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Tony Gentilcore previously joined us on the podcast to talk about why runners should lift.

He’s back on today to go into more detail. Tony pointed out during our conversation that all of us deadlift all day long. Whenever we pick something up from the ground (a child, a bag of groceries, your running shoes), we’re performing a deadlift.

If we practice that movement and get stronger moving in that way, it will make life – and our running – a lot easier.

And that’s the mentality we should all have when we think about strength training: it’s exercise that makes other exercise easier.

But we’re going to talk a lot more about the deadlift in this episode:

-- Is there such a thing as “perfect” lifting form?
-- Should we chase ideal form or make adjustments based on our own anatomy?
-- The similarities between running and strength training

Jason Fitzgerald is a USATF running coach, 2:39 marathoner, and the founder of Strength Running (one of the web's most popular running blogs and coaching businesses). A member of the Greatist Expert Network, he's also the 2017 Men's Running Magazine's Influencer of the Year and a contributor to Competitor Magazine, Active, Runner's World, Lifehacker, and other major media.

Visit https://strengthrunning.com/ to learn more about barefoot running, getting faster, injury preventing, and lifting for speed.

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