About this episode
View all show notes and timestamps on the KoopCast website . Episode overview: CTS Coaches Sarah Scozzaro and Nicole Rasmussen go over how to set up a strength program for ultrarunners. We discuss strength training for injury resiliency, performance goals, and health, and discuss tools that you can use to set up your season. Episode highlights: (32:01) Programming for performance goals: experience in the gym, addressing weaknesses in strength and power, utilizing gym time while running volume is low, heavier lifts early in the season (41:59) Scheduling your week: strength training is not rest, hard days hard, easy days easy, stacking strength workouts with high-intensity runs, the most important focus comes first, protect what matters the most. (1:21:14) General exercises for running: consider the demands of trail and ultra, strengthening relevant muscles, the challenge of addressing this on a podcast, resources in the show notes Additional resources: Sarah on Instagram Successful Physical Therapy for Ultrarunners with Nat Collins DPT CSCS | Koopcast Episode 101 The American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists SUBSCRIBE to Research Essentials for Ultrarunning Buy Training Essentials for Ultrarunning on Amazon or Audible Information on coaching- www.trainright.com Koop’s Social Media Twitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop