The Perfect 20-Minute Workout To Help You Run Faster | Runner's World

While you might turn to speed workouts, like intervals, and tempo runs for faster runs, there’s another key component to pushing your pace: strength training.

Lifting weights not only builds strong muscles, but also a more powerful stride that allows you to create force and forward propulsion with less effort. “Strength training makes our body more resilient, and the more resilient we are, the more load our body can handle,” Danielle Hirt, a.k.a Coach D, NASM-certified personal trainer and RRCA-certified run coach based in Arlington, Virginia tells Runner’s World. “Running is an extremely high-impact sport, so the stronger our muscles are, the better we can absorb that load.”

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