Pushups: 15
Core Strength: Eric Orton’s Strength Circuit for Runners
I seem to be the only person who has not read Christopher McDougall’s “Born to Run.” The barefoot running craze has not caught on here in the Wood River Valley -- at least among the backcountry runners. There are a lot of toe mangling hazards out there on the single track. But, I think there are some lessons to be learned about forefoot vs. heel strike running. More on that some other day….
I heard about Eric Orton, a Jackson Hole-based running coach featured in “Born to Run,” from a great friend at the El Vaquero Loco trail run. She’s been working with him for the past year for running and nordic skiing conditioning and seemed really pleased with her progress. She’s had a successful season of mountain trail running with very little knee pain -- and finished the 50k version of EVL with style. Of course, I promptly googled Eric when I got home after the race.
His site, Running With Eric, is informative -- once you sign up for an account. It’s definitely a place where forefoot running afficianados are congregating. I was temporarily distracted by his training plans (checking the previews, mind you, not buying them) and then came across the video section, which features clips for each element of his strength circuit for runners. (I am not posting the link due to the above-mentioned annoying sign in requirement...) This is the core strength routine I will focus on this week with the plan of developing a set of good 20-30 minute workouts that I can turn to anytime (and share with all 0 readers of this blog).
I am a fan of stability-challenging core workouts, even though they can be maddeningly frustrating and ego crushing -- falling off a BOSU, walrusing around on the fitness ball, getting Elvis leg on the wobble disc.
(Ouch)
The circuit consists of:
10-20x wall squat (facing the wall)
10x fitness ball (FB) push up
10x FB crunch and reach
10x FB knees to chest
10-15x FB prone rocker
10x knee circles each direction (not pretty)
20x FB lunge (definitely recommend using poles)
Today I made the walruses proud.
Core Strength: Eric Orton’s Strength Circuit for Runners
I seem to be the only person who has not read Christopher McDougall’s “Born to Run.” The barefoot running craze has not caught on here in the Wood River Valley -- at least among the backcountry runners. There are a lot of toe mangling hazards out there on the single track. But, I think there are some lessons to be learned about forefoot vs. heel strike running. More on that some other day….
I heard about Eric Orton, a Jackson Hole-based running coach featured in “Born to Run,” from a great friend at the El Vaquero Loco trail run. She’s been working with him for the past year for running and nordic skiing conditioning and seemed really pleased with her progress. She’s had a successful season of mountain trail running with very little knee pain -- and finished the 50k version of EVL with style. Of course, I promptly googled Eric when I got home after the race.
His site, Running With Eric, is informative -- once you sign up for an account. It’s definitely a place where forefoot running afficianados are congregating. I was temporarily distracted by his training plans (checking the previews, mind you, not buying them) and then came across the video section, which features clips for each element of his strength circuit for runners. (I am not posting the link due to the above-mentioned annoying sign in requirement...) This is the core strength routine I will focus on this week with the plan of developing a set of good 20-30 minute workouts that I can turn to anytime (and share with all 0 readers of this blog).
I am a fan of stability-challenging core workouts, even though they can be maddeningly frustrating and ego crushing -- falling off a BOSU, walrusing around on the fitness ball, getting Elvis leg on the wobble disc.
(Ouch)
The circuit consists of:
10-20x wall squat (facing the wall)
10x fitness ball (FB) push up
10x FB crunch and reach
10x FB knees to chest
10-15x FB prone rocker
10x knee circles each direction (not pretty)
20x FB lunge (definitely recommend using poles)
Today I made the walruses proud.
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