Hello there, welcome back to the Run Pod, 2023 strength sessions. I can't believe it, but we are now on week seven. I'm Jenny Faulkner, and to be honest, I haven't come up with these exercises and this workout. It's all down to Mike Gornel, Coach Mike from CrossFit Putney.

Hello there, Mike.

Hi, Jenny. Thank you again.

I can't believe we're flying through week seven now.

I'm hoping that people are feeling stronger, fitter and ultimately a little bit more confident

that they're doing what they need to do to support their running or whichever exercise it is they choose

to do. Yeah, I think we've had some really good feedback on people getting into it and finding that

there is an enjoyment in exercise that they didn't think they had before, especially for runners that

gravitate towards just enjoying that type of training, them experiencing something new and

connecting with it

is really good to hear.

Yeah.

As always, thank you very much for your messages.

Chrissy says I cannot believe the impact these exercises have had on my core.

I thought dead bugs lying on the ground would be really easy, but they weren't.

However, I did feel it the next day no pain

no gain I've got to say when you feel something the next day you do go oh it's working

yeah yeah everyone loves to get a little bit of that just enough of the soreness the

next few days to make you know that you've worked so yeah it's really great to hear

yeah I know it's really nice isn't it and Mike I do I presume this isn't you

because I'm sure that you wouldn't message us already, said, how many times a week should we be doing these exercises?

So we've put a guideline out there of twice, if you can get the workouts done twice a week. That's a really good place to start. You really want to know how much you've done previously. So if you're coming from

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