Unbreakable Runner: Unleash the Power of Strength & Conditioning for a Lifetime of Running Strong

by T.J. Murphy, MacKenzie

Overview

A New York Times Best Seller!

Men's Journal Health Book of the Year

In Unbreakable Runner, CrossFit Endurance founder Brian MacKenzie and journalist T.J. Murphy examine long-held beliefs about how to train, tearing down those traditions to reveal new principles for a lifetime of healthy, powerful running.

Unbreakable Runner challenges conventional training tenets such as high mileage and high-carb diets to show how reduced mileage and high-intensity training can make runners stronger, more durable athletes and prepare them for races of any distance.

Distance runners who want to invigorate their training, solve injuries, or break through a performance plateau can gain power and resilience from MacKenzie's effective blend of run training and whole-body strength and conditioning.

CrossFitters who want to conquer a marathon, half-marathon, or ultramarathon will find endurance training instruction with 8- to 12-week programs that combine CrossFitTM workouts with run-specific sessions.

Unbreakable Runner includes CrossFit-based training programs for race distances from 5K to ultramarathon for beginner, intermediate, and advanced runners. Build a better running body with this CrossFit Endurance-based approach to running training.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781937716622
Publisher:	VeloPress
Publication date:	09/22/2014
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	42 MB
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About the Author

T.J. Murphy, NASM CPT, is a veteran journalist and editor who has coauthored two New York Times best sellers, Unbreakable Runner, with Brian MacKenzie, and Ready to Run, with Kelly Starrett. His feature writing has appeared in Outside Magazine, Runner’s World, Spartan.com, and Triathlete Magazine. T.J. is a 2:38 marathoner who has finished five Ironmans. His first foray into writing about general fitness was the book Inside the Box: How CrossFit® Shredded the Rules, Stripped Down the Gym, and Rebuilt My Body. T.J. lives in Boston with his wife, Gretchen, and their two kids, Milo and Maddie.

Brian MacKenzie is a strength and conditioning coach and the creator of CrossFit Endurance, which specializes in movement with an emphasis in running, cycling, and swimming mechanics. MacKenzie and his program have been featured in Competitor, Runners World, Triathlete, Men's Journal, ESPN Rise, The Economist, Outside, and Tim Ferriss' bestseller The 4-Hour Body. He has consulted with several teams, including the 2012 Western Athletic Conference Champions San Jose State Women's Swim Team.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Dean Karnazes
Writer's Note

Introduction: A New Way up to the Mountaintop
1 Indestructible Running Form
2 Endurance with Teeth
3 Strength and Conditioning Workouts for the CFE Runner
4 Nutrition the CrossFit Endurance Way
5 CrossFit Endurance: Introducing Your Workout Building Blocks
6 Your Training Plans
Appendix A: Building Your Home Gym
Appendix B: Advanced Individualized Programming Sample of CFE
Notes
Further Reading
Index
About the Author