Archive - Jeff Cunningham | The 5 Pillars of Distance Training
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Strength Training Is Essential for Endurance Athletes
strength training is essential for everyone, but specifically endurance athletes. I always see it in my blood work when i'm into a big block or big prep, especially as volume increases. And this kind of moves into the next pillar of recovery. You know, nutrition, obviously is a massive part of recovery and i'm almost going to put this in recovery as well too - as is strength training. Strength training is great, not just for recovery, but for strength in performance and endurance athletes. One, for healthy metabolism, two, to mitigate risk of injury,. We see overuse injuries and endurance athletes all the time. If you can maintain strength in your gluts, your hips, your qu
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