Strength and Power Training
Archive5 Reasons to run outside all winter and get stronger, tougher, faster, healthier and happier.
The best exercise to strengthen your hamstrings and stabilize your knees in a running-specific motion.
Much more than fertility changes when menopause hits. Here's how to train through it.
A new study finds foot strengthening lowers injuries by a whopping 41 percent.
Avoid these mistakes and master the complex full-body movement
A good working knowledge of your anatomy can help you dial in your workouts.
You dont need an elaborate workout plan to get the most out of your resistance workout; you just need to tune into how you feel
These three simplified variations of explosive Olympic lifts can help you develop power that will make you a faster runner.
Workout tools to help you reach your potential
Ready to go beyond the marathon? Check out this introductory guide to ultrarunning and a beginners training plan for tackling a 50K.
This kettlebell workout circuit will add strength and efficiency to your stride. You don't need much, just this guide, a bit of space, and a kettlebell.
How the practice continues to comfort the former big-wall climber after a life-changing spinal injury
The effects of aging compile to cause calf injuries in male masters runners. Heres why, and how to keep them strong and healthy.
Lifting weights can be intimidating for runners. Here's everything you need to know to get started, including when to schedule it, what equipment you need, and how to reach your goals.
3 Variations on the monster walk: an easy and effective way to strengthen the glute medius and add stability to your stride.
You dont always need to add reps or sets to get a harder workout. Challenging your body to fight instability will make an exercise harder and offer some variety to your workout.
Having balanced shoulder muscles sets the foundation for maintaining impeccable running posture.
5 Equipment-free exercises to strengthen the hamstring, one of the most important and injury-prone muscles for running.
Avoid injury and improve your stride with these 5 simple stretches and strength exercises for your groin muscles.
Use tempo and isometrics to improve your bodyweight routine
Build power to maximize your speed this virtual racing season.
Put that bouncy desk chair to work with this full-body strength routine
'Working Woman's Trans BC Enduro' follows two cyclists as they prepare for a six-day mountain-bike race in the Kootenay Range
To become a more resilient runner, add a quick strength-training routine into your week. Your form will gain power and stamina and youll improve overall fitness and strength.
Laura King is out to inspire her eight-week-old daughter, Hazel, to go after her goals
One-leg exercises build running-specific strength and body control for a more efficient, injury-resistant stride.
Train from the safety of your living room with this versatile, effective equipment
Jared Ward details how he recovered from a disappointing marathon trials and shares a week of his current running and strength training routine.
A new study of female athletes sees big strength gains from twice-a-week lifting
Wade Holland teams up with pro kayaker Brad Ludden to share hilarious tips on how to train for the spring runoffwithout leaving home
3 Tips to ensure you squat safely and target the right muscles.
The Leadville 100 is an iconic mountain-bike event that puts racers through a course covering 100 miles and 12,000 feet of elevation change
3 Strategies for enhancing your at-home strength workouts to become a more powerful runner.
This simple piece of gear will keep you fitand from punching holes in the wallsduring quarantine
Perfect this key exercise to activate and strengthen essential running muscles on your backside.
Vasu Sojitra didn't let an amputation stop him from skiing or climbing. Now he's turning his attention to advocacy.
If you only have a few minutes a week for strength work, do these exercises to improve running economy and reduce injuries.
The military's toughest training challenges have a lot in common with outdoor sufferfests like the Barkley Marathons and the Leadville Trail 100: you have to be fit and motivated to make the starting line, but your mind and spirit are what carry you to the end. A Ranger graduate breaks down an ordeal that shapes some of the nation's finest soldiers.
5 challenging core and glute exercises you can do at home using common household items.
'Session with the Best' showcases two top climbers, Sean Bailey and Nathaniel Coleman, as they practice at the USA Climbing Training Center
If you're cooped up indoors and looking to move your body, try one of these routines
Runner's knee, the most common running injury, is not what you might think it is. New understanding changes how you treat it.
A quick stretch and exercise to release runner's knee pain and start improving your knee health.
Six dynamic exercises that build side-to-side strength to improve performance and resist injuries.
Off-season training gets you to the starting lineof a more advanced training plan that will take you to new heights.
Brisk walkingespecially uphill, with a packmay be your path to injury-resistant hamstrings.
Muscle cramps are a runner's nightmare. Here's why they happen and how you can train to avoid them.
The simple plank can strengthen your abs to help create an effective, balanced posturebut you need to do it right. Here's how.
There are more ways to mess up the common move than you think. This guide will help you progress into a flawless lunge.
If distance runners are so strong, why are they so skinny?
Tight muscles are rarely the cause of pain; Use these exercises to strengthen your body and solve the source of the problem.
Follow this yoga routine, in addition to your time on the slope, to improve and maintain your strength and flexibility all season long
New research hands down verdicts on what to lift, how much, and how hard
Klaus Obermeyer shares some tips on work, exercise, and (of course) skiing
Step away from the scale and embrace these proven ways to improve speed without worrying about weight loss.
17 of the year's best pieces from our Do It Better columnist Brad Stulberg
Our wellness columnist on his favorite books of the year
Make yourself more injury-proof by using these poses to increase your strength and flexibility
Build Strength, Speed, Agility, and Stamina now, during the off season, to be ready for the demands of track come spring.
7 kettlebell exercises to up your strength and conditioning
Knee pain plagues athletes of all stripes. Here are some of the best exercises to help mitigate and prevent chronic occurrences of it.
What you need to focus on when you don't have a race looming depends upon your goals, your history and your weaknesses.
A fun plan to build the essential mobility, strength, control and power you need to be a better runner next racing season.
Strength and mobility exercises to help you maximize your posture, improve your arm swing, and to run taller, more balanced and more economically.
10 exercises to make you strong, fast, and explosive on the hill
Train naked. Or wear a panda suit if you wantits your house!
Minimize injury risk and improve your power with these hamstring exercises.
Don't stretch sore hamstrings. Heres what you should do instead.
A new study shows that even 70 year-olds can build muscles quite effectively, regardless of how much (or how little) you have done before.
Coaches rightfully frown on runners doing extra work outside of practice, but this complementary training will take you to new heights in workouts and races.
Improve your hip and glute strength to rid yourself of this annoying injury.
Get stronger with these five simple strength-training maneuvers from coach Jeff Horowitz.
Get more from your gym time by lifting for strength and advancing to harder and more advanced exercisesplus enjoy the work more as you see your strength grow.
Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein details the pre- and post-run exercises, drills and stretching routines he uses to stay healthy and maximize performance.
You have to work hard to build strength, but that doesnt necessarily mean collapsing to the floor after each set
In Senegal, wrestling is a sport in which athletes can make millions of dollars or nothing at all
Seriously. Here are 3 proven ways to increase running strength and speed, economy, power and injury resistance without lifting a single weight.
The weight room doesn't have to be overwhelming. Here's everything you need for a successful lifting practice, plus a foundational total-body workout to get you started.