strength training
The best exercise for knee pain
If you are a regular knee pain sufferer, the cause of your woes may lie further up the body – your hips. Research at the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Indiana University found that twice-weekly hip strengthening exercises performed for six weeks not only reduced or even eliminated knee pain but also improved running [...]
The fab four: strength exercises for runners
Whether you have just started training for a spring marathon, picked up a lapsed running regime or even started running for the first time, it’s a wise move to include some regular strength work in your training schedule. In my Running Well workshops, I used to hand out a sheet with 16 suggested exercises on for runners, [...]
Balancing act
I’m trying hard to stick to the pledge I made when I was injured - that when I was fit again, I would keep up the non-running stuff - the swimming, cycling, yoga and core training - to help ‘injury-proof’ my body. But a quick glance at the training diary shows that the sessions that are getting [...]
Running Well workshop NOW FULL
My next Running Well workshop is scheduled for Sunday June 26th. It is at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre and the day runs from 10am to 4.30pm. Find out how to run better, what kind of strength training works best for runners and how to tailor your training to any running goal. There are two [...]