These basic moves will build strength and reduce your risk of injury as you fall in love with running.

6 Beginner Bodyweight Exercises for New Runners
Written By: Katie NeitzPhotography by: Julia Hembree Smith
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These basic moves will build strength and reduce your risk of injury as you fall in love with running.

Use these moves to strengthen and stretch major muscles in a matter of minutes.

Maintaining your legs’ workhorses will improve your overall performance. Your calf muscles (also known as the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles) simultaneously act as the gas and brake pedal on a run. Need to push up a steep hill? Those are your calf muscles called into action. Need to slow it up during the descent on the […]

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Running experts weigh in on how to know if you should make changes to your mechanics for injury prevention and efficiency. As runners, we all consistently take strides to improve our time on the road. We aim for a faster pace, a farther distance, or even just the ability to end a long run feeling […]
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