Is there any good book written about strength training for runners to get better posture, stonger core and for injury prevention?
Is there any good book written about strength training for runners to get better posture, stonger core and for injury prevention?
Better Training for Distance Runners (Coe) has a decent section on strength training for runners.
We are giving away free downloads of our book, "Strength Training for Runners" if you sign up for it by the 26th of December. There are a couple things I'd like to change at this point, but it's still a great place to start, in my humble opinion :-)
http://www.endurancebasecamp.com/strength-training-for-runners-email-sign-up/
Another good book for strength training fundamentals:
Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe.
It's been asked before...no I'm not putting together a book, article, or other written source. I change my mind too much! I would have serious issues with committing to a handful of programs to be used by all who read it. Because there are people like me who would nit pick the hell out of it...:)
That being said, if I were to put something together it would include a lot of practical chapters covering both design and application of various scenerios:
Design: off, pre, and in season. HS, Collegiate, and local yocal. 6mo or 12mo periodization. Concerns and changes for masters and females. The "Why?" Chapters. Looking at a good 1-3 chapters.
Programs and Exercises w/Dumbbells or Barbells. 1-3 chapters
Programs and Exercises w/No equipment. 1-3 chapters.
Programs and Exercises w/unique equipment (Kettlebells, bands, balls, etc). 1-3 chapters
Unique goals and situations (while injured, injury prevention only, core only, etc) 1-3 chapters
So you'd have a basic set of programs that are runner specific that would be tweaked based on the circumstances above.
It would probabaly be 1000 pages and no one would read it! Muahahahhah!
Alan
There's no doubt that I'd like to change things in the book we put together, one thing might be to have taken on a specific niche/group and focused solely on them.
The truth is that it's not due to changes in what works and what doesn't ... but a change in my interaction with runners and how they use the "tool" of strength training.
In the end, no strength training is worth anything for a runner if it doesn't all them to run more Or if it takes time/energy away from their running.
Strength training itself should never be a goal for runners. In fact, my goal is to use a little as possible to make sure runners are running. Often - I could put that in 2 pages.