I'm pretty sure I've just written a strength circuit that would kick my own butt.

So naturally, I assumed you'd like to try it out too!

A while back a member of the running fit fam asked "how do I structure a strength circuit that..."

• hits all major lower body muscle groups
• to help keep me running-injury free
• but also NOT take an hour to complete. Like 30 minutes."

FANTASTIC QUESTION.

Let me give you some hints to what it's NOT going to look like:

• a bunch of bridges
• plank variations and dead bugs
• solo calf raises or wall-sit calf raises
• air squats or HIIT styled squat jumps

All that above is fresh in my mind because I scrolled Instagram looking for "strength for runners".

Not all of it was bad! I saw some cool lunges and some heavy squats.

But not all of it was stellar either.

WHY I'M BRINGING ALL THAT UP:

it's OK that you don't know how structure a strength workout to hit every lower body major muscle group.

I went to school for this. I've spent years practicing this. I want to help you be able to do this!

And with the examples I listed and from what I've seen on Instagram and the web...

yea. I'd be confused too.

And I was. I was in your shoes until probably after the first 2 years of PT school.

(yup, not a typo).

It took my years of practice to learn my personal workout-style, how I like to pair exercises, which ones play best together and get you the BEST results that runners are looking for.

So DON'T feel bad.

Even I'm still learning, tweaking, constantly changing how I treat patients and in turn, handing that information on to you.

So for THIS MEGA strength circuit this week...

• if you like a strength challenge that also makes you injury proof and sets you up for amazing running potential
• if you have 35-ish minutes
• and you're are OK with being a little sore the next day
• and you're cool with trying some new-ish plyometrics
• and wanna get hella-strong so you can run you're freaking best

...you're going to feel like a beast and you're going to love it :)

Let's do it!

Dare to Train Differently,

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

P.S. No really: full lower body strength. All the Major Muscle Groups. Plyo included. Make specifically for the busy runner, stacking those base miles, but doesn't want to spend 1.5 hours doing strength stuff. I get it. Let's go.

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