![]() ![]() Once a grounding and base level of competence has been achieved, you can boost your performance significantly by including ballistic strength exercises.īy nature, running is a ballistic movement and incorporating more of these types of exercises into your regime can help bones attenuate shock, muscles tolerate concentric contractions, and tendons release energy. ![]() However, doing your own strength training doesn’t come without its own risks sometimes both novice and experienced runners make simple errors in the type and amount of training they’re doing to aid performance, and end up doing more harm than good. Many runners report great improvements in their performance from regular, home or gym-based strength work. ![]() I advise starting your resistance training with bodyweight exercises, and then progressing by adding weight and resistance into the mix. However, building strength from the start is the ideal way of supporting your body in its running journey and you’ll benefi t from creating good habits early on. Once a novice’s body has adapted to the new demands being placed on it through running, the temptation is just to do more and more running – and only running. Not only does strength training play a role in injury prevention, the evidence is clear that it also really benefi ts performance.īeginner runners are often reluctant to include strength work in their new regime. During a busy week, it often falls by the wayside but it really shouldn’t. For many runners, strength work is something that can easily be forgotten and neglected, even though we all know it should be done. ![]()
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