: EXCERPT FROM “HEALTHY RUNNING STEP BY STEP”
Robert Forster, PT, founder of PHASE IV Scientific Health and Performance Center in Santa Monica has had over 35 years training some of the world's best athletes in a variety of sports. Every program [Read More]
