The Strength Running Podcast
Nov 3, 2022
272. The Hidden Causes of Running Injuries, with Brodie Sharpe
Most runners are familiar with common training flaws that can lead to injury - like running faster or farther than your body can handle. But understanding subtle causes of injury can make you a smarter, healthier runner and competitor.
Our guest is Brodie Sharpe, a physiotherapist, the host of the Run Smarter Podcast, and author of the new book, Run Smarter.
Brodie and I dig into some of the more subtle factors that can sabotage your training. Our discussion focuses on a number of elements that have a bigger impact on your running than you realize:
* Why all types of stress have the same impact on your body as training
* How our perfectionist tendencies can both help and harm our running
* The importance of reflection in training and injury prevention
* Why you need to learn the subtleties of your body's language
* The importance of trial and error in training
* How to make early injury detection your new superpower
Brodie is full of intuitive, actionable advice that ca…