Quick Strength for Runners: 8 Weeks to a Better Runner's Body Author: Jeff Horowitz | Language: English | ISBN:
1937715124 | Format: PDF
Quick Strength for Runners: 8 Weeks to a Better Runner's Body Description
From the Back Cover
RUN FASTER AND STRONGER IN JUST 8 WEEKS!Strength training is key to better running and injury prevention. But it's difficult to know which exercises work best for runners or to get motivated to hit the gym.
In
Quick Strength for Runners, running coach and personal trainer Jeff Horowitz simplifies strength training into just two 20-minute workouts per week, with no gym or pricey equipment required. Designed specifically for runners, the Quick Strength program pinpoints the exercises that really work. Inside you’ll find:
• A guide to how strength training leads to better running form and fitness
• 40 targeted exercises, with step-by-step photos and clear instructions
• Progressive workouts and advanced form options to increase strength as fitness improves
• Tips on designing a long-term workout program for a lifetime of fitness
This highly effective, easy-to-implement program will make you a stronger, faster runner in
under an hour a week.Jeff Horowitzis a certified running coach and personal trainer. He has run more than 150 marathons.
About the Author
Jeff Horowitz is a certified running and triathlon coach and a personal trainer who has run more than 150 marathons across six continents. Formerly an attorney, he quit law to pursue his passion for endurance sport and now works with DC Tri; The Nations Triathlon; the nonprofit summer camp ACHIEVE Kids Triathlon; and Team Hope, a charity fund-raising training group that benefits the Hope Connections Center, a cancer-patients service organization.
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- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Velo Press (December 4, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1937715124
- ISBN-13: 978-1937715120
- Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I will preface this review with a few points:
1) I've read the entire book and every workout, BUT I have only performed a couple of the work-outs-- but I'm sticking with it.
2) I own ~12-16 running books, of which 4 or 5 are related to strength training
3) I'm a early-30's rec runner (~20 minute 5k, 45 minute 10k, run a few 1/2 marathon distances, and slowly moving up to the marathon-- I'm injury-prone). I've been to months of physical therapy previously, so I can at least assess how these home workouts compare to my PT workouts ($20 book is a lot cheaper than my PT trips). I run 20-30 miles per week, but with injury I spent over a year running 10-15 miles per week.
4) I'm not the best reviewer you'll ever read, so maybe get a tasty beverage and read quickly.
Synopsis of the book: Quick Strength for Runners presents an 8 week work-out plan with 2 workouts per week. Each workout is unique (individual exercises may re-appear from earlier workouts, but the exercise order, volume, etc. will be different). Additionally, each session of the week has different focuses, e.g, week 1 has a core & legs session and a core & upper body session. As you progress through the 8 weeks, each week gets a harder.
Intensity: 30 minute- 60 minute workouts. For runners/endurance athletes with a solid background of strength training, I think this book is too easy. For those of us in decent shape and wanting to break into/restart strength training, it's close to ideal, but you may want to add a few extra exercises or reps here and there. For those with aspirations of becoming runners (there are no "joggers"-- we're all runners :) ), it's definitely still doable, but be patient with yourself! and stick with it!
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