THE CONVERSATION: Three reasons runners should start lifting weights

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THE CONVERSATION: Three reasons runners should start lifting weights
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Millions of people worldwide make running their exercise of choice. And whether you’ve just started running and are aiming to run a 5km or are aiming to run a marathon, you’re probably looking for ways to improve.

But strength training can help reduce the number of overuse injuries runners experience. This might be due to the positive changes inStrength training can improve hip abductor strength which can reduce instances of, a common knee injury that’s caused by the iliotibial band rubbing against your hip and knee bones.

that performing short duration, high-intensity strength training, such as lower body resistance exercises can protect against overuse injuries in runners.when we run goes toward supporting our body weight and propelling our body forward. So if a runner can reduce the amount that their centre of mass moves up and down while running,To understand this, we need to consider Newton’s laws of motion.

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