Episode 564: Strength Training Secrets for Runners with Chris Lee (Coaching Series Episode 4)
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SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
We’ve got an awesome episode lined up for you today in our coaching series. I’m chatting with Chris Lee, a powerhouse in the world of strength and conditioning. He’s the Kinesis Director at Kinesis Integrated in Boulder, Colorado, and he’s also the Athletic Performance Director and Strength Coach for the Adidas Pro Team, Tinman Elite. Chris has an impressive background, having been the head of strength and conditioning for AxGen Sports Genetics. You might recognize his name from publications like Runners World, Bicycling Magazine, and Triathlete Magazine. He’s also worked with big names like Whoop Adidas. Plus, he’s a former professional triathlete and collegiate swimmer, so he really knows his stuff when it comes to sports performance.
In this episode, we dive into the world of strength training and how it can benefit endurance athletes, especially runners. Chris shares valuable insights on how dedicating time to strength training can make you a stronger, more efficient runner and help prevent injuries. And he’s got a cool new project in the works that he shares about!
So, whether you’re a seasoned runner or just starting out, you won’t want to miss this conversation!!
What we talked about:
6:00- Chris’ background
10:55- Strength training plan for marathoners
15:00- Injury prevention for various common injuries
30:00- The app that he has built out
39:00- Thoughts on creatine
43:00- Key takeaways on strength training
50:45- End of podcast questions
Show notes:
Book recommendations:
The Performance Cortex
The Untethered Soul
Musician he mentions:
Tash Sultana
Other Coaching Series Episodes:
High school coaching series:
Robyn McGillis and Marie Markham – Episode 479
Connect with Lindsey:
Support our sponsors:
Go to vdoto2.com and use the code “CoachLindsey” for 20% off your subscription
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. Hey everybody welcome to another episode of all have another |
| 0:21.8 | podcast with Lindsay Hine, another coaching edition |
| 0:25.4 | episode supported by our good friends at V.O2. V.O2 is the coaching platform I have personally been using as a running coach myself for, I don't know, probably six years at least I've been using V.2 and their programming is not only scientifically backed and well |
| 0:47.4 | researched it's also super user-friendly and has streamlined so much of the way I coach athletes and I love that the |
| 0:56.5 | athletes can just upload their workouts and put notes right into their calendars |
| 1:00.0 | there and I'm really honored to be partnering with them for another coaching series. |
| 1:05.0 | They've been a really great partner and just supportive of this podcast. |
| 1:10.0 | I'm grateful to be working with other people in the running industry who care a lot |
| 1:14.4 | about sharing information and knowledge with the listeners. I mean that's the whole deal |
| 1:19.3 | they want to get this information out to you all. And we've got a really great episode today |
| 1:25.4 | with Chris Lee, who is a strength and conditioning coach. |
| 1:29.5 | He's the Canesus Director at Canz's integrated in Boulder, Colorado. |
| 1:34.5 | He is the athletic performance director and strength coach for |
| 1:38.7 | Adidas pro team, 10-man elite, and he's also the former head and strength and conditioning for |
| 1:44.3 | Axgen Sports Genetics. He's been published in Runners World, Bicycling magazine, |
| 1:49.2 | triathlete magazine, and Moore, and he served as a consultant for Whoop, Super Sapiens, Adidas and other companies. |
| 1:56.0 | He's a former professional triathlete and collegiate swimmer himself and he's helped world-class |
| 2:00.9 | athletes Olympians and pro teams reach new heights. |
| 2:04.8 | A lot of the pros that you heard interviewed on this show have worked with Chris. |
| 2:08.6 | He's also got a super cool new project underway that he is going to share about in this episode. |
| 2:16.4 | So what we really focus on in this podcast episode is strength training and the benefits |
| 2:21.9 | endurance athletes specifically runners, |
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