How to use strength training to run faster, longer, and injury-free
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog
4.5 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
We've put together some of the best interviews we've conducted over the past 6 years from masters coaches, researchers and high-performing athletes to help you better understand the benefits of strength training in any running program.
In this interview…
- We'll dispel some of the myths out there around strength training
- Look at what the academic research says about its applicability to running
- Help you understand the types of strength training you should be doing
- Plus, how often you should be doing it, what progression should look like in this area, and more.
And the best part is, in this podcast we're boiling everything down to just the best advice and words of wisdom.
So, if you're ready to learn how to make the most of strength training for your running performance, today's interview round-up is just what you need!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello fellow runners. I am your host Finn Melanson and this is the |
| 0:13.9 | run to the top podcast |
| 0:15.5 | the podcast dedicated to making you a better runner with each and every episode. |
| 0:20.1 | We are created and produced by the expert team of coaches at runnersconnect.net |
| 0:25.0 | where you can find the best running information on the internet as well as training plans to fit every runner, |
| 0:31.0 | and every budget. What are your thoughts on strength training when it comes to getting better at running or |
| 0:45.8 | preparing for your next big race? Do you think there's a place for it? Are you skeptical |
| 0:50.5 | about whether it's necessary or are you on the opposite end of the spectrum |
| 0:54.9 | swearing by it attributing it to injury prevention attributing it to your most |
| 0:59.4 | memorable training and racing breakthroughs. Either way, here at Runners Connect, we are big believers in strength training and that's what today's episode is all about. |
| 1:09.0 | We've put together some of the best interviews we've conducted over the past six years from |
| 1:13.8 | Masters coaches, researchers, and high-performing athletes to help you better |
| 1:18.4 | understand the benefits of strength training in any running program. |
| 1:21.6 | We'll dispel some of the myths out there around |
| 1:24.4 | strength training, what the academic research says about its applicability to |
| 1:28.0 | running, the types of strength training you should be doing, how often you should be |
| 1:31.7 | doing it, what progression |
| 1:33.1 | should look like in this area, and more. And the best part is in this podcast we are |
| 1:37.8 | boiling everything down to just the best advice in words of wisdom. So if you're ready to learn how to make the most of |
| 1:45.2 | strength training for your running performance, today's interview roundup is |
| 1:49.2 | just what you need. If you're a runner who constantly struggles with gas, floating and cramps, check out mass enzymes from bio-optimizers. |
| 2:05.6 | Their gigest enzymes can help get rid of stomach issues naturally. |
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