Courtney Conley

I mean, you probably can.

That's right.

You know what another fun fact is, though?

Certain plyometrics, so plyometric is training the spring of the body.

So think like jumping.

there's research that will show you that plyometrics also increase capacity in running by two to 4%.

So my conversation I have with my patients is, listen, what if we stacked therapies, right?

What if you did plyometric work, which is jumping, you know, once or twice a week, and we worked on your strength and I had you in these shoes the majority of the time,

And then on race day, you want to throw that shoe on?

It's like you're a running fairy.

You're like running and things look beautiful and everything is, you know, because you have a strong body on top of the shoe.

But if you put a weak body and a weak foot in that shoe...

You got to earn your right.

I think that it's more about movement.

I don't know if standing in one place is any better than sitting in one place.

Other than when you're standing, you can actually move around and make it more active standing.

But it is a matter of taking movement breaks.

I call them movement snacks.

All of us spend a lot of time either sitting all day long or standing at our desks.

If we were to take micro walks, a five-minute walk, a couple times a day, the system stays moving, you're staying active, and you're slowly inching up that step count that we know is so important for not only physical health, but emotional and mental health.