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Episode 19: Strength Training for Runners - Part 1
Making Strides Podcast
English - February 08, 2022 14:38 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBFitness Health & Fitness Medicine 100k 100mile 10k 50k 50mile coaching injury jogger medicine adamschwerdt Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode of the Making Strides Podcast, AJ and Adam sit down to begin a discussion revolving around strength training for runners. This will be part of a multi-episode series in an attempt to keep them in smaller bite-sized pieces. This way you can begin taking action after each episode for better, stronger running. In this episode, they discuss:
- what is and isn't "strength training"
- variables to manipulate for continued progress
- how strong you need to be
- the benefits of strength training for runners.
You’ll want to listen to the full episode as they finish with a banger by answering the question: Does strength training actually reduce injury risk?!
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3:30 Terms used to refer to strength training
7:00 What are do we stress with strength training?
9:20 How do we define strength training?
15:40 Why do some things not qualify as strength training?
17:15 What variables can we manipulate?
20:40 How strong do you need to be?
25:00 Trifecta of muscles to prioritize
27:45 Benefits of strength training
28:45 Will you get bulky from strength training?
31:00 Does strength training reduce injury risk?
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Visuals/Charts
Bar graph of peak muscle forces while running
RPE (Rating of Perceived Exertion) and RIR (Reps in Reserve) relationship chart
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