Five Essential Strength Training Exercises For Runners
- By Linzay Logan
- Published Jan. 9, 2013
- Updated Feb. 1, 2013 at 9:03 AM UTC
3) Lateral Step-Up
Working muscles: Quads, hamstrings, glutes and core.
Progression: Holding a 10-pound weight, stand next to a two to three foot high bench or box. Step the inside foot up onto the bench. Engaging the core and the glute muscles in the stepping leg, step all the way up, while bringing the outside knee up to a 90-degree angle. Hold there for two seconds then lower down with control.
Repeat 10 to 15 times on each side.
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Linzay Logan
Linzay Logan is the copy editor for Competitor magazine and cares about punctuation probably a little too much. She particularly loves to avoid commas as well as add exclamation points whenever she can get away with it! She also loves to run marathons and half-marathons—probably a little too much. Don’t let her small size fool you; she’ll still try to outrun you anytime. Even though chances are she probably can’t.