Quad dominance is a problem for many runners especially distance runners. This dominance can cause injury to the knees or hamstrings. Use the following hamstring exercises to help keep quad dominance from occurring helping to prevent future knee and hamstring injuries.
This 8-exercise circuit workout for your core is great when you have limited equipment or time. All you need is a couple of dumbbells and an exercise mat! Perfect for runners, this workout helps strengthen the core helping runners keep good running form for longer helping fight off fatigue, especially on those longer runs.
Thad McLaurin "RunnerDude" of RunnerDude's Blog (www.runnerdudesblog .com) and RunnerDude's Fitness (www.runnerdudesfitn es.com) shares three tools (The Stick, the FootWheel, and a foam roller) that every runner should have in his or her injury prevention toolkit.
7 -exercise upper-body workout designed to help runners increase muscular endurance of the arms, chest, and back. A stronger upper body will help a runner keep better running form longer helping to keep fatigue from setting in as soon on those long runs.
Strong ankles are important for anyone, but especially runners. This workout contains 4 exercises designed to strengthen the muscles around your ankles and help keep you injury-free.
Runners often have issues with their Achillies tendon--tendonitis. But the source of the problem is usually a little further up the leg--the calves. Weak or tight calves can overwork the Achillies tendon. Over time this can cause tendonitis. This Calf-Strengthening Workout for Runners, will help you develop strong calves that will help keep you injury-free as well as make you a stronger runner.
