Jason Karp

About Me

Dr. Jason Karp is owner of RunCoachJason.com, a state-of-the-science running coaching and personal training company in San Diego, California. The 2011 IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year, he is a frequent presenter at national coaching, fitness, and academic conferences, including U.S. Track & Field a... moreDr. Jason Karp is owner of RunCoachJason.com, a state-of-the-science running coaching and personal training company in San Diego, California. The 2011 IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year, he is a frequent presenter at national coaching, fitness, and academic conferences, including U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, American College of Sports Medicine, American Society of Exercise Physiologists, IDEA World Fitness Convention, FILEX Fitness Convention, SCW Fitness MANIA, and ECA World Fitness Convention, among others. He has taught USA Track & Field's highest level coaching certification and was an instructor at the USATF/U.S. Olympic Committee’s Emerging Elite Coaches Camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. He is also the founder and host of the VO2max Distance Running Clinic, the San Diego Personal Training Summit, and Dr. Karp's Run-Fit Boot Camp. He is a prolific writer, with over 200 articles published in numerous international coaching, running, and fitness trade and consumer magazines, including Track Coach, Techniques for Track & Field and Cross Country, New Studies in Athletics, Running Times, Runner's World, Women's Running, Marathon & Beyond, Fitness Management, IDEA Fitness Journal, PTontheNet.com, Shape, Oxygen, SELF, and Maximum Fitness, among others. He is also author of How to Survive Your PhD, 101 Developmental Concepts & Workouts for Cross Country Runners, 101 Winning Racing Strategies for Runners, Running for Women and the forthcoming Running a Marathon For Dummies. In 1997, at the age of 24, Dr. Karp became one of the youngest head college coaches in the country, leading the Georgian Court University (N.J.) women's cross country team to the regional championship and was named NAIA Northeast Region Coach of the Year. During that time, he was also a personal trainer and a hospital fitness specialist. After moving to San Francisco, he coached two high school teams, helping a few athletes to win city championship titles and qualify for the state championships. He also coached the elite women's Impala Racing Team and recreational marathon runners for San Francisco Fit®. As a private coach and founder of REVO2LT Running Team, he has helped many runners meet their potential, ranging from a first-time race participant to an Olympic Trials qualifier. A competitive runner, Dr. Karp is a USA Track & Field certified coach and is sponsored by PowerBar as a member of PowerBar Team Elite. Dr. Karp received his Ph.D. in exercise physiology with a physiology minor from Indiana University in 2007, his master's degree in kinesiology from the University of Calgary in 1997, and his bachelor's degree in exercise and sport science with an English minor from Pennsylvania State University in 1995. His research has included motor unit recruitment during eccentric muscle contractions, post-exercise nutrition for optimal recovery in endurance athletes, training characteristics of Olympic Marathon Trials qualifiers, and the coordination of breathing and stride rate in distance runners. His research has been published in the scientific journals Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, and International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. Dr. Karp has taught at several universities and is adjunct faculty at Miramar College in San Diego, where he teaches applied exercise physiology and at the University of California-San Diego, where he teaches dissertation writing. Contact Dr. Karp at jason@runcoachjason.com or visit www.runcoachjason.com. less

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Athletic Trainer or Coach, Exercise Physiologist, Personal Trainer, Sports Conditioning Pro

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Degrees

BS Exercise and Sport Science, Penn State University

Master's Degree Kinesiology, University of Calgary

PhD Exercise Physiology, Indiana University

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Company

RunCoachJason.com

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Certifications/Trainings

USA Track & Field - coaching

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Not Insured

Jason Karp's Articles
Beat Training Plateaus By Jason Karp, PhD Plateaus are boring. They are flat, unchanging, predictable. Many people who have been exercising for a while reach a plateau, during which their fitness level doesn’t c... Busting Through Training Plateaus By Jason R. Karp, PhD Interval Training Advantages By Jason Karp, PhD One of the main reasons for all of the attention being given to interval training in the fitness industry is that it can improve fitness quickly, which is great news for busy ... Interval Training: The New and Better Way to Train Your Clients? By Jason Karp, PhD There has been a lot of commotion lately about interval training. Once the training secret of the world’s best runners, interval training has gained some buzz in the fit...

