Strength training is an essential supplement to a regular running routine. It strengthens muscles and joints, which can improve your running performance and decrease the risk of injury. If you want to perform at your full potential, you need to target and address areas of fitness you may normally wouldn’t pay attention to, like flexibility, balance, mobility, and strength. Below you find an example of how a strength training routine for runners could look like.
For your convenience I’ve attached descriptive videos for each exercise listed below.
If any of the following exercises cause you any pain or major discomfort please stop them and talk to a health/fitness professional. If you need any help or have any questions, I’m also here to help!
Warm up 2-3 sets 12 repetitions each
-Downward Dog to Torsion Control
-Windmill
-Sun salutations with Side Twist
3-4 rounds of 15 repetitions
-Squat with Oblique Crunch (15 repetitions each side)
-Parachute
-Side Lunge to Curtsy Lunge (15 repetitions each side)
-Calf Raises (15 repetitions each side)
Rest 45 sec once all rounds are completed.
3-4 rounds of 15 repetitions
-L-Fly
-Glut March (15 repetitions each side)
-Plank Step Out (Can be modified: elbows on couch instead)
-Runners Jump (Start with 8 repetitions per side for jump and increase to 15 repetitions as tolerated, if jumping is not tolerated you can do this exercise instead: Reversed Lunge with High Knee
Finish with a stretch of the following muscles:
Glut, Quad, Calf stretch
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