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Hi
Does anyone have any tips or guidlines for using weights to help running training? At this stage i have purchased dumbells and just wondered if there was some good exercises to aid running?
Thanks for your help
Cale
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It depends on what distance your running and at what level your competing
If you're a health and fitness 10k/HM runner looking to improve then spend the time running more miles.
if your an ambitious MD runner looking to significantly improve your 800m/1500m times then its worthwhile spending sometime on weights. Try reading "Training Distance Runners" by Coe and Martin....forward by Seb Coe.
Thoroughly agree KK, and that goes double for "older" runners.
Ok great thanks,
Run 10k and halfs mainly.
I have found some bits on google.
Thanks again
squats are the runners best friend i started squatting with a barbel on my back 3 months ago and I felt all the niggles of running disappear and i havent had any again, squatting 65kg now and feel great!