Review: Ideas to balance muscles and increase speed and strength
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 26, 2013
I've been a runner for over 15 years, starting in high school on a cross country team. We did a little weight training then, but I never understood the significance of it. This book really helped connect it for me by explaining how the different muscles can affect your stride and how you can tailor your strength training to balance certain muscles if need be. The author shares lots of good information about the different theories of strength training during the on or off season and how it may affect you. I also really appreciated the instructions and examples of strength training exercises that are so crucial for runners.  I never knew that your core was so vital to running!  Overall, this is a great resource for the runner or simple jogger who wants to run successfully without injury, increase their strength, and who can follow easy instructions.