Episode 52: Maggie Callahan on The Benefits of Strength Training
The Strength Running Podcast
Jason Fitzgerald
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2018
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
I had the pleasure of getting to know Maggie last fall when she modeled the exercises for our new strength training program.
We spent a few hours at a weight lifting gym called Barbell Strategy in Boulder, CO. Maggie and Addie Bracy (2x Mountain Runner of the Year) demonstrated 40+ exercises and we had a videographer to capture all of the magic.
During her time at the University of Arizona, she won the PAC-10 Steeplechase Championship (she'll also tell you that she's twice won her beer in weight!).
Her PR for the steeple - one of my absolute favorites - is 10:03 or the equivalent of about 10:45-10:50 for 2-miles (with 30-inch barriers and water jumps). It’s quite impressive.
Now, Maggie trains under elite coach Brad Hudson. Brad, as I’m sure you know at this point, is the author of my favorite book on running - Run Faster: How to be Your Own Best Coach From the 5k to the Marathon.
If you don’t own this book, go buy it. You won’t regret it.
Back to Maggie: just last month she got on the podium at the Arizona RnR Hlaf Marathon, running 1:17:20 for third place.
And I'm thrilled she's on the podcast to talk about her running and the benefits of strength training she has personally experienced.
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| 0:00.0 | Ready, set go. |
| 0:04.0 | This is episode 52 with the 2011 pack 10 steeplechase champion, |
| 0:09.0 | 116 half marathoner, |
| 0:11.0 | and third place finisher at last month's Rock and Roll Arizona |
| 0:14.8 | Half Marathon, Ms Maggie Callahan. Hey, it's great to be back in your ears, runners. We have a real treat for you today. |
| 0:31.0 | One of the stars of the high performance lifting program Maggie Callahan |
| 0:35.1 | is here to talk about her experience with starting a real strength training |
| 0:39.2 | program. Now she wasn't always in the gym squatting heavy. |
| 0:43.0 | She only started lifting a few years out of college, |
| 0:45.0 | so we're going to contrast how she felt then |
| 0:48.0 | with how she feels today. |
| 0:50.0 | And if you don't know Maggie, |
| 0:52.0 | I had the pleasure of getting to know her last fall when she modeled the exercises for our flagship strength program |
| 0:57.7 | High-performance lifting. We spent a few hours together at a weightlifting gym called Barbell Strategy up in Boulder. |
| 1:05.4 | And I had a videographer on hand and Maggie and her counterpart Addy Bracey, who was the 2016 and |
| 1:12.4 | 2017 Mountain Runner of the year. |
| 1:15.0 | They both demonstrated all of the 40 plus exercises |
| 1:19.0 | that are included in the program. |
| 1:21.0 | If you want to learn more about it |
| 1:22.0 | and get a lot more material just like this |
| 1:24.0 | podcast, go to strength running.com slash strength. So more about Maggie. She graduated from the University |
| 1:31.1 | of Arizona and during her time there she won the |
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