Healthy Running Step by Step

Robert Forster, PT, has practiced Sports Physical Therapy in Santa Monica, CA, for 31 years. Robert has lectured throughout the US and Europe on Sports Rehabilitation and safety in exercise. Robert served as a private physical therapist at four Olympic Games for Olympians Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Florence "Flo-Jo" Joyner, Alyson Felix and their teammates who have won a combined 32 Olympic Medals under his direct care. He also worked pro athletes Pete Sampras, Kobe Bryant, Elton Brand, Maria Sharapova, as well as M.M.A. champions including B.J. Penn. Robert has published several articles in the scientific press and co-authored The Complete Water Power Workout Book published in 1993 by Random House. He has also written a regular column in Triathlete magazine, appeared in several episodes of the popular Fit to Hit series on the Tennis Channel and recently created the Herbalife 24 Fit Exercise Video for the world's leading weight loss company.

Roy M. Wallack is a Los Angeles Times health and fitness columnist and former editor of Triathlete and Bicycle Guide magazines. A participant some of the world's toughest running, cycling, and multisport events, including the Boston Marathon, Badwater UltraMarathon, Eco-Challenge, La Ruta de los Conquistadores, and TransRockies Run, he finished second in the World Fitness Championship in 2004. Wallack has written for Outside, Men's Journal, Runner's World, Competitor, Bicycling, Mountain Bike, and authored The Traveling Cyclist: 20 Worldwide Tours of Discovery (1991) and Bike for Life: How to Ride to 100 (2005), an athletic longevity plan for cyclists.

Robert Forster, P.T., is the CEO and founder of Forster Physical Therapy and Phase IV Scientific Health and Performance Center in Santa Monica, California. He has practiced sports physical therapy (PT) for thirty-four years and lectured throughout the United States and Europe on sports rehabilitation and safety in exercise. He is the exclusive PT provider for the Los Angeles Marathon. He received his education at Stony Brook University in New York before beginning his career at the distinguished Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles. He served as a private PT at five Olympic Games for Olympians Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Florence "Flo Jo" Joyner, Alyson Felix, and their teammates who have won a combined forty-two Olympic medals under his direct care. He has worked with pro athletes Pete Sampras, Kobe Bryant, Maria Sharapova, as well as mixed martial arts champions Joe Warren, Jay Dee "B.J." Penn, and Chael Sonnen. He has published several research studies, writes a regular column in Triathlete magazine, and co-authored The Complete Water Workout Book. Robert has served on the California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and recently created the Herbalife 24 Fit Exercise Video for the global nutrition and weight loss company.