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You may have heard the claim that strength training may reduce overuse injuries by half. It’s from a large systematic review based on studies across a range of sports. It’s an encouraging finding but sadly it’s not been replicated in runners.
There is some evidence that ‘foot core’ training may reduce running injury risk (see our video for details) but other studies in novice runners and those training for a marathon found no difference in injury rates following strength training. Unfortunately, both of these latter two studies had significant limitations including very high dropout rates and exercise programmes that are unlikely to build strength!
A new study of over 400 runners has just been published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports so I wanted to share it with you in a new video. In this video we’ll cover:
- This new research and its implications for practice
- The strength exercises they included
- The role of foam rolling
- The key factor that influenced results
- A quick and effective exercise circuit I use with runners
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