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All In Run Club Podcast - by Lee Grantham · July 9 · 8 min

Why the First Rep Always Feels the Hardest

If rep one always feels like your hardest rep, your warm-up failed before the session started. Most runners jog a couple of easy miles, stop, then wonder why they don't arrive until rep three. Book a free 15-minute Performance Strategy Call: https://coaching.allin.run/rep-one Chapters: 0:00 Why Your First Interval Rep Feels the Hardest 0:26 The Real Cost of a Bad Warm-Up 0:48 What Most Runners Get Wrong 1:52 The Injury That Changed My Warm-Up Forever 2:16 The Five Minute Walk (Body Check) 2:44 Light Jog and Listen to the Body 3:48 Dynamic Stretching for the Power Muscles 4:12 The Step Almost Everyone Skips 4:46 Prime With Two Accelerations 5:18 Straight Into Rep One (No Delays) 5:59 Why a Proper Warm-Up Compounds Over Months 7:07 Marathon Coaching Call Related videos: This Summer Will Break You — or Build You https://youtu.be/VZd5XIbfnms Your Interval Session Is Two Workouts in One https://youtu.be/DqsKHQxVb8A Music track: Back in Time by Aylex Source: https://freetouse.com/music Royalty Free Background Music

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If rep one always feels like your hardest rep, your warm-up failed before the session started.
Most runners jog a couple of easy miles, stop, then wonder why they don't arrive until rep three.

Book a free 15-minute Performance Strategy Call: https://coaching.allin.run/rep-one

Chapters:
0:00 Why Your First Interval Rep Feels the Hardest
0:26 The Real Cost of a Bad Warm-Up
0:48 What Most Runners Get Wrong
1:52 The Injury That Changed My Warm-Up Forever
2:16 The Five Minute Walk (Body Check)
2:44 Light Jog and Listen to the Body
3:48 Dynamic Stretching for the Power Muscles
4:12 The Step Almost Everyone Skips
4:46 Prime With Two Accelerations
5:18 Straight Into Rep One (No Delays)
5:59 Why a Proper Warm-Up Compounds Over Months
7:07 Marathon Coaching Call

Related videos:
This Summer Will Break You — or Build You
https://youtu.be/VZd5XIbfnms
Your Interval Session Is Two Workouts in One
https://youtu.be/DqsKHQxVb8A

Music track: Back in Time by Aylex
Source: https://freetouse.com/music
Royalty Free Background Music