Episode #150 the "why" behind my next mini program: strong enough to run

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Hello. Hello. Welcome back to the pod. Today's episode we are going to talk through a little bit more behind the why behind my new mini program, strong enough to run. So I've kind of been teasing in a little bit. If you follow me, Instagram, I've been talking about it more. And I wanted to share with my podcast fam the why behind. Me doing this. Okay. And here's that story. So I realize that at least half of my roster of one-on-one clients are runners. People who enjoy running, they're recreational runners, they like to do races or just people who like to run in general for their cardio. And, quite a lot of them. Quite a lot. That's like, not a good phrase, but I'm just gonna roll with it. Okay. So like, a lot of them had pain when they first come to work with me. Okay. And pain with running. They're not able to, like, feel good while running, not able to do the mileage they wanna do or feel confident enough in their body to do the races that they want to do. And through gaining this experience of working with this type of person over the past few years, I have found a lot of common themes among this type of person. And here's an example of a few of those things. Big toe range of motion, typically limited on this client avatar. Looking at ankle range of motion. Adductor strength, so inner thigh strength, calf strength, lateral hip strength, hip, internal and external rotation. Range of motion. One side of their body being much weaker than the other side, not doing any plyometrics. And I'm not talking about like crazy high box, box jumps. I'm talking about like basic plyometrics training your body to be able to absorb force things like. Pogo hopping variation, single leg pogo hopping, broad jumps, just working on the abilities body to absorb force and be stronger there. So these are a few of the common themes I've seen with this client avatar and like weaknesses that pop up when we do. My assessments and testing and like getting a better idea of what's going on in their body. These are the types of things that pop up in this client avatar. And so naturally I was like, I should really do a mini program around runners and people. Creating the strength in their body to be strong enough to run pain-free because that's really what it comes down to. Their body is not strong enough to handle the load of running on the body and. Any small limitation any small limitation in the lower body is going to be highlighted when we are doing something like running because of all the force that is taken on our body and it, and certain joints when we do that, like if we have a compensation, like it's gonna become a problem, the more we run and running is so repetitive, so it's going to. Like show up in the form of maybe foot pain, hip pain, back pain knee pain is a big one. So those are a few things that I have noticed with. Running, why I'm deciding to do a mini program and how I can give a lot of value to people who enjoy running and want to get to the why behind why their body is hurting. Because also with this type of person, they may have gone to physical therapy and they may have been quote unquote diagnosed with things like piriformis syndrome, runner's knee, insert whatever diagnosis here, but like that's actually not helpful, right? Like if we are dealing with knee pain, for example, and you get diagnosis runner's knee, well there's a reason why your body's dealing with that knee pain, right? And it's probably not rooted at the knee. It's probably rooted above or below the knee and. The knee is taking the brunt of those compensations and so it is manifesting in knee pain. And a lot of times at traditional physical therapy, they can just treat one area of pain due to insurance limitations. And so. You are really missing out on a lot if you go to physical therapy for your knee pain and all they look at is your knee and then send you on your way with a couple of exercises until you have runner's knee, like you're missing out on so much when you're not looking at the body as like a full picture. And so. If I'm speaking to you, you should be in my mini program. And basically what you're going to get out of doing this mini program is four weeks long. You are going to, we're gonna get an idea of the why behind your nagging pain. We're gonna do some assessments in week one that are going to give us more insight into your lower, your lower body's mobility, your strength, and that's going to gimme a good idea of what types of exercises your body needs to start to address these issues, right? So it's only a four week. Program. Okay, so it is not going to solve your pain in four weeks or anything like super magical, but the clarity you're going to get around why your body feels the way it does, and you're going to be empowered to know that like, Hey, here's what my body needs, and I can actually incorporate these exercises into my strength programming. To begin working on this issue, right? It's much more empowering than leaving the PTs office with a diagnosis and feeling like you can't do anything about it. There's actually so much you can do. And so you'll get an so we'll do the assessments based on the results. I'm gonna write you a four week progression, three times a week of custom workouts, and they're really going to be like bare bones. I want them to be like 20 to 30 minutes long, like nothing super long. It's not like full body, it's really focused on like, okay, what's going on with the assessment? What like what irritation, injury, nagging pain, whatever you wanna call it. Like, are you experiencing. And figuring out what your body needs. So you will get four weeks of custom workout progression based on what comes up in the assessment. And then you will have group access to me through a Telegram channel. We'll have our own chat for this program. And in that chat I am going to give you weekly coaching drops. So. Things like education around why this stuff is so important for running knowledge around pain and what discomfort is okay versus when you should stop. How does stress impact the load on our body day to day and how that relates to training and therefore accountability to make sure these workouts are getting done so you can build some consistency with it. And then we are going to do a weekly, video review where I will choose two exercises. I want you to video each week and you'll drop them in the chat on form Check Day, and I will give you feedback there. So. You are really getting a lot of support for the four weeks, which is how it's designed, and it's also designed to be a no brainer price point. I mean, for$27, this is the most accessible way for you to get a taste of the type of work that I do. And I think that if you relate to anything I said in this episode, you should definitely. Join, so I'm super pumped about this. We are starting October 21st, and if this sounds like what you need and you want more info, the link to the landing page is in the episode description along with the link to sign up. And then if you have questions, send me a dam on Instagram, coach Ashley 1 2 7. Or you can send me an email, ashley@embracestrength.co. And. I will see you guys back here next week for another episode, and thanks for being here.