COMRADES PREPARATION
Comrades Down Run: prepare for the work of descending
Preparing for the Comrades Down Run? Understand the demands of descending and how strength work can fit your running, recovery and available time.
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Strength training alongside distance running
GETTING STARTED
Strength exercises for Comrades runners: choose a starting point you can repeat
Choose strength exercises for Comrades preparation around your experience, equipment and running load, with practical cues for controlled movement.
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FITTING STRENGTH INTO THE WEEK
Where should strength training fit in a Comrades running week?
Make room for strength in your Comrades preparation by mapping key runs, actual session times and recovery before choosing your lifting slots.
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COACHING DECISIONS
Comrades preparation: how to review strength when running load rises
Review strength training as your Comrades running changes. Use movement quality, recovery and key-run feedback to guide sensible adjustments.
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FITTING STRENGTH INTO THE WEEK
Before You Add Strength Training, Look at Your Running Week
Strength training becomes easier to place when you first map the fixed demands of your running week, work, family, travel, and recovery.
By Greg Kench
GETTING STARTED
How to Plan a Home Barbell Setup for Masters Runners
A practical way to assess your space, equipment and clearances before building a home barbell setup that fits your running week.
By Greg Kench · 3 min read
COACHING DECISIONS
Three Strength-Training Mistakes That Hold Runners Back
Why light circuits, static loads and rushed rest periods often fail to produce the strength adaptation runners expect.
By Greg Kench · 3 min read
WHY STRENGTH MATTERS
Why Heavy Resistance Training Matters for Masters Runners
What progressive heavy resistance work can add to running after 40, and why the right dose depends on the whole training week.
By Greg Kench · 3 min read
COACHING DECISIONS
How to Tell Whether a Runner’s Strength Programme Will Work
Five questions that reveal whether a runner’s gym programme has a useful dose, progression plan and place in the running week.
By Greg Kench · 3 min read
COACHING DECISIONS
Injury-Prevention Exercises vs Strength Training for Runners
Rehabilitation, prehab and strength training can overlap, but they are not interchangeable. Here is how their goals and progression differ.
By Greg Kench · 3 min read
GETTING STARTED
How Runners Over 40 Can Start Barbell Training
A measured way for runners over 40 to learn the barbell lifts, choose a starting dose and progress alongside marathon or ultra training.
By Greg Kench · 3 min read