Here is the presentation for the second of our Rise High Performance Presents Seminar Series - this particular strength and conditioning seminar targets runner and changing a training program to incorporate more strength training into their program to drive their performance results
3. Presenters
Leigh Iacovangelo
Physiotherapist
Manager of Clinical Services
Bachelor of Physiotherapy
Graduate certificate of Sports Physiotherapy – Student
Australian Indoor Hockey Physiotherapist
Matt Pollard
Accredited Exercise Physiologist
Manager of Exercise Services
Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science
Masters of Clinical Exercise Physiology
Academic – Deakin University
4. Presenters
Nikki Wynd
- Current 48 hour Australian record holder
- 2015 Badwater winner- 2nd fastest time ever
- 2 time Australian 100km representative
- 2015 Australian 24 hour champion
- Mum of 1
- Full-time Customer Liaison Manager
12. Why strength training?
Growing evidence for the effectiveness of strength training to
improve performance in runners.
This evidence dispels ‘myths’ some runners have such as –
‘I’ll gain too much muscle to run’
‘The only things runners need to do is run’
14. Why does strength training work?
• Improved neuromuscular function
• Reduce ground contact time
• Improve running economy
• Increased tissue load tolerance
• Improve lactate threshold
15. • The lactate threshold refers to the intensity of
exercise at which there is an abrupt increase
in blood lactate levels (Roberts & Robergs
1997).
16. Why does strength training work?
• Do you need to allocate more time to do
strength training?
A study by Ronnested (2015) matched training
time for endurance athletes & demonstrated
improvements in performance
18. What is Badwater? - Nikki Wynd
Badwater135
• Worlds toughest foot race
• 217km across “Death Valley”
• 50 degree temperature
• 4.45 km of vertical ascent
• 75km of hill climbing
• Only 790 finishers in the 27 year history
19. Nikki Wynd
Badwater 2014
• Finished third
• Happy with result
• Driven for more
• Met with HP team
• What needed to be done to win?
20. Nikki Wynd
The plan
• Improve “movement patterns”
• Strength on 2 legs
• Strength on 1 leg
• Focus on mobility and control
during taper
21. Nikki Wynd
The benefits
• Went from 2 physio sessions for lower back
and hamstring issues a week to occasional
• Felt stronger
• Fitter
• Faster
• More mobile
• Ran quicker times
22. Nikki Wynd
How this helped me at Badwater 2015
• Technique
• Felt strong
• Light
• Mental strength
• Confidence in body
• Delayed fatigue
• Reduced impact of heat and hills
23. Nikki Wynd
2014 2015 Percentage
improvement
Coburg 24 hour
Australian title
208 km 221 km 6 %
Coast to Kosi 32 hours 52 mins 29 hours 30 mins 10 %
100 km Australian
Championships
8 hours and 53
mins
8 hours and 46
mins
2 %
Badwater 135 29 hours and 50
mins
27 hours and 23
mins
8 %
Canberra 48 hour 2016 343km Australian record
24. Nikki’s Take Home Messages
• Dream big
• Believe in yourself
• Build your team
• Set goals
• Follow a plan
• Be consistent
• Listen to your body
• Use the facilities and services available to you
26. Key components of
program design
For strength:
• Build strength on quality movement patterns
• Single leg focus
• Include specific stability exercises
• Many other factors to consider in overall
program (technique, co-ordination,
plyometrics etc.)
Good evening everyone welcome to Rise High Performance
Tonight we will be presenting strength training for runners, in an effort to improve your running performance
Tonight we will be focusing on the element of strength , however I did want to mention that there are other elements of performance
Program design, whether that be running programs of strength and conditioning programs should always be written by accredited run coaches and exercise physiologists/physiotherapists respectively, to ensure your program is evidenced based for best results
How well do you recover? Science suggests sleep is our best recovery strategy, but ice bath, massage, recovery boots as you see in this picture are all options
The amount of time I see injuries in rooms, that simple correction of new runners is a major reason for injury, so its imperative that you always have the right equipment
In my experience when I interview runners, training allocation reflects this pie chart
How well out nervous system including out brain coordinate with our muscles to improve control of movement and posture
Reduce ground contact time – Dr Franklyn Miller sports Doctor believes it is 1 of 3 main reasons why runners get injured, the others being stride length, that is over striding and crossing over your feet. Of course there are many others. Dr Frankyn Miller sports Doctor believes it is.
Running economy – running efficiency (i.e. takes less energy to run at a given speed). So if you normally run at 6km/per hour, your energy expenditure will decrease, allowing you to run further or faster.
Increase load tolerance - increase the ability of the tissue or muscles to cope with load , everytime we strike the ground its approximately 2.5 times your body weight. So if you weigh 60kg, ground reaction forces are 150kg every step, through ankle, knee and hip.
So the ability to cope with load is vital
200 untrained example
275 trained example
The point during exercise of increasing intensity at which blood lactate begins to accumulate above resting levels, where lactate clearance is no longer able to keep up with lactate production. (3)
So remember strength training improves Lactate threshold, not always just running
A change in training focus
So what do I mean by matched training time
If I had a Control group eg 10 hours of running and an
Experimental group 8 hours of running 2 hours of strength
Hence match training time
Those that cross trained got better performance
So I would like to leave you with that take home message, that strength training should be incorporated in your program design for optimal running result.
At the elite level when you are talking aiming for 1% improvements
You cannot build strength on faulty movement patterns
You cannot build strength on aulty movement aptterns
End of the day, running is on one leg at any given time,
Therefore we must build control and stability on one leg