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Strength training 4: Exercises & program planning for runners with Richard Blagrove

The Run Smarter Podcast

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Strength Training

If the main goal is to get fitter for running I would still argue that it's probably better to do a run first in the day and then the strength training session later in the day. The research evidence around this is pretty weak so we haven't got any kind of consensus with what the scientific evidence is telling us. If you've got two or three really hard sessions within the week doing anything else on that day which is going to make you tired doesn't really make a lot of sense. For those who decide to do a strength or combine their strength training on an easy day compared to combine their strength on a hard running day is that just a trial and error thing for someone to try

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