Is deadlifting actually beneficial for distance running?

coach wrote:

Gary Winckler, hall of fame track coach and leader of track and field education in the US, stated that our athletes lift their way out of medal contention. He kept his athletes out of his schools' weight room and away from the hypertrophy/strength/power programs prevalent in universities.

The deadlift is an example of a hip hinge. Why deadlift but not do RDLs or glute bridges or hip thrusts? Does one necessarily need to strengthen the posterior chain with deadlifts, what about superman's, bird dogs and other exercises? Why do you feel you need to strengthen the posterior chain, how do you know its weak.

Again, we've lifted ourselves out of medal contention.

Kenneth Copeland, Verified Millionaire wrote:

I continually find it amusing how, generally speaking, long distance runners are the only athletes who are opposed to lifting weights and are often bring hostility to the thought.

Runner(s): "I'm seeking advice on ways to strengthen my hips, glutes, and IT bands for injury prevention."

Sensible Answer: "Try adding some weight lifting to your training, particularly deadlifts and squats. It'll also make your legs more powerful, increase your bone density, and
work your 'core(!!!).' It's a lot harder than your think to put on weight, especially while running, so you don't need to worry about that."

Runner(s): "No."

Runner10287 wrote:

Kenneth Copeland, Verified Millionaire wrote:

I continually find it amusing how, generally speaking, long distance runners are the only athletes who are opposed to lifting weights and are often bring hostility to the thought.

Runner(s): "I'm seeking advice on ways to strengthen my hips, glutes, and IT bands for injury prevention."

Sensible Answer: "Try adding some weight lifting to your training, particularly deadlifts and squats. It'll also make your legs more powerful, increase your bone density, and
work your 'core(!!!).' It's a lot harder than your think to put on weight, especially while running, so you don't need to worry about that."

Runner(s): "No."

Unless are crushing supplements from GNC. A sensible bit of strength training won’t add mass to a runner assuming they are getting in the mileage.

high school xc coach wrote:

if medals are what you are after, I have seen videos of mo farah doing deadlifts, squats and more.

coach wrote:

high school xc coach wrote:

if medals are what you are after, I have seen videos of mo farah doing deadlifts, squats and more.

There's a proper time and place after individual assessment.

You can't compare an elite full time professional runner to weekend warriors with full time jobs.

Hurno wrote:

Runner10287 wrote:

Unless are crushing supplements from GNC. A sensible bit of strength training won’t add mass to a runner assuming they are getting in the mileage.

You'd be surprised how many people(especially females) still believe nowadays, if they so much as touch a weight they will get HUGE...or manly.

XCcoachCSCS wrote:

There is a lot of talk about strength training reducing injuries. However the benefits for injury prevention are only assumed based on reasoning and studies showing injury reduction in other sports. There have been studies to try to prove this theory, that weight lifting prevents injuries in runners, but there has been no evidence to support these claims in real life studies. In fact, one of the studies indicated that strength training concurrently with running increases the risk of serious injury while decreasing the risk of minor injury. I believe in the value of strength training (I have my CSCS), but you have to be extremely careful because it will increase joint and tendon stiffness and can lead to overtraining much faster than running alone. Remember if you put additional work on your body, and you can't recover fully, this will lead to injury.

coach wrote:

Gary Winckler, hall of fame track coach and leader of track and field education in the US, stated that our athletes lift their way out of medal contention. He kept his athletes out of his schools' weight room and away from the hypertrophy/strength/power programs prevalent in universities.

The deadlift is an example of a hip hinge. Why deadlift but not do RDLs or glute bridges or hip thrusts? Does one necessarily need to strengthen the posterior chain with deadlifts, what about superman's, bird dogs and other exercises? Why do you feel you need to strengthen the posterior chain, how do you know its weak.

Again, we've lifted ourselves out of medal contention.

coachcommentsnicely wrote:

coach wrote:

Gary Winckler, hall of fame track coach and leader of track and field education in the US, stated that our athletes lift their way out of medal contention. He kept his athletes out of his schools' weight room and away from the hypertrophy/strength/power programs prevalent in universities.

The deadlift is an example of a hip hinge. Why deadlift but not do RDLs or glute bridges or hip thrusts? Does one necessarily need to strengthen the posterior chain with deadlifts, what about superman's, bird dogs and other exercises? Why do you feel you need to strengthen the posterior chain, how do you know its weak.

Again, we've lifted ourselves out of medal contention.

This is funny! Absolutely hilarious. Go check out what the NOP did in the weight room.

GettingFasterDude wrote:

These videos prove nothing. If you want to spend your time deadlifting instead of running more, go right ahead. You'll get a little better at deadlifting. Cool.

GettingFasterDude wrote:

You know why 2:02-2:05 marathoners are commonplace in many countries but almost unheard of in America?

coachcommentsnicely wrote:

I’m still waiting for the study that showed strength training may increase injuries.
Here’s a study that suggest resistance training improve performance for Thirty competitive collegiate and national-level distance runners (1,500–10,000 m) participated in the study.
Also, if you have the genetic potential to be a Kipchoge or Bekele, ignore anything you read here. Go run! If you’re like the rest of us, your long term health is going to be greatly improved if you introduce resistance training now. Your running performance will not be impacted if you squat, push, pull, and hinge twice a week for 10 minutes.