How to progress your strength training for running?

Progressing your strength training is essential if you want to keep meeting the demands of your running goals. 

As you increase duration, intensity and distance in your running, if you don’t have the necessary strength and conditioning in your body, it simply won’t be able to stand up to the ever increasing demands, and thus dysfunction and injury will start to creep in.

But how should you progress your strength sessions? Increase load, repetitions, frequency of sessions? 

Listen in as Kriss lays out a logical framework to guide your approach in the gym or at home. (00:00) Introduction to The Strength for Endurance Podcast (00:42) How to Progress Strength Training for Runners (01:23) Understanding General Physical Preparation (GPP) (02:32) Building Foundations with Basic Exercises (04:36) Transitioning to Specific Physical Preparation (SPP) (05:42) Progressing Squat Variations (08:59) Single Leg Strength and Conditioning (10:39) Integrating Plyometrics and Complex Movements (11:09) Adapting Training to Individual Needs (13:35) Conclusion and Next Steps

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