Comments on: Elite Core and Dynamic Warm-Ups: A Comprehensive Guide

By: Prevent Running Injuries

Prevent Running Injuries — Sun, 13 May 2012 05:47:52 +0000

[...] do 2-3 sets of a routine I call Standard Core (I need a better naming system) a few times a week. One set takes about 5-7 minutes depending on [...]

By: 20 Running Tips for Beginners - and not Only | Running Shoes Guru

20 Running Tips for Beginners - and not Only | Running Shoes Guru — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:19:51 +0000

[...] Strength training, especially for your core, helps you run bettern and prevent injury. (Source: Strehgthrunning)11. Omega 3s can help your lungs, hearth and joints. (Source: runnersworld.com)12. Relax your [...]

By: A 30-Minute Core Strengthening Routine for Runners | Predawn Runner

A 30-Minute Core Strengthening Routine for Runners | Predawn Runner — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:28:04 +0000

[...] encompassing your abs, obliques, glutes, lower back, and hamstrings. It is based partly on the Functional Core for Runners routine by Jason Fitzgerald at Strength Running, and partly on Jon-Erik Kawamoto’s Runner’s [...]

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:28:57 +0000

Gaining more hip strength and flexibility sure can’t hurt! Be sure to check out the ITB Rehab Routine for that. Thanks for the kind words and enjoy all the articles

By: HM

HM — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:18:58 +0000

I just stumbled across your site and can see it benefiting me in other types of exercise. I was wondering if increasing my hip strength and flexibility will get reduce my ITB problems. I haven’t had an ITB injury but do know when it gets really tight, it can effect my knees.

Thank you for providing all of this information, I can’t wait till I go through the rest of your site.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:39:28 +0000

Wow thanks Alison! More great stuff on the way too

By: Alison

Alison — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:51:06 +0000

Jason, thank you for putting all of this together in one spot, in a logical order! I have been limping through a long recovery from traumatic trochanteric bursitis and ITB syndrome…all caused by a fall where I landed hard on my left hip, leaving me with that mouthful of technical injury terms that are all a real pain in the butt and hip. My doctor recommended some exercises and stretches and areas to work on strengthening after an initial rest period, but what I needed desperately was structured workouts. Ad hoc exercises when I am sidelined by an injury make me CRAZY. I got up this morning determined to create a rehab workout schedule, and was floundering around Runners World, getting more and more frustrated. And then I remembered YOUR blog. I should have come here first. I love your blog!

By: Falling off the face of the Earth. « fueled by salad

Falling off the face of the Earth. « fueled by salad — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 04:13:13 +0000

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By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:58:06 +0000

Been loving the lunge matrix, though neglect of lunges in my routines to date has left me with some balance issues when I do them currently. I’m honestly a very plan oriented kind of guy so I like to have a guideline of numbers to work on but I’ll go by feel and time, if I just don’t have the time or the energy for a given routine some day I’ll cut it a little shorter if I don’t have any complaints that need addressing. Currently the only one of those I’ve got is some soreness in my right ankle that I’m pretty sure I picked up during some time when I was neglecting the treatment of an ingrown toenail for far to long. That’s thankfully been subsiding as I put some effort into improving my running.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:52:22 +0000

Hey Robert – it doesn’t have to be scheduled (I don’t do this), so do either the Standard warm-up, lunge matrix, or Cannonball/Myrtl before a run. After you run do Cannonball, ITB Rehab, Standard Core, or Myrtl. Try to vary the stresses a little bit, but you can do the lunge matrix every day. It’s great for you.