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    <loc>https://ngstrength.com/articles/a-hybrid-training-plan-for-the-newfoundland-runner</loc>
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      <image:caption>The exact months don’t really matter - if you have races or events that you’re training for into the Fall you may have to shuffle things. The important part is the relative lengths of each “season”, and what gets the main focus with each.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://ngstrength.com/articles/longtime-runner-first-time-lifter</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-05-31</lastmod>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES - Longtime Runner, First Time Lifter - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://ngstrength.com/articles/how-your-strength-training-should-change-during-the-running-season</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-04-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES - How Your Strength Training Should Change During the Running Season - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES - How Your Strength Training Should Change During the Running Season - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://ngstrength.com/articles/how-to-strength-train-for-the-tely-10</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-29</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Bodyweight Split Squat.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES - Strength Training for the Tely 10: 4 Exercises You Should Be Doing - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Bodyweight Calf Raise (standing on a bumper plate).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>2-Foot Jump Rope</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Kettlebell Tibialis Raise.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://ngstrength.com/articles/how-to-progress-when-adding-more-weight-stops-working</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-27</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES - How to Progress When Adding More Weight Doesn’t Work - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES - How to Progress When Adding More Weight Doesn’t Work - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES - How to Progress When Adding More Weight Doesn’t Work - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://ngstrength.com/articles/sneaking-in-strength-how-to-strength-train-with-no-time</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-01-30</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES - Sneaking in Strength: How to Strength Train with No Time - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES - Sneaking in Strength: How to Strength Train with No Time - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES - Sneaking in Strength: How to Strength Train with No Time - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>I include some power work because to cover the high speed resistance training “base” - which has been shown to be better than slow speed resistance training for developing muscular power (Kawamori 2004), even though minimal recommendations for power aren’t as clear.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES - Sneaking in Strength: How to Strength Train with No Time - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://ngstrength.com/articles/advanced-gym-etiquette-for-the-advanced-lifter</loc>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>He’s got the right of way.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES - Advanced Gym Etiquette for the Advanced Lifter - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://ngstrength.com/articles/the-myth-of-core-stability-why-does-my-back-hurt</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-11-30</lastmod>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES - The Myth of Core Stability: Why Does My Back Hurt? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The “Dead Bug” was one of the exercises under fire for not giving enough stimulus to stimulate strength adaptation.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES - The Myth of Core Stability: Why Does My Back Hurt? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Where do the “core muscles” end and the rest begin?</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES - The Myth of Core Stability: Why Does My Back Hurt? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>An example MRI of a 21 year old man from the study [1] with a clearly bulging disc - but with zero reports of back pain.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES - The Myth of Core Stability: Why Does My Back Hurt? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>This is often blamed as the “certain core muscle” that is more important than others for stabilizing the spine.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://ngstrength.com/articles/3-tips-to-level-up-any-training-program</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-11-07</lastmod>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES - 3 Tips To Level Up Any Training Program - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>An example final depth or “end point” for a partial squat.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Example of squat start and end points.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES - 3 Tips To Level Up Any Training Program - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Force plates are very cool, but not widely accessible.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>An example workout with “why’s”.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Hydrostatic weighing - looks both fun and expensive.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://ngstrength.com/articles/4-things-i-learned-from-doing-a-50km-ultramarathon</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-10-04</lastmod>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES - 4 Things I Learned From Running a 50k Ultramarathon - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The official 50k Strava post. My last Strava post for a while…</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES - 4 Things I Learned From Running a 50k Ultramarathon - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ARTICLES - 4 Things I Learned From Running a 50k Ultramarathon - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Speed glasses also very important.</image:caption>
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