When you’re a runner, you’re a runner, and that’s your priority…it’s what you love to do and we completely share that passion. But what if there was a way to maximize your chances of running for as long as possible AND improve your performance? Think of your body like your vehicle for running, wouldn’t you want to increase the horsepower of your vehicle if you could? Wouldn’t you want to build a more robust frame for that vehicle to be more resistant to breakdown? As you probably guessed by the title of this blog post, we’re talking about lifting weights a.k.a resistance training. The argument for including resistance training as complimentary to your running practice is strong (no pun intended). As a quick summary, here’s why we recommend resistance training for every runner that we work with:

1. Reduce your risk of injury

   • build tissue tolerance (tendons, bones)

   • become harder to injure

   • running doesn’t necessarily build more robust tissue structures or at the very least the amount that it does is small (this doesn’t mean we’re saying don’t run, there’s plenty of reasons to run and it’s not bad for your body if you have a good running plan, you’re flexible with your running, and you resistance train)

2. Improve your performance

   • running economy

   • force production

   • these things can make you feel less tired during a run

   • they can also help with being able to run faster, perhaps be more powerful running up hills etc.

To summarize, resistance training can help you run faster, more effortlessly, and for a longer time by helping reduce the risk of things like bone stress injuries and tendinopathies.

Usually when we discuss these things with runners, they’re on board by now and understand why they should include resistance training, you’re probably at this point as well. The biggest barrier at this point is usually a couple of things, let’s see if you’re in this boat…

1. They don’t know what exercises to perform / have limited experience with resistance training

2. They’re concerned about a huge time commitment

We’re here to help you with BOTH of those problems. We’ve created a strength program designed specifically with you (a runner) in mind to help you with figuring out what exercises to do and how to progress them. Also, to see a massive benefit as discussed above, you don’t need to be working out 4-6 days / week, in fact 2 days / week is plenty enough with the right program. So if you’re looking for something that guides you through a program and isn’t a huge time commitment, we’ve got you covered.

We’ve created an 8 week program called ‘Run Strong - A Program Made for Runners by Runners’. It includes 2 workouts / week with clickable exercise videos and strength training tips that we think will be helpful for you. If you’re interested this, you can download the first 2 weeks for free or purchase the entire program for 29.99 below.

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Download the full 8 week version