Episode 43: 3 Ways to Avoid the Dreaded Performance Plateau

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

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

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🗓️ 20 November 2017

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

If you can replicate the principles (not necessarily the exact workouts, mileage, etc.) that lead to personal bests then you can keep improving and setting personal bests.

The alternative is hitting a performance plateau. Stagnating. Running the same times over and over again...

And nobody wants that!

After working with a lot of runners for the better part of a decade, I've come to understand that there are three areas that most contribute to declining performances.

In this episode, we go over all three of those issues, simple fixes, and more strategies to help your speed keep increasing!

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0:00.0	Ready, set, go.
0:05.0	This is episode 43 of the Strength Running Podcast where we talk about how to break through a
0:09.8	performance plateau. Hey guys it's Jason and I hope you're as pumped as I am for another episode of the
0:25.9	Strength Running Podcast. Today we're talking about breaking through a performance
0:30.3	plateau something that I think a lot of runners can identify with.
0:34.0	You know, it goes something like this.
0:36.0	You're training well, you're excited to race, but you just don't get any faster.
0:40.0	You're on the same finish times over and over again.
0:42.0	You know, what gives? Have you reached your genetic potential?
0:46.2	Have you maxed out all of the available fitness that's possible for you?
0:50.2	Are you destined to stay at the speed forever? Well the good news is that no of
0:55.0	course not there's almost always more speed on the table for you and it's just up to
1:00.7	you to help yourself to it. Before we dive in, let's thank Inside Tracker for making this show possible.
1:06.7	I literally would not have published this episode without them.
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1:14.8	tailored nutrition and lifestyle recommendations based on your blood work.
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1:26.2	to get $200 off their most comprehensive test, the ultimate package.
1:31.6	All right, let's get started and talk more about what it takes to break through a plateau.
1:36.7	Don't you think it's really interesting that, you know, when you are doing something and you're
1:41.6	running and it's just not working. A lot of us just
1:44.9	buckle down and try harder even if you're not even sure that what you're doing is the
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