Runners lifting weights?

Tony gets a lot of questions whether he does strength, resistance or weight training as a runner and triathlete.  In this episode he talks about strength, resistance and endurance training for athletes.  Here are 5 quick benefits of why you should be doing that if you are a runner or triathlete!

• The biggest reason you should do this is because it can prevent injury and give you proper form.  It will prevent any muscle imbalances and or discrepancies whenever you step with your right, left foot or swing one of your arms-stuff like that!

 

• It will improve your running economy and help make you an efficient runner.  

 

• If you lift weights you will get faster.  So by lifting weights you will increase your power output.  This will make you able to generate more force while you are running.  This will make you faster!

 

• You will maintain fitness longer as you age!  That means you will detrain faster by being stronger as you get older.  

 

• Strength training will make you stay leaner.  The calories you are going to burn and more muscle mass you will have.  Overall you will be leaner from lifting as opposed to endurance training like swimming or running all the time.

 

•  Along with that the type of lifts you do if you do multi joint lifts such as, a deadlift, a power clean.  Those will benefit you more so rather than doing an isolated movement like a one body part movement!

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