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Many runners have a love-hate relationship with push-ups: they are challenging but effective.
One of the best things about push-ups is that you can do that at home or at the track when your workout is over with nothing but your own body weight and a few feet of space. As far as bang for your time buck goes, they are a quick and effective way for whole body functional strength. A strong core and upper body, paired with functional strength in the legs, is one path to a productive running season ahead.
Most runners fall into a workout routine that only includes standard push-ups, but there are numerous push-up variations, each of which presents a different challenge to the muscles.
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Push-Up Workout For Runners
In this strength training workout, you’ll take on 8 different push-up variations.
If you’re not yet strong enough, you can still do several of these options, but you’ll want to perform them from your knees or with your body in an incline, such that your…
