Discover how fartlek runs mix bursts of speed and easy pacing to improve endurance and make you a faster, smarter runner. If running isn’t just a side step from your lifting session and you actually ...

IF THE WORD "fartlek" makes you giggle, you're not alone. But there’s nothing funny about how this style of training can help runners—especially beginners—level up to faster speeds. The idea of ...

Discover Fartlek, the Swedish 'speed play' method revolutionizing athletic training. This dynamic approach blends structured ...

There seems to be a new walking workout trend doing the rounds on a weekly basis, so much so that it can be a challenge to keep up. With the Japanese interval walking method, the 12-3-30 walking trend ...

Hearing about a workout called a “fartlek” for the first time as a new runner might be intimidating and confusing. That’s because most terms, like “long run” and “speed workout,” are pretty ...

I don't think that running coaches need to be high-performance runners themselves. I don't even think they need to run at all, at least not for their whole lives. However, if a coach is not currently ...

Setting out to be on the treadmill for a flat amount of time, say 30 minutes at a steady pace, can be challenging when it feels like you’ve been running forever, but the treadmill’s timer is just ...

Treadmills make running convenient — even more so when you've got a machine in your home and bad weather is threatening your workout schedule. It's also true that running on a treadmill can be a ...

When I started running a few years ago, I would jog from one telephone pole to the next, then walk past two, three or four poles until my heart rate came down and my legs recovered. Then I would add ...

It's a workout that involves 14 periods, or 10 minutes, of hard running, with the same amount of time spent at a slightly ...

When Fartlek came along in Sweden in the 1930’s it quickened training worldwide with new strides on new paths, innovative as any idea in athletics’ history: Interval training, the Fosbury Flop. You ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." IF THE WORD "fartlek" makes you giggle, you're not alone. But there’s nothing funny about how this style ...