Courtney Conley

I can fly.

If you don't use it, you're going to lose it.

So there is research that shows when you put your foot in a position with toe spring, you will weaken the intrinsic muscles of the foot.

So I'm not saying don't have race day and wear that shoe, right?

The research will tell you 2% to 4% running economy.

People run faster because the shoe has the technology to facilitate gait.

But if you train in that all the time and you never let your foot get stronger, it's just a matter of time.

You're going to say, my hamstring, my foot, my this, my that.

And it's like, that's why the conversation has to happen is this is the shoe that you're going to get stronger in.

Spend time in your training shoe.

And then that's your speed day.

That's your race day.

So it's having the shoe spectrum, knowing when to dance along the spectrum.

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?