10 Essential Strength Exercises for Runners
Do these 10 exercises consistently, and you'll run faster and stronger.
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A long time has passed since I started running on an everyday basis. Specifically, it was the fall of 1982. I was thirty-three then. Not long before that, I was the owner of a small jazz club in Tokyo, near Sendagaya Station.