7 Gym Exercises To Make You A Better Runner

What are your favourite gym workouts?

Timestamp 1:03 cable abduction 2:07 calf raises 3:14 box jumps 4:09 split squats 5:20 deadlifts 6:57 lat pull down 8:02 bench press

An awesome home alternative to cable abduction is side plank leg lifts: Hold a side plank and lift the upper leg up and down. Same muscles worked, plus you are working out your core. Tough as heck! Or you can do the cable exercise at home with a resistance band. You can substitute pulldowns with pullups at home but if you're not quite at the level of being able to do them well, you can add a resistance band to help yourself along. Loop it around the bar and place your knee or foot (depending on length) to help you along. When I was first forced to transition to home workouts due to the lockdown, I had no equipment for bench presses. I substituted by putting a ton of heavy stuff in a backpack and doing pushups with it. Just make sure your form is good and you'll find that it's no less effective. Thank you so much for this great video!

Hexbar is a great deadlifting option for those with back concerns. Also a big fan of single leg deadlifts with dumbbells to isolate the hammies. Split squats, box jumps, and lat pull downs are some of my favorites, you nailed the essentials Heather!

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1. Cable abduction - glute minimus, glute medius... 2. Calf raises- strong calf and Achilles tendon. 3. Box jump- land lightly.. glutes..hip drive and core strength 4. Lunges / Bulgarian split squats- Unilateral, challenging, specific to running 5. Deadlift- posterior chain, back muscles. 6. Pull ups/ lat pull down (upper body) 7. Bench press/ push ups.( upper body)

Reverse nordic curls! Anybody struggling with IT band and quadriceps tendon tightness, this is the magic exercise. It solved my year-long issues!

Strength training is very important for running

Great video thank you! I have been doing deadlifts the last few months and have noticed a difference for sure.

Absolutely amazing Heather - thank you so much!!!

I over did the squats and ended up injured right before starting base training. Almost over the injury now but will have introduce strength training carefully so probably will be using leg press over back squats at first. Deadlift is king 👍

Awesome information! Thank you!

Thank you for this very nice video. Easy to follow and practice.

Starting to train for my first half and full marathon, which means much less lifting....but seeing that bench press and lat pulldown is going to continue to help me run better makes my heart happy haha

Very well paced presentation and examples . Thank you

Great informative video, thanks.

Great video! Can you please provide some more body weight exercises for when gyms are in lockdown?

Push, pull, hinge & squat. Good content.

Awesome video 😃

Great pull-up Heather