Training for runners

Strength training can help runners move faster and stay injury free. Here, the full, total-body strength workout plan every runner should use.

We all know that strength training is complimentary to running. But if you've ever been injured and found yourself in physical therapy, what you may have discovered is that strength training isn't just complimentary to running, it is ESSENTIAL to avoiding injury and running strong. Avoid Injury

These must-do bodyweight exercises for runners will help you build a powerful runner's body - run stronger, longer and stay injury-free.

Running builds muscle and keeps the heart and lungs strong. However, kilometers reduce mobility and pain can appear in the joints. Yoga can help to reduce injury, increase flexibility, widen your range of movement, center the mind, and balance your body.

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Running is actually very biomechanically challenging—there is a great deal of potential for overuse issues and energy drag if your muscles aren’t supporting your structural system.

This 30 day strength training plan for runners is a simple and effective way to incorporate strength exercises into your training plan.

I've put together this list of the five most important strength exercises for runners and you don't need equipment for any of them!