SHOUTING OUT...ABOUT... the STRENGTH and FLEX FORUM...

[Oldfloss]

GOOD Morning RUNNERS!!!

Monday Morning.... A NEW Month.... and an OLD post... ( put out five years ago by an OLD poster... ME!

This is a NO REPLY post... to just remind ALL your awesome RUNNERS, especially the NEWBIES, that we have a great sister forum... the S and F Forum,

If you have not visited yet. please do.!

Here is the original post! LINKS have been UPDATED!

"Hi folks...

Yes, you have guessed it...

Here I am again... and this reminder is for all the people who have not found out about core strength and stamina work yet.

We have a great sister site right here... it is the Strength and Flex forum..

healthunlocked.com/strength...

It is all about the type of strength and stamina work that we advise our runners to do alongside their running, it is one of our very own sister forums and it is brilliant... and if you have not visited it yet... you really should have!

Great tips and advice for the strength and stamina work that many of us find so, so useful to do alongside our running.

Also great, if by some twist of fate you have an injury... the ideas for keeping up our strength and stamina are very useful.

The rest of our body really needs to keep up with our legs! Many of us find this out, both when we are first setting out on our running adventures and then again, as the runs get longer.

So, on some of our rest days, non impact work is essential. That is what the forum is all about... and you don't need a gym, or oodles of expensive equipment to be able to participate!

You just need, You, some self discipline and a lot of enthusiasm

I have gathered a few basic links here.. beginning with the NHS site for Strength and Flex. Many, many folk did and still do use these alongside their running.

healthunlocked.com/strength...

So... just moving on from that basic link... here are some more ideas for the kind of exercise many new runners ( and some more experienced), ask about.

Beginning with dynamic pre runs stretches and warm ups...

Some folk do dynamic stretches before running, some not... you find what you need and what works for you.. but any pre run work must be dynamic...

Then, after our wonderful run, however long or short... we do our post run cool down and stretching...and, again many of us find these basic stretches perfectly adequate

nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/h...

I have begun each week, posting exercises for different parts of our running body. Last week, it focused on feet and ankles;

healthunlocked.com/strength...

This week... it is focusing on calf muscles... ( ours, not the bovine kind

healthunlocked.com/strength.......

So what I would really like you to do, is, to just think how important strength and stamina work is to you.

Listen to your body and note, any minor twinges, or persistent aches and pains... areas where you feel there is a need for some extra work.

Non-impact exercise on some of your rest days is essential, especially as the runs get longer, there is so, so much to choose from, and all of which can be done without the expense of a gym membership

E.g.

Yoga,( Thanks to @CBDB for rolling out the Yoga mat yet again !)

healthunlocked.com/strength...

Pilates

runnersworld.com/yoga-pilates/

GENERAL LINKS

healthunlocked.com/strength...

Begin to form a regime of core strength and stamina work for yourself, keep it simple, do it on some of your rest days and it will soon become a habit... a good one

These are just a very few basic links...but I am putting this post and will be, later today, putting up some more useful links on non impact exercise work on the Strength and Flex Forum... so, please... do pay a visit, and once you are there... stay with us

You are worth it!

Floss x

PS

In answer to the question on the photograph? We all do "

There we are... LOOKING forward to welcome you over there.