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Strength Training is Critical for Endurance Athletes PDF Print E-mail
Written by SuperHuman   
Thursday, 01 May 2008
Many endurance athletes avoid strength training like the plague. Even when they lift weights, they do low-resistance and high-repetition programs.
 
This is curious because running speed depends on the force exerted against the ground. Stronger people can push harder against the ground than weaker people can. Strength guru Dr. Mike Stone and his colleagues from the U.S. Olympic Training Center discussed the importance of strength training for endurance athletes. Maximum strength is strongly related to endurance, particularly in high-intensity endurance events. Increasing strength improves endurance capacity in all endurance sports. Specificity is critical: the training program should build strength and power that meets the requirements of the activity. Increases in strength should be continuously integrated into the skill. All serious endurance athletes should include weight training and plyometric exercises in their programs. (Strength Conditioning Journal, 28:44-53, 2006)
 
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