Episode 47: Ideal Strength Training for Runners

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

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

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2017

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Cross-training is supplemental exercise that can be helpful to your running, like cycling.

But just like form drills, strides, or dynamic flexibility exercises, I consider strength training to be an integral part of how to train distance runners.

If you’re not strength training, then you’re not training.

Running by itself only gets you so far. It’s a fairly one-dimensional form of exercise, after all.

If you look at how pro runners train (hell, even high school runners), you’ll see a lot of “other things” in their training:

Form drills
Plyometrics
Bodyweight strength workouts
Mobility
Barefoot work
Skill-based strength exercises (like Olympic lifts)
Dynamic flexibility routines

Whoever said runners just ran?!

All of this extra training makes you stronger, more efficient, and flexible with higher levels of coordination.

In other words, you become a better athlete. Because you’re not a runner – you’re an athlete that specializes in running.

I wanted to dive into the topic of strength training in more detail so you know what to do – and how to do it – to become a faster and less injury-prone runner.

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0:00.0	Ready, set, go.
0:04.8	This is episode 47, all about strength training for runners,
0:08.3	the why, when, what, and how,
0:10.0	so you can get stronger and prevent more injuries.
0:12.8	Hey all, welcome back to the Strength Running Podcast.
0:25.0	I'm your host, Jason Fitzgerald, and this is going to be our last podcast of 2017.
0:31.0	It has been an awesome wild ride since we debuted the show a little over a year ago.
0:36.0	I'm really excited about all the feedback I've gotten.
0:39.0	So thank you so much for all of your ratings and reviews on iTunes. Thank you for your
0:44.2	emails and notes on social media. I read every single one of them. I appreciate
0:49.1	them and I really appreciate the kind and the funny feedback so if you want to make my day that is a good way to do it
0:56.6	Before we get going let's all thank health IQ a life insurance company for athletes
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1:14.0	All right, today we're going over some of the biggest issues that surround strength training
1:18.0	for endurance runners.
1:19.0	Now, those of you who are on the strength running email list
1:22.0	know that I regularly survey my
1:24.9	readers. I think it's a great way to really understand your biggest struggles, what
1:30.4	your goals might be and how you think about running so that I can create even better
1:35.4	articles videos podcasts and courses to help you reach your biggest goals. I love
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