Episode 101: Menachem Brodie on the Finer Details of Strength Training for Endurance

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

Health & Fitness, 10k, Beginnerrunning, Marathontraining, Fitness, Injuryprevention, Marathon, Halfmarathon, Running, Sports

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2019

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Menachem Brodie is an exercise scientist, USA Cycling Expert level coach and USA Triathlon certified coach, and a graduate of an American College of Sports Medicine Accredited program with a bachelors in Exercise Physiology.

He also has experience working in physical therapy, Emergency Medicine, and even with sports like basketball and CrossFit.

By now, you've noticed that I love speaking with guests on the podcast with a wide diversity of experiences. And Menachem clearly fits the mold.

Today, we're discussing strength training for endurance runners.

More specifically, we're focusing on:

The value of having a strength and conditioning certification (but why experience also matters)
Strength work for rehabilitation vs. performance
The lifting differences between endurance runners and cyclists
How to think about strength training periodization
Thoughts on fitness classes like Orange Theory, boot camp, Body Pump, etc.

As the author of two strength training courses offered on the Training Peaks site, Menachem is uniquely positioned to offer us new perspectives on weightlifting for runners.

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0:00.0	Ready, set, go.
0:04.8	This is episode 101 with certified strength and conditioning specialist, USA Cycling
0:10.0	Expert Coach, and the creative lead behind two strength courses on training peaks, Mr. Menacam Brody. Runners welcome back to the strength running podcast. Today we are discussing one of my favorite topics strength Training. Why are we talking about Strength
0:34.4	Training? Well, it has the potential to change you. To lower your injury risk,
0:38.8	improve your efficiency, give you a faster finishing kick, increase your power, and improve your
0:45.2	finish times. What's not to love? Now if you want a real life example of the power of
0:49.7	strength training, I just published a case study of a runner named David on the strength running blog this week.
0:56.0	He's a 73 year old Boston Marathon qualifier who's run his last two marathons healthy and pain free and this is after he tore his
1:04.8	hamstring off the bone in 2013 and then got a stress fracture in 2014. His comeback
1:10.9	has been just incredible and it's due to strength training.
1:15.0	So on the show today, we're going to get a bit lost in the weeds with our guest,
1:18.8	Menacam Brody. He has his strength and conditioning specialist certification.
1:23.7	He's a USA Cycling Expert Coach with Distinction,
1:27.2	and has nearly 20 years of coaching experience in cycling and triathlon.
1:32.0	But it's his breath of experience in the sports medicine
1:34.8	industry that made me so interested in speaking with him. He's worked in
1:39.2	emergency medicine, physical therapy, and even in a variety of sports like basketball and
1:45.1	Crossfit. My conversation with Menachem focuses on strength training for
1:49.9	recovery versus performance, periodization of weightlifting, and his thoughts on
1:55.1	bulking up as endurance runners, among many other topics. It's also a very special week because
2:00.9	we are offering a big 25% discount on our flagship weightlifting for
2:06.0	runners course high performance lifting. This program was released in January 2018 and
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