How do you combine run training with CrossFit? Can Pilates replace strength training? How can runners add more weight to the bar?
These strength training questions were submitted by listeners of the Strength Running Podcast and answered on today’s episode!
Q&A is incredibly important to me as a coach because it represents a return to strategy: solving problems and decisively moving forward helps you train more effectively.
Without this clarity, you may waste weeks, months, or even years of time with subpar approaches to running. You might…
- never add more weight to your lifts in the gym, preventing any strength progression
- only do pilates, thinking that it’s “enough” when it comes to getting stronger
- desperately try to run a faster marathon… but never run more than 40 miles per week
- try every recovery strategy imaginable to stay healthy, while you never strength train at all
I don’t want you to make the same mistakes that I made as a runner (I made most training errors that you can think of).
To help with this strength training Q&A, I asked Victoria Sekely to come on the podcast.
Victoria Sekely and Strength Training Q&A
Dr. Victoria Sekely is a physical therapist, certified strength & conditioning specialist, and certified running coach. She is one of the brightest, most nuanced thinkers in the running space.
I am so impressed with Victoria that I hired her to help me build Bodyweight Power, our progressive, periodized bodyweight strength training program. If you’d like to learn more about it, click here.
In this episode, we answer YOUR questions about getting stronger. In this strength training Q&A, we chat about:
- How to balance running and CrossFit
- When “something is better than nothing” might be wrong
- Why pilates and yoga are not replacements for strength training
- Why weight lifting shouldn’t be aerobically demanding
- Calf & soleus exercises she recommends
- How to get confident adding weight to your strength exercises
- A lot more!
Please connect with Victoria on her Instagram page or via her website (she shares great stuff).
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Thank you LMNT!
A big thanks to LMNT for their support of this episode! They make electrolyte drinks for athletes and low-carb folks with no sugar, artificial ingredients, or colors. They are offering a free gift with your purchase at LMNT. And this does NOT have to be your first purchase. You’ll get a sample pack with every flavor so you can try them all before deciding what you like best.
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If you’re not familiar, LMNT is my favorite way to hydrate. They make electrolytes for athletes and low-carb folks with no Sugar, artificial ingredients, or colors. I’m now in the habit of giving away boxes of LMNT at group runs around Denver and Boulder and everyone loves this stuff.
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