Strength Training, Plyometrics & Running Economy
Paul Odlin • July 3, 2023
Intuitively speaking, improving running economy is usually assumed to be best done by running drills, but strength training & plyometrics can help too.
The SAID principle or Specific Adaptations to the Imposed Demands means that if we want to be a better runner, we should run. But when we look at this scenario, we need to delve a little bit deeper into other novel approaches, such as plyometric training to see if its inclusion can improve our performance. I mean, running itself is, in essence, a plyometric event.
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