Updated 01/16/24 8:43 PM
Tutorials:
Pushups w/ Coach Jorge
Push-ups are a great way to work out your arms, your chest, your back, your abs, and your legs. Though many of us are familiar with the classic exercise, a lot of us do it wrong. Start with your hands shoulder-width apart and your body lifted in a high plank. Then, bend your arms so that your elbows are at a 45-degree angle from your body. (That means they aren't totally parallel to your body, and they aren't splayed all the way out either—they're somewhere in between.) Make sure to engage your core and glutes so that your body stays in a straight line as you push up and down.
Simple instructions for how to perform exercises for running.
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UCSF Sports Medicine
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Yoga for Runners
A group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices aimed at self-controlling the body and mind of a runner.
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Some ideas on what to eat, how to make it, and how to eat it.
Strength Training
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Health and Performance
We're excited to re-introduce Dr. Jeff Shapiro to our SFM community. If you're looking to improve your health and performance, you know an overwhelming amount of information and opinion is conflicting, counterproductive or harmful. We're giving Dr. Jeff a platform to address this. In his articles, Dr. Jeff will discuss exercise and nutrition physiology (how the body works) allowing you to ignore chatter and reject myths. For example, should you carbohydrate load and/or eat during running? Are pills on SFM weekend harmful? After graduating from Stanford and Yale, Dr. Jeff served as medical director of the San Francisco Marathon for a decade, completed and lectured at 50 marathons and trained athletes to achieve peak organ function for 30 years. Dr. Jeff appeared on ABC News' 20/20 "Super Humans," consulted for CBS News' 60 Minutes "The Toughest Race" and co-produced “Ultra Running” for The Late Show. At the 2023 San Francisco Marathon, Dr. Jeff received a standing ovation for his presentation on exercise/nutrition physiology and adverse effects of pills. Since he teaches physiology, Dr Jeff’s presentations will read like science instead of a blog. Train Well with Dr Jeff starting in May 2024.