Injury free monsters, lifting woes & run form | 3 Thing Thu
How running plyometrics and form drills can help you stay injury free
This isn't your average newsletter. I strive to make them fun and informative so you can perform better in endurance sports and life (fun-formative is a thing again).
I keep hearing about endurance athletes and in particular, runners nursing or coming back from injuries. Over the last few years, I've been mostly injury-free (due to a lot of trial and error) and I really do want to share what's been working for me. The result is a deep rabbit hole of strength training and all things running form and drills.
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1. Running Form Drills & Plyometrics to become an Injury-Free Monster
Key takeaways: I clearly and deeply explain the what, why, how, when, where, and who of form drills and plyometrics for runners. I also get to the root of why runners don't do drills and general strength training and try to remedy that.
Basically, my obsession with supplemental training will help you become a strong and injury-free run monster.
Learn more here. (I've done videos, podcasts, and a blog about this to make it super easy for you to get started)
2. The bad side of strength training while concurrently training for endurance sports
The key takeaway - multiple studies and elite coaches over the past few decades are showing a direct correlation with muscle growth decline and aerobic threshold fitness decline when you lift and workout at the same time.
This isn't to say you can't do both, but there is a point of diminishing returns where you gain nothing from either.
This comes at an interesting time for me. I've been reading and hearing a lot of random warnings about strength training as you get closer to your A Race.
I decided to experiment with this before my 5k race earlier this month. I tapered my strength training about 6 weeks out and saw some major gains. I won't go into the details and save that for a future piece about the nuances of all of this new information.
Learn more here
3. Analyzing perfect marathon running form: Eliud Kipchogee
Key Takeaway - This dude gives a much-needed clear and concise way to show what good form is and how to obtain it.
He uses Eluid Kipchogee as his example. Eliud just so happens to be the greatest marathoner, ever and has near perfect form. Haha, mega duh.
While everyone shouldn't and won't run like him - the way he runs is extremely efficient. All distance runners (5k and up) should strive for this type of efficiency.
Learn here
Bonus Quote
“If you want to be successful, find out what the price is and then pay it.”
(c) Scott Adams - (Dilbert Cartoon Creator)
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