STRENGTH CONDITIONING. WHO NEEDS IT? YOU DO.
Proper strength conditioning helps you create and maintain
your ideal body and is a vital step on your way to an injury
free lifestyle in sports and in general. Good strength training
can add that extra "umph!" to your movement when
you're out and about simply handling your business. Proper
strength training regimen is very important and will also
help you develop a great looking, super performing and well
balanced body without any "bodybuilder" bulges or
endurance athletes' trademark muscle-free frames.
In running, when the objective is to move the body forward
through space and time, every fiber of your being has a role
to play and must be prepared to contribute to the overall
successful functioning of the integrated system. The old saying
"the chain is only as strong as it's weakest link"
is a perfect way to describe the inadequately developed muscle
system of a runner that will eventually and undoubtedly become
the cause of injuries.
This simple truth was forgotten when running became perceived
as an escape, a getaway, a stress-free zone during America's
running boom back in the 70-ies. Virtually no one paid attention
to strength training or it's importance to running. The result
of this mistake is more than just one generation of injured
people that have a "love and hate" relationship
with running.
Specific strength conditioning is very important in training
for running, it gives you the physical capacity to run and
do it well. You need to be able to take disparate muscle systems
of your body and fuse them into one system ready to run. If
your body is not prepared, i.e. it lacks sufficient strength,
it will show immediately in a form of all classical signs
of poor running form - clumsy movement, elongated stride,
general slowness and facial evidence of discomfort. Whereas
a well prepared runner will move with quickness and grace
with a serene and focused face.
Strength conditioning is not a luxury that you don't have
time for, it is your ticket to better results, better performance
and a "better feeling" you!
Article by Dr. Nicholas Romanov
Composed by L. Romanov
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