189. Former LA Lakers Strength Coach Tim DiFrancesco on Why Runners Must Get Strong

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Tim DiFrancesco is the former Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Los Angeles Lakers professional basketball team. After spending more than six seasons in the NBA, he left to grow TD Athletes Edge, his performance-oriented strength facility in Salem, MA.

He earned his BS in Exercise Science & Athletic Training from Endicott College and his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. His experience includes professional athletes, sub-elite athletes in the NBA-Development League, and recreational athletes across numerous disciplines.

In this conversation, we discuss what really happens in your body when you start lifting weights. We also talk about:

Why lifting will turn you from a donkey into a gazelle
How we change minds about endurance runners lifting weights
Whether plyometrics are drills or strength exercises
How to get start with plyos, plan them in your training, and mistakes to avoid

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Big thanks to Tim DiFrancesco for coming on the show and sharing his expertise. Please connect with him and express a big thank you!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Ready, set, go!
0:04.9	This is Episode 189 with the former head strength and conditioning coach for the LA Lakers Pro
0:10.2	basketball team, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Mr. Tim D. Francesco.
0:24.1	Welcome to the Strength Riding Podcast.
0:26.2	I'm your host, coach Jason Fitzgerald, and the episode you're about to listen to features
0:31.0	the former head strength and conditioning coach for the LA Lakers basketball team from 2011
0:36.7	through 2017 Tim D. Francesco.
0:40.3	You're going to learn why weight training is not cross-training, but simply training
0:44.8	for endurance runners.
0:46.6	We'll discuss durability, injury resilience, springiness, and how to start with plyometrics.
0:52.8	For more on strength training for runners, be sure to sign up at strengthrunning.com-strength.
0:58.9	Before we start, I also want to make sure we're all lining up on the same starting line.
1:03.0	On this show, you can expect conversations between me and the thought leaders in the running
1:07.3	industry to give you the knowledge, the mindsets and tools to get faster, stronger, and become
1:13.3	a more capable athlete.
1:15.7	Because if you better understand the process of improvement, when you recognize knowledge
1:20.7	as a competitive advantage and investing yourself, you'll be a much better runner.
1:25.6	You may also love our YouTube channel, where we have hundreds of videos on weightlifting
1:29.8	for runners, injury prevention, how to run with better form, and a lot more.
1:34.7	Go to youtube.com-straightthrunning-subscribe, and you'll see every video we publish on
1:40.8	a weekly basis.
1:42.6	And of course, if you have never visited strengthrunning.com, this is where it all began.
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