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Roy T. Benson, MPE, CFI, is an exercise scientist and distance-running coach. He has run competitively for more than 40 years, and he has coached professionally for 46 years for military, club, university, and high school teams. From 1993 to 2008, his boys’ and girls’ cross country teams at Marist High School in Atlanta, Georgia, won a total of 16 state championships and his cross country and track runners won 21 individual state titles. Benson is also the owner and president of Running, Ltd., a company that has been operating Nike-sponsored summer camps for both adult and high school runners since 1972.

Benson has been a consultant about heart rate training for both Polar and Nike and has written three books for runners on the subject. He a ...more

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Heart Rate Training
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Coach Benson's Secret Worko...
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“Miguel Indurain, five-time winner of the Tour de France, reported a resting heart rate of only 28 bpm. The reason for this is that, with appropriate training, the heart muscle increases in both size and strength.”
― Roy Benson, Heart Rate Training
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“Anyone can make an athlete tired, but not everyone can make that athlete faster.”
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“They are the four main components of fitness: endurance, stamina, economy, and speed. Because these components are interdependent, they must be developed in a progressive manner. The”
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