104. Your Strength Exercises Don't Need to Look Like Your Sport
Your strength exercises don't need to look like your sport. In this episode, Dr. Liz Koch, DPT, talks to the woman who wants to start strength training and thinks the flashy exercises she sees on Instagram are where she needs to begin, because they'll keep her motivated. Liz explains why an exercise doesn't have to look like hiking, trail running, mountain biking, or paddling to make you stronger for those sports, why functional does not mean complicated, and what to start with instead.
What the research found: a 2014 review of runners and cyclists found that adding heavy strength training to…
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