149. The 3 Most Important Words in Running
The Strength Running Podcast
Jason Fitzgerald
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2020
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
How do you know if you'll be successful as a runner?
It mostly comes down to luck (genetics) and work (training). We can't affect the former, so let's focus on the biggest variable that impacts our success: the training that we do.
That training must follow some broad but important rules if you want to avoid performance plateaus and continuously improve year after year.
Those rules can be best summarized in three of the most important words for runners: consistency, progressive, and modulation.
Your training must be consistent: uninterrupted and continuous.
It also must be progressive: evolving over time to gradually become more challenging.
And it must be modulated: varied workload and training focus from season to season and year to year.
In this episode of the podcast, Jason discusses each idea and brings you time-tested strategies for improving each.
Thank You Elemental Labs!
This episode is supported by our new sponsor Elemental Labs. They make electrolyte supplements for athletes that are high in sodium.
Anybody who runs a lot knows that sodium, as well as other electrolytes like magnesium and potassium, are essential to our performance and how we feel throughout the day. Those low sodium symptoms can be headaches, low energy, muscle cramps, and even insomnia.
I’ve used their raspberry and citrus flavored Recharge packets and it’s much tastier than other electrolyte mixes precisely because of its high salt content. And they're used by Olympians, the military, and other top performances. Visit them at drinklmnt.com/strengthrunning/
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| 0:00.0 | Ready, set go. |
| 0:04.0 | This is episode 149 about the most important ideas in endurance running and how to make them work for you. You. Welcome to the strength running podcast. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm your host Jason Fitzgerald and if you're here |
| 0:25.0 | that means you're a runner that wants to improve. My goal with the |
| 0:28.3 | podcast is to give you new ideas, tools and strategies for improving your running, whether you'd like to reach a new |
| 0:34.9 | distance, qualify for a certain race, or avoid your next injury. |
| 0:40.0 | I'll be bringing you the leaders in the fitness industry to help you reach more of your big running goals from elite runners, |
| 0:46.6 | performance psychologists, strength experts, running coaches, best-selling authors, |
| 0:51.9 | and physical therapists who can make our running dreams become a reality. |
| 0:56.0 | Because as I like to say, knowledge is a competitive advantage. |
| 1:00.0 | The more you know, the better decisions you'll make about your training. |
| 1:04.0 | Now if you're new to the show, we have 148 other episodes, a video channel on YouTube, |
| 1:10.0 | or our home base Strengthrunning.com, where you can see all of our coaching programs |
| 1:14.9 | detailed guides on everything from staying healthy to running for beginners to |
| 1:19.8 | how you can build mental skills to always stay mentally tough and focused. |
| 1:24.9 | And this episode is brought to you by our new sponsor, elemental labs. |
| 1:29.6 | They make electrolytes for athletes that are high in sodium. |
| 1:32.6 | And anybody who runs a lot knows that sodium, |
| 1:35.3 | as well as other electrolytes like magnesium and potassium, |
| 1:38.5 | are essential to our performance |
| 1:40.4 | and how we feel throughout the day. |
| 1:42.0 | These low sodium symptoms that you might have can be headaches, |
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