Science of Running: Analyse your Technique, Prevent Injury, Revolutionize your Training looks at exercise regimes you can use to improve (or to recover) your performance.  

What does this book cover?

Science of Running: Analyse your Technique, Prevent Injury, Revolutionize your Training explores exercise techniques that you can use to improve your flexibility, strength and/or endurance, or to recover from illness or injury.

Important topics covered by Science of Running: Analyse your Technique, Prevent Injury, Revolutionize your Training include:

• The mechanics of the human musculoskeletal system, and how understanding it can help you target specific performance goals
• The science which underlies your body’s energy storage and conversion systems, and how to maximise the amount of energy you can burn
• Specific training and exercise regimes, targeting events from the 5k to full marathons
• How to avoid injuries and other setbacks when you train

About the Author 

Chris Napier is a clinician and co-owner at Restorative Physiotherapy in Vancouver. He teaches at the University of British Columbia, serving as a Clinical Assistant Professor. He is a runner himself, and won the Canadian Junior Track & Field Championships’ Silver Medal in 1996, and Bronze in the 1997 Canadian University Track & Field Championships.

In Science of Running, he puts his decades of clinical experience and insider’s perspective to work for your fitness goals.