Strength vs. Power: How to Strength Train So You Race Faster with Professor Andy Galpin
The Strength Running Podcast
Jason Fitzgerald
4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Andy Galpin, PhD has been an assistant professor at California State University Fullerton for more than a decade. He formerly won a Division 3 national football championship while earning his exercise science degree at Linfield College. He then got his Master's in Human Movement Sciences and his PhD in human bioenergetics. He serves on many advisory boards in the area of human performance, wrote the 2017 book Unplugged, and is a sought after speaker and high performance coach.
In this conversation, we're focusing on
- the principles that influence the strength workouts of endurance runners
- how we can train power during our strength sessions
- common mistakes in this area
- how to lessen the risk of injuries during power-oriented training
- his favorite at-home pieces of equipment
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Ready, set, go! |
| 0:04.4 | This is episode 240 with Professor of Bioenergetics, author, and high-performance coach, Andy Galvin. |
| 0:26.0 | Welcome to the Strength Running Podcast. I'm your host coach Jason Fitzgerald, and this episode features practical strength training advice for endurance runners with Professor Andy Galpin. |
| 0:31.4 | We're discussing strength versus power, how to focus on power during your strength sessions, |
| 0:36.9 | and how much power runners actually need. We'll also talk about how to focus on power during your strength sessions, and how much power runners actually |
| 0:39.0 | need. We'll also talk about how to prioritize power if you don't have access to heavy weights |
| 0:43.9 | in the gym. If you're new to the Strength Running podcast, this show features training conversations, |
| 0:49.9 | coaching calls, and experts in the running space to elevate your thinking about the sport. |
| 0:55.0 | I want to help you make wiser decisions about your training so that you can keep improving. |
| 1:00.8 | Because if you better understand the process of improvement, when you recognize knowledge |
| 1:05.5 | as a competitive advantage, you'll be a much better runner. |
| 1:09.1 | But strength running is not just a podcast. Don't miss our growing |
| 1:12.6 | YouTube channel where we have hundreds of videos on effective strategies to stay healthy, my favorite |
| 1:18.6 | strength exercises, training principles that never go out of style, and a lot more. Go to YouTube.com |
| 1:25.0 | slash strength running, subscribe, and you'll see every video that we publish. |
| 1:29.8 | And of course, strengthrunning.com is where it all began. Since 2010, we've been helping |
| 1:35.9 | runners around the world improve with our award-winning blog, free email courses on strength |
| 1:41.9 | training, nutrition, injury prevention, and improving your mindset, |
| 1:46.1 | plus all of Strength Running's training programs and coaching services to help you accomplish your |
| 1:51.7 | biggest running goals. You can learn more about those at strengthrunning.com slash coaching. |
| 1:58.0 | This episode is brought to you by Inside Tracker, one of the most reputable blood testing |
| 2:02.6 | companies in the world. They test dozens of biomarkers so you know if there are any red flags |
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