Can changing your running form reduce your injury risk?
If you spend even one second on social media, you’ll see about a billion posts from experts telling you to change your running form. If you incorporated even 10% of this advice, you’d be tweaking your stride every day and probably going insane. Despite all the noise on Facebook, there is some solid science about […]
Does running on a slanted road cause injury?
My cross country coach used to love this one. He demanded we run out and back on the same side of the road to even out the strain that the slanted surface put on one of our legs. It’s natural to assume a slanted road could injure a runner. After all, running on a camber […]
Is high-weight-low-rep training best for runners?
Running is complicated. It takes years to master the art of fitness, to learn your body, what it likes and doesn’t like, what it needs and when it needs it. When it comes to staying healthy and doing prehab, we need simple, easy to remember rules, not overly technical advice that we can’t use. We’re […]
Adductor exercises for runners
Have you ever finished a hill or track workout and wondered why the insides of your thighs felt so tight? The adductors are a set of muscles that run from inside the hip to just above the knee. They help position the femur in the running stride. When you up the incline or pick up […]
How often should runners strength train?
If you’re reading this, you must be one of the lucky runners who’s discovered the secret combination of getting strong AND running mileage. It used to be just “run, stretch, and sleep,” but runners everywhere are learning how a few strength training sessions per week can massively improve their fitness and injury resistance. Runners who […]
The best hamstring exercises for runners
Nobody wants to get sore and everybody wants to go fast. A few simple hamstring exercises can help us turn those dreams into reality. The hamstring is a group of three muscles on the back of our thigh. Together they produce and control a portion of the force required for us to run. First we’ll […]
Soleus Strengthening Exercises for Runners
An average length run for an average sized runner can easily put over 1,000,000 pounds of total load through each leg. When you do the math about just how hard running is, those inspirational quotes on social media start to make a lot more sense. One of the tissues that works the hardest in the […]
The best upper body exercises for runners
At the end of the day, we’re runners not bodybuilders. We don’t need rippling biceps and barrel chests to run a fast 5k or finish our first marathon, but neglecting our upper body entirely is a recipe for aches and pains that can negatively impact our running and our daily lives. Today we’re going to […]
The best exercises to strengthen the Glute Medius
The glute medius has been the life of the post-run party for years. It’s without a doubt the most talked about muscle in the running universe. Everybody wants a piece of its celebrity, but does it deserve all the hype? Today we’ll explain this muscle’s role in the runners’ body and show you the best exercises […]
The best forms of exercise when you can’t run
If you’re reading this blog, you’re probably a running junkie. And for the most part, junkies don’t like off days. Even when it’s objectively good for our training, staying in bed or doing some other form of easy exercise feels like a weird form of wrongdoing, a sin against the high mileage gods. Of course, […]