Do you lift heavy?
Training tip I took away from Running Resiliency course
I recently completed an online continuing education course: Running Resiliency- the Movement Optimism Approach to Tending the Runner's Ecosystem, by instructor Greg Lehman.
Here’s a prior post to look back on if interested.
I appreciated this setup as I could go at my own pace and learn from home. As a mother, both of these things are important to me.
I was glad there was a section on lifting weights.
He advocates runners to train heavy, 2-4 sets of 4-8 reps done 2-3x week to develop the following:
strength and power
tendon stiffness
bone density
attributes not achieved by running
I’m sold!
I want to develop all of these things.
I no longer will shy away from lifting heavy.
How about you? Do you add in strength training? For me, 20 minutes 2x a week has been a great benefit to not only my running but but overall health.
I've been strength training for almost 40 years and I LOVE it! My current routine is whole body Mon Wed Fri and upper body Tue and Thur, Sundays off. I loved it so much that in my 20s I seriously thought about competing . . . . and an art professor did a photo series on my back . . . I was also a competitive swimmer back then. Go, Julie!!! I find strength training is soothing in a strong kind of way.
5x a week, baby!