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I’ve been a strong believer in total body HIIT workouts being the best, and I’ve been doing them (not as consistently as I’d like!) as my sole source of strength while running this season. But now that I’m in post-marathon mode and re-evaluating my goals, I’m starting to lean more in the direction of isolating muscles groups to improve my running.
There’s clearly pros and cons to both approaches (and usually a balance of both is ideal), but this will be a needed change for me. A HIIT workout integrating similar exercises and running will supplement these exercises as well.
For me personally, this means exercises that directly challenge my hamstrings, glutes, and core. In other words, I’m going to pick the hardest exercises for me and work my butt off (pun intended!) to conquer them!
And just an FYI about this thing called my life right now–I’m short on time/space/resources to dedicate to this goal, so my workouts are going to be limited to possibly 1 or 2 exercises per day. Yep, you heard right. This way I can 100% concentrate on my goal that day (ex.single leg lunges) instead of rushing through a total body HIIT solely for the purpose of ‘getting it done‘.
So there it is. I think doing one exercise a day is obviously totally attainable, and will force me to finally focus on my weakness and build them up in preparation for (hopefully) some late fall and winter runs.
Would you pick total body or isolation right now?
Have you ever tried to focus on strengthening a weakness?
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I tend toward isolation exercises, mostly because I have a more weight-lifting background than HIIT or group fitness background. So I’m more of the bodysplit day kind of girl!
I strayed away from my weight training background at some point. Looking forward to splitting it up again!
I don’t know that I can choose btwn isolation and total body. I really like to mix it up with both
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That’s what I need to start doing!
I love both HIIT and isolation exercises as well….a combo of both really is where it’s at for runners!
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Yep! I’m going to work on allocating my time for both!
It kind of depends on my workout/training schedule. When I’m running more and have less days to dedicate to strength training, I tend toward total body, but when I have more days to dedicate to lifting, I love isolation!
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Yeah, I think I’m really going to like the change of pace this off-season!
This is so smart. I’m thinking that I need to isolate areas to work on strength, but either way it’s all good however I can get it! Hope you’re enjoying your off-season!
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Thanks! I made it through a marathon without isolating any one muscle group, but is like to see how I can progress if I do!
Thanks for sharing these exercises. I need to do isolation exercises, I think that my whole workout/running has seriously sucked for the last year. I broke my tailbone and still have not gotten back to where I was.
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Ouch! That must be so hard to return from! Best of luck in your recovery, hope some of these exercises will help!
You know I love HIIT and total body is what works best for me right now. So, I’ll stick with that combination for as long as I love doing it and it keeps me motivated to get my sweat on. Sharing this 🙂
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Keep working it Jill! Thanks 🙂
I had some crazy glute activation issues for a while so I really had to focus on that area.
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Yep, I guess you don’t realize you need to isolate until something happens!
I think that after my marathon is done I need to focus on some HIIT. I’ve put on 5 lbs of fluff from training and I need to get it off!! Marathon training always makes me gain weight which is so annoying, so I’m looking forward to changing it up and getting stronger!