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How to Lift at Home with Strength & Conditioning Coach Scott Caulfield

Posted May 14, 2020
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Running is one of the most accessible sports out there. Just lace up your shoes and you can run virtually anywhere. But if you can’t get to a gym, how do you lift weights?

Strength training requires equipment. …

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How to Create Your Own Bodyweight Exercise Routine

Posted April 15, 2020
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Strength training is not cross-training for runners. It’s just part of the training that’s needed to properly prepare for a peak performance.

And while ideal strength training will consist of weightlifting in the gym – lifting for power and …

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How Should Runners Plan Strength Training? 2 Critical Ingredients

Posted February 4, 2020
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Runners have a nearly endless selection of exercises, routines, workouts, and classes to plan their strength training. But how can they decide how best to get stronger as a runner?

Having fun with my strength training…

When you try …

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Mobility Training for Runners: Get Mobile and Thrive

Posted October 3, 2019
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Mobility might be one of the most important aspects of fitness for runners outside of endurance and strength. If you’re mobile, you’re one hell of an athlete.

Hurdling is fantastic mobility training for runners

First, a quick story.

2006 …

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Strength Training Periodization: Everything You Need to Know

Posted September 26, 2019
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Strength training periodization is the simple idea that your strength work should evolve over time. Sounds easy, right?

Recently when we discussed periodization training for runners, we learned the definition of this exercise science term:

Periodization is defined

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Tina Muir Takes Your Strength Training Questions

Posted August 26, 2019
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Strength training is like broccoli: we know it’s good for us, we understand it has to get done, but we don’t always want to do it.

Are jazz hands effective strength training for runners?

And because it’s a necessary …

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Menachem Brodie on the Finer Details of Strength Training for Endurance

Posted July 11, 2019
BY Jason Fitzgerald

For over 15 years, Menachem Brodie has been coaching endurance athletes to new personal bests. Today, we’re getting lost in the weeds with strength training for runners.

Menachem Brodie is an exercise scientist, USA Cycling Expert level coach and …

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How David Reinvented His Running (at age 73!)

Posted July 9, 2019
BY Jason Fitzgerald

On Monday, April 29th of this year I received an email from a runner named David that might change how you think about training. It sure did for me!

You see, David was 72 years old at the time. …

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Glute Strengthening for Runners: How to Get Started

Posted April 30, 2019
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Big butts, I cannot lie: they’re great for runners. But we often neglect glute strengthening exercises – and that’s leaving a lot of runners injured.

The glutes are really made up of three separate muscles that make your booty …

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Dr. Mike Young Explains Metcon Workouts for Runners

Posted March 14, 2019
BY Jason Fitzgerald

There are so many types of training sessions available to runners. But most of us have never tried Metcon workouts – so Dr. Mike Young is here to explain them for us.

Metcon workouts are also known as …

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