I'm gonna start off with, YES, this week's blog post is different.

Because it needed to be.

Because I would be doing you a HUGE disservice if I kept throwing MORE at you.

Just more.

No explanation.

No guidance.

Just more exercises, more reps, more ways to use gym equipment or recovery tools.

Because a HUGE mistake that I made as a new runner: assuming more was better.

More miles = the better your base.

More hard workouts = the faster you get.

More hills = the stronger you get.

Well......let's just say those assumptions fell apart pretty fast once injuries started to stack up.

The problem is: I still see this this bull cookie approach on the internet.

And the worse part is, it's so common, so prevalent, that we assume it's true.

It's not.

Sometimes, more is just more.

And this is something as runners, that we need to work on.

A lot of times we strive to do it all.

Do more. Hit the highest end of our mileage range, because that must be better, right?

Not always the case.

I got a message from a runner I'm working with about a month ago and she had some fantastic questions about:

• why I programed my strength workouts for runners the way I did. Was it really enough?
• would repeating the same workouts for 4 weeks really get her stronger? didn't she need more exercises than this?
• Would 2 weighted exercises really get the job done and keep her injury free?
• "This feels like less than I was doing and I'm feeling like I'll need to add to it. I'm also worried it won't remain interesting. Can you tell me more? What's the theory/science behind it?”

In her message I recognized 5 Lies that I believed when I was a newer runner.

and it was because I didn't have answers.

And they sounded good, so they must be true, right??

And I see these lies perpetuated STILL.

So in case you ever get a touch of the more-is-more-itis and you need to reign yourself back in...

Or maybe you've wondered these questions like I did 10 years ago...

Let's go check out that blog post together.

Dare to Train Differently,

Marie Whitt, PT, DPT //@dr.whitt.fit

P.S. if you've jumped from one strength program to another and never gotten the injury-proofing results you wanted, THIS IS WHY. Smash that button for answers. ;)

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