Today’s guest loves running and also uses it as an excuse to got out of the house from time to time.
She’s also a full-time mom of 5 kids, the oldest of which is 8, which may explain why getting out of the house once in a while to run is necessary!
I’m grateful Danielle Barker found some time in her busy schedule to go a few easy miles with me today.
Danielle Barker and Her Family
My guest today has been patient and put in the work to achieve a healthier body as well as mindset.
Over the course of 10 years, she has lost a total of 115 pounds!
I am looking forward to going a few easy miles with Katie Bouton and hearing more about how she committed to a healthier lifestyle.
Katie Bouton- Before and After
My guest on the show today is a scientist on the cutting edge of exercise research.
She studies the genetics of exercise using an uncommon specimen- fruit flies.
Today I will go a few easy miles with Alyson Wessells as we delve into what exciting discoveries her research may hold.
Alyson Wessells
Running injuries and strength training exercises for runners are easily two of the topics I talk about most on this website.
Why?
Well, with running injuries it’s what I know the most about and where my real expertise in the running world lies. I may never be the worlds greatest runner or running coach, but if you got a problem, (Yo!) I’ll solve it! (Get it?)
Or at least, I’ll help you solve it.
And strength training gets talked about a fair amount because I think it’s important and I think it can do wonders to help many of the most common running injuries.
But in all of my strength training videos, at least until now, I’ve never mentioned some of the most important exercises you can do to specifically target one of the most overlooked (and thus, most problematic) areas on a runner: the feet.
Not My Feet. Sorry.
If you’ve been following along with any of my content for the past few years, you know that I’m a big believer in the benefits of strength training for runners.
More and more, it seems that runners are starting to come around to the idea of regular strength training, which is a good thing.
Yet many runners are still struggling with understanding what an effective strength training routine consists of, which is why I’ve done several videos in the past year demonstrating simple and effective routines designed specifically for runners.
One of the common threads in most of those videos from the past is that each of the exercises involves virtually no exercise equipment.
And that’s by design.
You do not need to to join a gym or buy any fancy strength training equipment for runners in order to get a challenging, effective, and beneficial workout.
That said…
You can combine the dozens of the equipment free strength training exercises that I’ve talked about before in an infinite amount of ways in order to keep your workouts from getting boring.
Shoot, I mix up the routine for almost every workout, just because I hate doing the same exercises ad nauseam.
Yet even with all of the possibilities that exist, you can get even more variety if you add just one or two pieces of equipment to the mix.