If you want to run strong, then you really need to be doing regular strength training.

That’s the advice from certified running coach and ultrarunner Yana Strese , posted in a recent Instagram Reel. To “run strong”, she does resistance exercises two to three times a week all year round, because it helps keep her “powerful, stable and injury-resistant”.

When you’re a competitive ultrarunner, your strength training is too complicated to fit in an Instagram Reel, but Strese has helpfully shared a selection of entry-level moves that will make a difference to recreational runners. You may like

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