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A Twist on Calf Raises for Runners
For a lot of my runners coming in for physical therapy due to foot pain, calf weakness, knee pain, etc., we end up loading the ever-loving heck out of their calves. Does that mean that all their pain is due to weak calves? No. Does performing strength training have good force production benefits when paired with doing their sport? Absolutely. Enter: The Medially Wedged Calf Raise . I recently saw this variation on loading more medially in a calf raise but honestly forget if
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Adding to Your Hip Routine: Training up the Adductors via Copenhagens
Hip training has certainly become well accepted in the running and lifting community over the past several years, and it takes no convincing to have people include it in their routine (at least for a short time, that is). The main issue tends to be whether the dosage and style of exercises matches the person’s needs at the time. A common issue people “run into” is around the inner hip muscles, the adductors. Training the adductor muscles can feel a bit all or nothing, where p
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