1. Muscular Training for Marathon and Injury Prevention

2. Purpose of Muscular Training Strength and Conditioning -Enhance sports performance -Reduce the chance of injury

3. What should we target on… Lower body muscles

4. Core muscles How about upper body?

5. Why should we do muscular training for marathon? Reduce the risk of injury improve muscle strength/ endurance Improve muscle balance Increase flexibility

6. Fear of bulking up?

7. Injury Prevention Do not overtrain, get enough rest Strength training for improving -Weak muscles and Muscle imbalance Reduce muscle stiffness Must do warm-up and cool-down -dynamic stretching, static stretching, foam rolling The best way to reduce risk of injury is to strengthen your muscles!