Quick Strength for Runners: 8 Weeks to a Better Runner's Body
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Strength training is crucial to better running and injury prevention. But it's difficult to know which exercises work best for runners or to get motivated to hit the gym.
In Quick Strength for Runners, running coach and personal trainer Jeff Horowitz simplifies strength training into just two 20-minute workouts per week, with no gym or pricey equipment required. Designed specifically for runners, the Quick Strength program pinpoints the exercises that really work. Inside you'll find:
• A guide to how strength training leads to better running form and fitness
• 40 targeted exercises, with step-by-step photos and clear instructions
• Progressive workouts and advanced form options to increase strength as fitness improves
• A focused and efficient 8-week strength training program
• Tips on designing your own long-term workout program for a lifetime of fitness
Quick Strength for Runners makes it easy for runners to build a better runner's body. This highly effective, easy-to-implement program will make you a stronger, faster runner in under an hour a week so you can stay on the road or trail.
Jeff Horowitz
Jeff Horowitz is a certified running, cycling, and triathlon coach and a personal trainer who has run 200 marathons and ultramarathons across six continents. Formerly an attorney, he quit law to pursue his passion for endurance sport. He currently teaches running at the George Washington University and works with runners from ages 14 through 80. Horowitz is the author of Quick Strength for Runners, Smart Marathon Training: How to Run Your Best Without Running Yourself Ragged, and My First 100 Marathons: 2,620 Miles with an Obsessive Runner.
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