You've clearly put a lot of thought into making your strength training very run specific. Thanks for sharing the stuff you include. I have been using strength training plans or methodologies created by power lifters in the past, as i always did that before i took up running. I had a day for squats, one for deadlifts, for bench press, and shoulder press. Fitting all 4 workouts in amongst a full running plan was tricky and progress was slow. I'm starting to move to strength work that's probably better if running is your top priority, but it's mainly bodyweight stuff for now.
tbf, powerlifting style training isn't a bad shout in the grander scheme of things as you can periodise your lower volume, higher resistance phases to happen when they line up best with running training. It is definitely difficult to be 'good' at both powerlifting and running though, so usually one has to give way for the other unless you're happy to sacrifice potentially being a lot better at one discipline. I try and keep up to date on current info and research, so what I do in my strength training and how I coach others is typically informed by my most up to date awareness of available research.
This is gold. I'll be re-watching with a notebook. I get scared squatting heavy/low reps with ageing, ex-army knees so tend to stick to ten-twenty reps with a manageable weight. I wonder if that's best or should I work (tentatively) towards heavier weight? Thanks for the video.
Box squats sound like a good option for you! Definitely build up slowly, work down to the 8 rep range first and get comfortable there, using the box more as a confidence booster and gradually getting to a point where you can do 3 sets of 8 reps at a weight that feels very challenging by the time you get to the last two reps of the last set. At that stage working down to 5 reps should be fine but it's perfectly normal to periodise training so you can spend some periods of time at slightly higher reps and some periods of time doing fewer reps for heavier. Absolutely no need to rush, so take as long as you need getting comfortable at each stage!
Anyone else been converted to the wonders of strength training? What sort of stuff are you up to tin the gym at the moment?
You've clearly put a lot of thought into making your strength training very run specific. Thanks for sharing the stuff you include.
I have been using strength training plans or methodologies created by power lifters in the past, as i always did that before i took up running. I had a day for squats, one for deadlifts, for bench press, and shoulder press. Fitting all 4 workouts in amongst a full running plan was tricky and progress was slow.
I'm starting to move to strength work that's probably better if running is your top priority, but it's mainly bodyweight stuff for now.
tbf, powerlifting style training isn't a bad shout in the grander scheme of things as you can periodise your lower volume, higher resistance phases to happen when they line up best with running training. It is definitely difficult to be 'good' at both powerlifting and running though, so usually one has to give way for the other unless you're happy to sacrifice potentially being a lot better at one discipline.
I try and keep up to date on current info and research, so what I do in my strength training and how I coach others is typically informed by my most up to date awareness of available research.
This is gold. I'll be re-watching with a notebook.
I get scared squatting heavy/low reps with ageing, ex-army knees so tend to stick to ten-twenty reps with a manageable weight. I wonder if that's best or should I work (tentatively) towards heavier weight?
Thanks for the video.
Box squats sound like a good option for you! Definitely build up slowly, work down to the 8 rep range first and get comfortable there, using the box more as a confidence booster and gradually getting to a point where you can do 3 sets of 8 reps at a weight that feels very challenging by the time you get to the last two reps of the last set.
At that stage working down to 5 reps should be fine but it's perfectly normal to periodise training so you can spend some periods of time at slightly higher reps and some periods of time doing fewer reps for heavier.
Absolutely no need to rush, so take as long as you need getting comfortable at each stage!
Fantastic. Thank you so much!