Strength Training From Body Weight Exercises to Major Lifting with Endurance Specialist Doctor Alex Harrison
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
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🗓️ 27 November 2019
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Strength Training From Body Weight Exercises to Major Lifting with Endurance Specialist Doctor Alex Harrison
If you are only running every day, you may be hindering your training. Cross training is extremely important to be at your best and today's guest will speak to us about how to use cross training, specifically strength training, for ultimate results in your annual running plan. From body weight strength training to weightlifting, Dr. Alex Harrison will talk to us about how to use strength conditioning and proper nutrition for better running results.
Dr. Alex Harrison has years of competition, coaching experience, and the education to know how to deal with endurance athletes – from beginners to elite level.
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| 0:00.0 | On today's Run to the Top Podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | The most important message for really competitive runners is |
| 0:09.0 | Strength Train, but limit the volume of strength training. |
| 0:13.0 | It's the opposite message that you would give to folks who want body |
| 0:16.7 | composition change who want to grow muscle. |
| 0:18.8 | They need the volume, the people who just want to run faster need to |
| 0:21.9 | strength train with higher intensity than lower volumes. |
| 0:24.8 | Welcome to the Run to the Top Podcast from Runners Connect, where it's all about learning from the |
| 0:31.1 | best and most inspiring minds in the sport. |
| 0:35.0 | Together, we can train a smarter, healthier, and faster running community. |
| 0:41.0 | Now here's your host, Stephanie Kay Atwood. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome, this is Stephanie K Atwood, Boston Marathon Qualifier, coach, and host for the Run to the Top Podcast. If you are just running every day, you may be hindering your training. |
| 0:59.0 | Cross training is extremely important to be at your best and today's guest will speak to us |
| 1:04.2 | about how to use cross training especially strength training for ultimate |
| 1:08.9 | results in your annual running plan. From body weight strength training to weightlifting, Dr Alex Harrison |
| 1:15.6 | will talk to us about how to use strength conditioning and proper nutrition for |
| 1:19.9 | better running results. Dr Alex Harrison has years of competition, coaching |
| 1:25.3 | experience, and the education to know how to deal with endurance athletes from |
| 1:30.1 | beginners to elite level. With a PhD in sport physiology and performance |
| 1:35.6 | and a master's degree in human movement and performance, |
| 1:38.6 | his professional level of knowledge is significant. |
| 1:41.8 | He has also competed for Team USA as a Bob sledder at the |
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