#136 The Science of Running Injuries: Understanding the Training Variables that Impact Your Risk

#136 The Science of Running Injuries: Understanding the Training Variables that Impact Your Risk

If you're a runner, chances are you've been injured in the past year. Even with medical advice, it can be hard to know what causes our injuries, but training mistakes can often be a piece of the puzzle. Andrea uses her years of experience as both a PT and a coach to give you some insight into how variables in your training (mileage, pace, etc.) may be effecting your injury risk. She also takes a look at what the scientific evidence says about how training load impacts injury risk. Be sure to listen to learn how to better structure your training so you can keep running consistently!

The Subjective: have you had an injury that was caused by training errors?

Chapters

  • 0:00 - Intro
  • 2:44 - The training variables that effect running injuries
  • 7:54 - New runners are at a higher risk for injury
  • 15:08 - How do changes in training load impact injury risk?
  • 18:04 - How different training errors pose different types of injury risk
  • 22:51 - The correlation between past and new injuries
  • 24:03 - How to adjust your training load to reduce your risk
  • 28:41 - The role of recovery in reducing injury risk
  • 34:02 - How to set your training paces & workouts
  • 37:02 - Consistency is key
  • 38:30 - Adding a new variable to your training can put you at injury risk
  • 42:39 - Nutrition is critical to strong training
  • 43:50 - Wrap-up

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