#15 Bullet-proofing your Body for Running with Nick Carbone

To answer today's training-related question, we chat with Nick Carbone. 

Nick is a Strength & Conditioning Coach and Exercise Physiologist, leading the athletic development and rehabilitation of semi-elite and elite-level athletes - operating most recently as the Head of Performance at the Redcliffe Dolphins Rugby League Club.

Nick also works privately with athletes and runners taking care of their physical prep and injury rehab. As a fellow ultra-runner, Nick is incredibly passionate about endurance running & achieving high performance. Nick recently co-founded The Runner’s Blueprint, which offers training plans to helps runners fuel properly, build resilience and maximise their performance. He has teamed up with two very highly respected sports dieticians so there is no doubt the training & nutrition plans offered are going to be of the highest standard.

In this episode Nick answers the question, what’s the go with Bullet-proofing your body for running?

He explains how to juggle strength training & running volume, the key movements and lifts you should be doing in the gym, specific exercises and rep ranges to improve lower body strength and reduce the likelihood of injuries and he essentially sums up how to nail the basics as a runner.

Get in touch with Nick: @carboneperformance or @therunnersblueprint_

https://therunnersblueprint.com

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