Jason Karp's Articles

Beat Training Plateaus

By Jason Karp, PhD

Plateaus are boring. They are flat, unchanging, predictable. Many people who have been exercising for a while reach a plateau, during which their fitness level doesn’t c...

Busting Through Training Plateaus

By Jason R. Karp, PhD

Interval Training Advantages

By Jason Karp, PhD

One of the main reasons for all of the attention being given to interval training in the fitness industry is that it can improve fitness quickly, which is great news for busy ...

Interval Training: The New and Better Way to Train Your Clients?

By Jason Karp, PhD

There has been a lot of commotion lately about interval training. Once the training secret of the world’s best runners, interval training has gained some buzz in the fit...

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Jason Karp's Educational Videos
00:00:00 The Runner's Clinic By Jason Karp, PhD If your clients want to be better runners, they need to start by running and training better. This video teaches you how to run better through the use of running form drills a... 00:00:00 The Art and Science of Recovery By Jason Karp, PhD Recovery may be the most overlooked aspect of exercise. Everyone seems to focus on how many minutes to bike, what heart rate to run, or how much weight to lift. Improvements i... 00:00:00 Chasing Pheidippides: Marathon Training 101 By Jason Karp, PhD From the time the ancient Greek runner Pheidippides ran from Sparta to Marathon to announce the Greeks' victory in the Battle of Marathon, humans have had a compelling interes...

Jason Karp's Educational Videos

00:00:00

The Runner's Clinic

By Jason Karp, PhD

If your clients want to be better runners, they need to start by running and training better. This video teaches you how to run better through the use of running form drills a...

00:00:00

The Art and Science of Recovery

By Jason Karp, PhD

Recovery may be the most overlooked aspect of exercise. Everyone seems to focus on how many minutes to bike, what heart rate to run, or how much weight to lift. Improvements i...

00:00:00

Chasing Pheidippides: Marathon Training 101

By Jason Karp, PhD

From the time the ancient Greek runner Pheidippides ran from Sparta to Marathon to announce the Greeks' victory in the Battle of Marathon, humans have had a compelling interes...

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Jason Karp's Products Available in the IDEA Store
The Runner’s Clinic (Online Course) by Jason Karp, PhD Price: $69.95 Member Price: $59.95 (Save $10.00) Chasing Pheidippides: Marathon Training 101 - CEC Course (Online Course) by Jason Karp, PhD Price: $69.95 Member Price: $59.95 (Save $10.00)

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Jason Karp's Upcoming Sessions
195: Runner’s Clinic Presented By Jason Karp, PhD 2012 IDEA World Fitness Convention™ Learn how to run better through the application of running form drills. Get a special insider’s view to the best lessons and workouts for runners, including lactate thre... 324: The Inner Runner Presented By Jason Karp, PhD 2012 IDEA World Fitness Convention™ In addition to the physical benefits of running, there are numerous psychological, emotional, cognitive and spiritual benefits. Join us for a group run, during which we’... 454: Top Seven Lessons for Training Runners Presented By Jason Karp, PhD 2012 IDEA World Fitness Convention™ If you want to be a better runner, start by running better! Imperfect training will prevent your clients from meeting their potential and can even get them injured. Learn insi...

Jason Karp's Upcoming Sessions

195: Runner’s Clinic

Presented By Jason Karp, PhD

2012 IDEA World Fitness Convention™

Learn how to run better through the application of running form drills. Get a special insider’s view to the best lessons and workouts for runners, including lactate thre...

324: The Inner Runner

Presented By Jason Karp, PhD

2012 IDEA World Fitness Convention™

In addition to the physical benefits of running, there are numerous psychological, emotional, cognitive and spiritual benefits. Join us for a group run, during which we’...

454: Top Seven Lessons for Training Runners

Presented By Jason Karp, PhD

2012 IDEA World Fitness Convention™

If you want to be a better runner, start by running better! Imperfect training will prevent your clients from meeting their potential and can even get them injured. Learn insi...

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