Raise your hand if you love reading about running or workout plans.

ok, maybe this is more for the nerdy runners here…but aren’t we all secretly kinda nerdy, pouring over strava data and hoping our garmins don’t tell us we were unproductive?

Case in point: data is fun.

It tells us what we’ve achieved.

Where we fell short.

And usually based on all that…how we can do EVEN BETTER next time.

The only thing that would be cooler: is skipping the “where we fell short” part.

What if you could?

What if I could give you my physical-therapy knowledge for the day so while you’re reading, pursuing, browsing potential strength programs made for runners that you might use during your upcoming training cycle…

You could confidently say things like:

• “hmmm, that looks a little fishy. Why would they write it that way? Those exercises and reps don’t make sense…”

Or

• ”you know, we don’t strength train like that any more because that scheme doesn’t actually provide the hypertrophy stimuli we need to build stronger, injury-proofed muscles”.

I don't know about you, but I like knowing what I’m looking at.

I like understanding what I’m signing up for. I like to be informed.

And when it comes to strength training for runners out there, there’s a whole lot of bull cookies to sort through.

So let me give you the 5 BIGGEST Red Flags I’d be on the look out for when reading about or looking through a strength program I might consider using for a speed block, mileage build, or during a marathon training cycle.

Because I still see a lot of body weight exercises, banded clam shells, bird dogs, body weight lunges, being suggested by run-fluencers and just….stuff that’s not good enough for you.

You deserve the best.

And you deserve the knowledge to make the best decisions for your body, your running, and your training cycle.

So go check out this week's blog post: 5 Red Flags You Should Steer Clear of When Looking at Strength Programs Made For Runners.

I’m really proud of it and hopefully you’ll find it super helpful too :)

Dare to Train Differently,

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

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