Danny Kennedy

So things like calves, hamstrings, glutes, which if you are not doing any strength training at all, for a lot of people, you know, from a mixture of probably poor mobility and just a lack of strength.

then their glutes aren't firing effectively.

Their hamstrings aren't, you know, strong enough to be able to handle like the amount of volume and load they're doing.

So you mentioned some exercises that I'd probably recommend.

Like there's a number of different ones.

Those muscle groups I just mentioned are probably the areas you should be focusing on.

So...

I think things like hip thrusts, glute bridges and stuff, RDLs, Romanian deadlifts, which I think is one of the most beneficial exercises for lower body in general.

But you've got to think you're kind of using your posterior chain as one unit, right?

There's all these muscles working together, which is exactly what's happening when you're running.

calves as well is going to be a big one because that's obviously a muscle that gets repeatedly used a lot when you're running.

But even things like, you know, your core muscles and stuff too.

And I think, you know, in our strength programs, particularly for the running stuff, we also do a lot of unilateral stuff.

So like single leg, because people more often than not have a muscle imbalance, you know.

And so obviously when you're running, you're not running with two feet on the ground at the same time.

So the stronger you can get on both sides and...

ideally just work on some of those deficiencies as well will benefit you significantly.

So the strength training is not necessarily about training to failure and you really don't need to do a heap of it when you are running.

It's actually to complement your running and you should see and you will see a significant benefit or shift in your ability to run

Like even in terms of your running technique, you know, when you're getting to the back end of a challenging run and you've been doing strength training, your running form and technique will sustain a lot longer than what it does when you don't do strength training.