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 ...

It involves running at a slower pace for a set period, then sprinting for another preset interval. One paper found that six ...

There’s a lot to love about running. Getting started is easy, you can do it anywhere, there’s plenty of opportunity to be competitive, and all you really need is a pair of running shoes. But perhaps ...

The Swedish word for ‘speed play’, fartlek is one of the most common training sessions that I use with my athletes. The history of fartlek training dates back more than 80 years, when coaches and ...

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 ...

This fartlek training guide (yep, you heard that correctly) could be just what you need to turn what feel like shackles on your sneakers into tiny wings. Fartlek—which translates directly in Swedish ...

Ever feel like you just plod along on your runs, never able to go any further or faster? Performance Coach Kim Ingleby can help - she's got the inside track on improving your runs (and toning up in ...

Injecting speed into your running will pay huge dividends and fartlek is a fun way to do it, writes Paddy McGrath Fartlek is the Swedish term for speed play and it should be precisely that. In essence ...