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X - Country
The AEROBIC LIONS
This sport embodies individual performance for the good of the team. Its beautiful. These athletes have to be dedicated to long, hard, and often lonely workouts. Meet attendance might field enough people for a game of softball. Its not a high profile sport.
We love the thought that we can help these "lions" to excel. To PR when the chips are down. To bust through the pain and finish like a champion.
The SmartVest has been a useful training tool for three high school state championship squads. There also is a 16 yr old individual state champion (from a southern state) we would like to congratulate. He wears his SmartVest during daily activities, speed work (400's,200's), mile repeats, and some longer tempo runs. A nice young man.
Dr. Owen Anderson, Editor of Running Research News, and author of Lactate Lift-Off:
"An optimal strengthening program for runners must include exercises which are similar to the biomechanics of running. Running while attired in a weight vest is about as similar to running as you can get (after all, it is running). Along with hill repeats, vest work represents the ultimate form of strength training for runners." |
Vest training requires the leg muscles to work harder to maintain a level of speed. Throughout the training cycle, leg-muscle strength increases, lactate threshold & VO˛max improve, and sustaining high-speed soars. The athlete is faster. These benefits have been validated by research and practical application (Metabolic Response of Endurance Athletes to Training with Added Load, "European Journal of Applied Physiology, vol. 56, pp. 412-418, 1987).
That sounds great, but why haven't you heard more about this type of training? The study was done in 1987. Come on, what gives?
Poor product (ill-fitting vests) and the reluctance of the running community to embrace the possibilities.
When you read the study itself or the overview on this page, and you really take a focused look at the SmartVest, you are going to get excited. If you are serious about your running, you will get pumped. This is a total package, anchored by the finest fitting and highest quality vest available. This vest is built for speed.
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