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What Can The Tarahumara Indians Tell Us About The Importance Of Running Long Distances?

Today’s article is coming from a Skribit question. It is:
Exercise? DeVany says no long endurance, contrast with Tarahumara Indians running.
I’m assuming that the question is something along the lines of “How do we reconcile DeVany’s (and others’) advice to do no long distance with tribes like the Tarahumara who run marathon distances daily?”
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Picking the Right Tool for the Job, Part 2: Developing Base Fitness

Get Your GPP On
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post titled Picking The Right Tool For The Job - GPP vs. SPP. This post was a high-level discussion of when to incorporate General Physical Preparedness into your training and when to switch to Specialized Physical Preparation. Today, I want to look at [...]

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Picking the Right Tool for the Job, Part 1: GPP vs SPP

The wrong tool for the job at hand. Photo courtesy of Individual Thought
As I mentioned last Thursday, I attended a CrossFit certification this past weekend. I’m going to post some thoughts and notes here soon, but first I wanted to touch on a conversation that I had with a trainer (not one of [...]

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