Hi All:
Coach Pete, thanks for the training schedules. They look great and will be a huge help!
Could anyone recommend training for my core that won't leave me feeling drained for our runs? I am being cautious and sticking with the basic training because this is my first time running, but I think that I could add a bit more to my gym workouts and routine, esp. if it's beneficial for running.
I won't forget to stretch!
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Hey Thomas, thanks for posting.
ReplyDelete1. Easy Yoga is a good way to strengthen your core in the comforts of your own place. I recommended a video in an earlier post that presents seemingly simple exercises that are super useful to running and all other exercise. If you have a VHS player I'll lend you my tape.
2. Light weight, higher-repetition tone building weight exercises are excellent if you have access to a gym. Try to focus on your abdomen, arms and back.
3. Pushups, Pullups and Situps are an alternative to the gym.
4. Core building classes like Core on the Ball (exercise ball that is) that incorporate exercises of weight training and yoga - minus the weights - into a routine that will strengthen the same body parts mentioned above using different body positions and your own weight to provide the resistance.
Overall, Core exercises are meant to strengthen muscles specific to running through low impact exercises on your days off. They are also intended to increase your attention span, keep you flexible, help you focus more on your breathing and help you focus and stay focused in general, essential to longer-distance running. Hence the name HARDCORE. Let me know what options are available to you and which route, be it a gym, at home or part of a class, you prefer and we can make it happen.
Anyone else with recommendations, please post.
Hey Pete,
ReplyDeleteGreat information in your reply. I'm a member of Sweat (if anyone else is and would like to exercise together that would be great too!) and so all of their classes are available to me. At this point I like to keep flexibility in my schedule, so I usually rule out classes. However, there are tons of classes available through their locations, and while I mostly rule them out I could perhaps start taking one. The site is www.sweatfitness.com if you want to see which classes they have you or someone else might recommend.
I can spend time at the gym in general, several days throughout the week usually for an hour or two each time. Currently I focus on running, curling, back and arm lifting, and sit ups.
Thomas - Runners World magazine also had a great core workout in a recent issue. I don't remember what issue it was (can check when I get home - it had Lolo Jones on the cover), but if you go to their website, they have a ton of resources for this type of thing. It's great too b/c they're geared towards runners!
ReplyDeletewww.runnersworld.com
That's right on. I just went to runnerworld.com and typed "core exercises" into their search box and found at least 8 matches. Some of their recommendations are more strenuous like rock climbing or swimming but I think there's something for everyone there. Thanks Celia!
ReplyDeleteHey Thomas, here are the SWEAT classes I think would compliment your training well:
ReplyDeleteYoga FX
ABSolution
Classical Pilates
Aqua Motion
Abs
Great advice, that is super helpful Pete! I'm a member of PSC if anyone is interested in joining me for a class or doing some cross training, it's always nice to have someone to hold you to it!
ReplyDeleteWe also did stair workouts last season on the Rocky steps, thoughts about bringing that back?
Philly Power Yoga Works offers the best Bikram classes I have found in the city. They are on 35th and Lancaster in University City. I usually go on Sat or Sun and most Mondays too.