Course curriculum
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1
Welcome to the Better Runner Blueprint
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Meet Your Coaches
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How to Use this Course
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Files and Links You Need
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1-1 Coaching Access
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1. Warm Up: Priming your body and brain for runs
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Why warm up
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Dynamic Warm Up Options
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Follow Along Warm Ups
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Fueling Before The Run
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Now and Later?
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2. Pre-Hab: Creating the injury proof body
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What is it and why it matters
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Hip Strength and Stretching
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Core Strength
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3. Base Building: Improving the fat burn and aerobic engine
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What is Base Building?
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What Are Easy Runs?
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How to Use Heart Rate Training
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Why Strength Training Isn't Optional Anymore
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4. Speed Training: Stress less about the clock
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Step 1: Hills
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Step 2: Introducing Speed Workouts
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Step 3: Pace Vs Effort
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Practice Races: Learning Pacing and Racing
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6. Peak and Taper: Keeping Your Sanity Pre-Race
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What The Heck is Peaking?
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Tapering the Right Way
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Carb Loading or Not?
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5. Performance Enhancers: Understanding how your life might be causing your running issues
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Total Stress and Performance
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Hormones!
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Sleep: Your Number 1 Recovery Tool
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Nutrition: Your Number Two Recovery Tool
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GPS Watch Talk
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Mental Training
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7. Race Day: Feeling confident and strong in your goals
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Race Day Plan
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Managing Race Nerves
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Fueling (Before, During and After)
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30 Day Core Challenge
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Calendar and Kick Off
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Abs 1
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Abs 2
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Abs 3
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Abs 4
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Abs 5
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Hips 1
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Hips 2
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Glutes 1
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Glutes 2
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Stretch 1
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Stretch 2
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Mobility 1
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Mobility 2
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Level 1 Runner Strength
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20 Min Strength Plan Overview
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Upper Body 1
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Upper Body 2
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Upper Body 3
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Upper Body 4
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Lower Body 1
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Lower Body 2
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Full Body 1
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Full Body 2
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Full Body 3
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Full Body 4
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Injury Prevention Plan
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Meet Your Coaches
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How To Use this Course
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What is Pre-Hab? What is Body Priming?
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What Gear Do You Need for Pre-Hab?
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What Causes Running Injuries?
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What is Physical Therapy?
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When Should You Go to PT?
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What is Your PT Assessing?
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Runner's Knee
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IT Band Syndrome
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Plantar Fasciitis
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Achilles Tendonitis
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Lower Back Pain
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Treatment Options
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Putting it All Together
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Trail and Ultra Running
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How to Run Trails
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How to Find Trails
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Trail Safety TIps
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Running With Poles
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Running Technical Trails (Steep Inclines and Declines)
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How to handle different conditions: snow, mud, ice, creeks, thunderstorms
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How to Know When You're Ready for an Ultra
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Back to Back Long Runs
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Ultra Training Plans
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Trail Running Strength Ideas
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Running Technique Program
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Getting Started
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How Drills Will Progress
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Knee Drive
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Running Cadence
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Week 1 Drills and Follow Along
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How to do Strides
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Week 2 Drills and Follow Along
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Week 3 Drills and Follow Along
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Week 4 Drills and Follow Along
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BONUS: Week 5 Drills and Follow Along
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Why We Need Jumping
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BONUS: Advanced Drills
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BONUS: Strength Training
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Running Gait Analysis
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30 Day Runner Nutrition
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How To Use this Course
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30 Day Calendar
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How Many Calories Do Runners Need
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Signs of Calorie Insufficiency
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Tracking Nutrition
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What If Tracking Is An Issue For You
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Weight Gain Fears
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Why We Don't Promote Certain Diets
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Freebies
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Overcoming Sugar Cravings
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What are Macros and Why Do People Use Them?
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Why Protein is Important?
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Why is Fat Important?
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Why are Carbs Important?
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What about Micronutrients?
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What are Food Sensitivities?
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Senstive Stomach Fueling Ideas
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What To Eat Before a Run
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Fueling Workouts
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Hydration
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What to Eat After a Run
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Race Day Nutrition
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Overcoming Sugar Cravings
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What Should Your Run Coach Share
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Running For Weight Loss Freebies
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When You Should Work with a RD
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Training Plans
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Printable Training Plans
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1-1 Coaching Access
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Discounts
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Partner Discounts
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Masters Runners
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What is Master's Running?
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Training Overview
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Example Training Schedule
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Recovery Week
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Weight Gain?
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Supplements
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Strength Training
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Strength Training For Runners
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Strength Training Plans
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Week 1 Workouts
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Week 2 Workouts
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Week 3 Workouts
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Week 4 Workouts
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Bonus Strength Videos
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Low Heart Rate Training
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Training Plans
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Understanding and Implementing LHR
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Running for Weight Loss
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Lessons from the Experts
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Next Steps?
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You've Finished the Course?
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What You Learned?
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