Stop running and do THIS!

Welcome to GO FOR A RUN, the newsletter that will make you love running so much, you’ll turn biking into running.

I’m going to let you in on a little secret.

But you have to promise not to tell anyone, okay Reader?

Before I became a runner…

My first love was biking.

I know I know, terrible right?

But the reason I bring it up is because I spent a lot of time biking around and actually one of the best ways to increase your running performance is to look at other complimentary exercises.

Now, biking in particular has a lot of fitness transfer to running.

It builds your cardiovascular system over long distances primarily using your legs.

But any fitness activity is good. To be honest, the core benefit is that you’re moving your body. So what I’d suggest if you’d like to run farther is to compliment your running routine with a secondary exercise.

It doesn’t have to be much.

But if you’re just starting out, aim for 50% of your cardio training to be running and 50% to be another exercise.

Why?

Because running is high impact and it takes a long time for your tendons, ligaments and bones to adapt to the workload. So instead of beating up your body early on (running the risk of injury) supplement with a less impactful exercise to get a much better long term result.

So if you have 4 slots per week for running, do 2 runs and 2 something else.

Now, you might be thinking, which exercise?

Simple, the best exercise to do is the one you’ll do consistently over the long term (and feel free to mix it up however you like).

• Row
• Bike
• Hike
• Swim
• Sports
• Martial Arts

(the list is endless)

Hell, even row biking will do.

As you progress, your body will become stronger and able to withstand the impact of running so you may be able to drop your cross training session to just once per week to give more of your time to running.

But for now, the paradox is the best way to run more is to run less.

Jeremy