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Training Tip of the Week: Use Your Foam Roller to Work Your Core

Training Tip of the Week: Use Your Foam Roller to Work Your Core

Chicory Posted by Chicory on March 14, 2017 8 Comments

Did you think we were going to let you forget your renewed commitment to fitting in the #ExtraSalt? NOPE! This week, you’re going to get in all your core, aren’t you? And if you’ve been struggling to do the same boring planks and crunches, here’s a little something to jazz up your abcersizes: your foam roller.

Ah, the humble foam roller. It can soothe tight calves and hamstrings, of course, but it is capable of so much more. Your foam roller is just waiting for your core to give it a chance!

Here, I’m going to share with you a few exercises that will challenge your core and make you a stronger runner. At the end of the post is a video instruction as a little extra insurance that you get the most bang for your #ExtraSalt buck with this routine.

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Categories: Training Basics
Tags: core, extrasalt, foam rolling, pilates, strength training
Ready for the #ExtraSalt Challenge?

Ready for the #ExtraSalt Challenge?

Pesto Posted by Pesto on March 6, 2017 7 Comments

Editor’s note: Instead of our usual Roundtable, we’re kicking off our #ExtraSalt challenge! 

If we want to train and race our best, we all know that we need to invest some of our training time into #ExtraSalt, that non-running stuff we need to do to recover and stay healthy. But knowing this is not enough; we’re not always great about doing any of it. Together, we’re going to change that! It’s time to commit to adding the #ExtraSalt!

Each week we’ll be bringing you an #ExtraSalt Challenge and checking in with you to see how you’re doing on Twitter and Instagram. This first week we challenge you to set your #ExtraSalt goal! Read more >>

Categories: Readers Roundtable
Tags: core, extrasalt, foam rolling, strength training
Pilates and Running: How I Learned to Stop Slouching and Love my Core

Pilates and Running: How I Learned to Stop Slouching and Love my Core

Caraway Posted by Caraway on August 30, 2016 15 Comments

imageIt’s a Saturday morning ritual: leisurely breakfast with the fam, followed by a jog through the park to the Pilates studio. An hour later, my core strengthened and stretched, I emerge relaxed and in a 200% better mood than when I went in. I’ve been doing Pilates weekly since last Christmas, and I give it a lot of credit for reviving my running at a time when it seemed to be in crisis: I’d somehow managed to become a total weakling while running 40 miles per week. The details are for another post, but the tl;dr version is that last year, I spent a lot of time running and zero time doing any other exercise. No yoga, no strength training, no core work. Not good.

What does a 40-mile-per-week weakling look like? Mostly, I just looked pregnant. My core abdominal muscles were so weak that my lower stomach bulged. My lower back had to compensate for the weak abs, and was stiff and sore after my runs. It became impossible to relax into a comfortable running form; my shoulders were often up around my ears and I had to consciously force them down every few minutes. When I was tired, I’d catch myself poking out my stomach and slouching. I knew something wasn’t right, but lacked the mental energy to deal with it.

In hindsight, though I luckily didn’t get injured, my running form and general appearance looked very much like the lower-crossed syndrome Salty describes here. It’s an armchair diagnosis, but it fits. Lower-crossed syndrome is characterized by weak deep abdominal muscles and weak glutes. People with lower-crossed syndrome tend to stick out their stomachs and butts (which causes a severe curve in the lower back). Upon my realization, I took a break from running to concentrate on fixing these obvious weaknesses.

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Categories: Training Basics
Tags: core, pilates, strength training
Physical Therapy For Runners: Focus on the Core-set!

Physical Therapy For Runners: Focus on the Core-set!

Pepper Posted by Pepper on August 23, 2012 2 Comments

English: an exercise of abs
Is this really going to help me fix my foot? Yep!  img via Wikipedia

I tend to go through phases where I am really good at the extracurricular activities for my running, I commit to boot camp like strength training, or Jay Johnson’s core circuits for a few months but somewhere along the way run-focused training takes over and I get away from building my core strength.  While it seems like ages ago, after my fall marathon I finally committed to trying out more focused physical therapy (PT) to fix my foot.

And by that, I mean my friends and coaches basically staged an intervention and forced me to go to PT with threats of mutiny if I did not. Heh.

I started at Activ PT in Richfield, Ohio, where therapists focus on the athlete’s core. It’s a no brainer, and we have all been taught to exercise our core. But it was a huge epiphany for me when I began working with a therapist and learned how to properly engage the core, during all exercise, and especially during all PT! Read more >>

Categories: Injury & Prevention
Tags: core, strength training
Stronger Core for Faster Running: Perfect the Powerhouse

Stronger Core for Faster Running: Perfect the Powerhouse

Mint Posted by Mint on July 24, 2012 10 Comments

Now that Clove has issued a body image adjustment challenge and Salty has repeatedly told us we should run shirtless without shame during the summer heat, it is time to getting working on those rock hard abs!

I’m kidding – sort of.  This post is not about physical appearance.  While chiseled, rock hard abs would no doubt be fabulous, there is a higher purpose for this post.  Building a strong core will help improve your running and will help stave off injury – even if you are not rocking out a six pack like the people in that photo.   Nope, you and I can build our cores and improve our running performance too. Read more >>

Categories: Injury & Prevention
Tags: core, strength training
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