Bodybuilding and running have long been considered opposing activities in the public imagination. I still often see people who love running but hate lifting weights at the gym. Is it because of laziness, lack of information, or just because you don’t like the habit?
Others fear gaining too much muscle and losing their mobility, agility, and speed. But the reality is that weight training, if taught properly, can strengthen these fundamental resources for running. In addition to injury prevention, it boosts your metabolism and helps you burn more calories, which in turn helps with fat loss.
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By incorporating weight training into their routines, runners can train even more. This is explained by sports coach José Carlos Fernando, sports director of Ztrack – Esporte e Saúde.
“Strength training contributes to several factors. In addition to generally preparing the muscles and tendons for the weekly training loads and avoiding injury, it increases muscle resistance so that you can withstand longer training sessions and races, and can withstand repetitive loads so that you can maintain the desired pace for longer in races.”
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