I was discharged from physical therapy a few weeks ago, but I still need to do some of my physical therapy exercises to maintain my core strength and address the muscle imbalances that caused me so much trouble in the first place. I also want to add back upper body back moves that I had to drop to be able to fit in all of my physical therapy exercises. Here is the new strength routine for runners that I came up with.
Warm-Up
Planks
Supersets (3 sets of 12-15 reps, grouped as indicated)
How do you put together your strength routine?
How often do you switch it up?
ahhhh I should switch it up more perhaps? although I do shift from bands machines and free weights pretty frequently.
Nope! Whatever it is that you are doing is working perfectly!
I'm just getting into the routine of doing strength training at home and kind of rotate between 2 or 3 basic workouts. Baby steps for me.
Switching up your routine is key to eliminate boredom and to keep seeing the results you want. As a personal trainer, I recommend my clients switch it up at least every 4-6 weeks. This may include focusing on higher reps/low weight or fewer reps/higher weight. Adding plyometrics, intervals, endurance training, focus on eccentric contractions,,,,,etc… It is great to "shock the body" and keep it guessing so it will have to adapt – thus keeping the results coming!
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