Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DeLoyce Alcorn, 92, is a devotee of slow-motion strength training, which he's been doing for 12 years. (Marcus Ubungen / Los ...

Just about a decade ago, popular wisdom in the running world for anyone looking to get faster used to be “nobody gets faster by running slow” and “to run fast, train fast”. That’s no longer the case ...

If you’re like many runners, especially starting out, you push the pace. Getting ready for a big race might make you do it too. Faster feels totally logical for getting good race times. This idea ...

There’s more to slow running than just preserving your body from injury, too. Along with giving you the chance to recover, Whitley notes that training this way allows for “adaptations that don't occur ...

On the other hand, low-intensity (40–50% of one repetition maximal (1RM)) slow training increases muscular size and strength. 4 Moreover, because it suppresses increases in blood pressure, 4 ...

FOR A STRETCH, it appeared as though slow-motion strength training—better known simply as Super Slow—would take its place alongside the fleeting exercise fads of yesteryear (OK, it was only two years ...

One of the newest fitness studios in the D.C. area feels less like a gym and more like a physical therapist’s office. The Perfect Workout, which opened in August in Bethesda and Falls Church, offers ...

DeLoyce Alcorn, 92, is a devotee of slow motion strength training, which he's been doing for 12 years. (Marcus Ubungen/Los Angeles Times) DeLoyce Alcorn is 92 years old — and pressing nearly four ...

LOS ANGELES -- DeLoyce Alcorn is 92 years old -- and pressing nearly four times that in weight at the gym. On a recent Wednesday afternoon, Alcorn -- dressed in a T-Shirt that read "Be Strong. Be ...