Body Weight Strength Training

I love body weight strength training. It’s not that I don’t like strength training equipment. A well equipped gym gives you a lot of valuable training tools to improve your muscular strength and endurance. It’s just that there are a few problems that I see with strength training equipment when it come to distance running training. First of all, gaining access to all that equipment means you need to go to a fitness center, commercial gym or a school gym to perform your strength training, unless you have your own fully equipped home gym. And that brings me to the second problem - cost. Building and outfitting your own home gym can run into huge costs. Strength training equipment isn’t cheap! Finally, as a distance runner, your running workouts take up a good deal of your training time. That makes it even more difficult to find time to get to the gym for your strength training sessions.

Well, I have good news. You need no strength training equipment to build up your distance running strength, only your own body weight and some simple outdoor structures. Not only is body weight strength training cheaper and more convenient, but it is also much more functional in nature. When using your own body weight you are performing strength training that engages your core muscles, uses more muscles for each exercise and is much more functional in nature. It strengthens the specific running motions that your body goes through during training and racing. Here are some tips and information on body weight strength training for distance runners. For more body weight strength training for distance runners and complete distance running strength training plans, see Bear Naked Strength Training for Distance Runners.

• Hip Abduction - Critical Core for Distance Runners
  Body weight hip abduction exercises
• Body Weight Calf Exercises
  Strengthen your power and speed producing calf muscles
• Body Weight Foot and Ankle Exercises
  Improve the strength of your lower leg, improve your performance and prevent injury
• Body Weight Hamstring Exercises
  Strengthen one of your most important running muscles using body weight only
• Hip Abduction Exercises Using Body Weight
  Improve your injury resistance and running economy with no equipment needed
• Hip Extension Exercises - No Equipment Required
  Improve your running power and strength using body weight exercises
• Upper Body Strength Training - Body Weight Only
  Build your upper body strength without a gym or equipment

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