Primal Running Power

Strength training makes you faster.

Gone are the days when athletes were discouraged from strength training because it would make you "muscle bound" and slow.

Leg strength to body weight ratio is the biggest factor you can improve to increase your speed.

If your legs get stronger, you get faster in sprinting.

But also in endurance running. Leg strength increases are proven to improve running economy.

Running economy is just as important as aerobic capacity(aka VO2 max, aka maximum oxygen consumption) for distance runners.

You see, running economy is how fast you can go at any given rate of oxygen consumption.

And while maximum oxygen consumption gets a lot of attention because some elite endurance athletes have freakishly high VO2 max numbers, it's only HALF of the equation.

Increasing Leg Strength = Improved Running Economy = FASTER RUNNING

at any distance, from 60 meters to 600 miles

So, just carve out 3 time slots a week, commute to the gym, waste time in traffic, do a proper warm up, perform the exercises...

Oh, how do you do a barbell squat properly, just do an internet search.

This coach says A2G is the only way to get stronger,

but watch out that you don't get too much "butt wink" at the bottom.

What does that even mean?

Another online guru says never bend the knees past 90 degrees. And never let your knees go out over your toes.

Yet another is building an entire brand identity out of pushing the knees over the toes.

It's confusing. Who's right?

What's the truth?

The TRUTH is that there are many ways to increase your strength. And the way that works best for you is the one that you can work into your daily life, consistently, over the long term.

The perfectly designed program of an elite marathoner probably won't fit your life if you have anything of substance going on such as:

• a demanding job

• running a business

• running a household

• raising children

• writing a book

• oh yeah, and actually running, because strength training won't help you run better unless you actually run on a regular basis

So what to do?

That's why I created Primal Running Power, the program designed for busy people who don't have time to become exercise science researchers.

In Primal Running Power, I show you:

• one simple trick to get stronger for faster running, without adding long workouts to your daily schedule

• why the common concept of "tear the muscles down, rest, and build back stronger" is the WRONG approach for runners, especially if you're over 30 and have other demands in your life

• why training your muscles is just the tip of the iceberg in strength training

• how to implement strength training WITHOUT having legs so sore you can't perform well on your runs

• which muscles to strengthen first to get the most immediate improvements

• why you should never train to failure, and what to do instead

• how to create a strength training habit that sticks

• how to implement new habits effectively

• the type of training that no endurance runners are doing and why you should

• how to use laziness to your advantage

• how to actually strengthen connective tissues such as tendons, ligaments, and cartilage

• a Bulgarian secret that will increase your strength FAST!

• a complete approach to strength training that requires no equipment or gym membership