{"id":111285,"date":"2025-05-18T08:56:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T08:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/111285\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T08:56:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T08:56:20","slug":"what-it-is-benefits-and-how-to-build-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/111285\/","title":{"rendered":"What It Is, Benefits, and How to Build It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Power might not be a word you think of often when it comes to your running routine. The bulk of most runners\u2019 schedules is made up of miles covered at an easy pace<\/a>, so working on your muscular power<\/a> might not seem like it\u2019s worthy of your priority list.<\/p>\n

To kick your running performance up a notch, though, taking your running and strength workouts<\/a> into power territory could be just what you need. <\/p>\n

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\u201cWe don\u2019t think often about power training in endurance athletes, but there\u2019s definitely a correlation,\u201d says Mary Johnson, a running and strength coach in New Haven, Connecticut, and founder of Lift Run Perform<\/a>. \u201cPower training is emphasizing the explosive force during your running stride. It\u2019s about being quicker and more efficient<\/a> in how you apply force to the ground\u2014and of course endurance athletes want to be better at that.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the full scoop on what power training means and how to add it to your schedule, read on.
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The Benefits of Building Muscular Power vs Strength<\/p>\n

Working on amping up your power can help boost so many aspects of your performance. Running is a single-leg sport, and the more power you can put behind every step, the stronger of a runner you\u2019ll become, says Jill Becker, a personal trainer and run coach at Life Time<\/a> in Westminster, Colorado. <\/p>\n

Specifically, building muscular power can boost all these aspects of your running:<\/p>\n