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Strength Training: Key to Ultrarunning Success and Speed

10/5/2025

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Yana Strese, a certified running coach, urges strength training and two to three sessions.
Strength training boosts power, stability, and injury resistance for ultrarunners.
Andrejs Birjukovs explains exercises activate hip flexors and glutes to improve form.
Key moves include knee drives, hamstring curls, side-step squats, and hip-extensions for the posterior chain.
Rothberg notes balanced training enhances running performance and speed.

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Story summary

Yana Strese, a certified running coach, urges strength training and two to three sessions.
Strength training boosts power, stability, and injury resistance for ultrarunners.
Andrejs Birjukovs explains exercises activate hip flexors and glutes to improve form.
Key moves include knee drives, hamstring curls, side-step squats, and hip-extensions for the posterior chain.
Rothberg notes balanced training enhances running performance and speed.