- On April 7, the Bowerman Track Club posted a video Being diligent with rehab exercises and Emily Infeld demonstrating a strength and mobility session that targets your glutes, hips, and core.
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Strong glutes, hips, and core muscles help stabilize your pelvis and propel you forward through every run, but especially when you need a powerful kick at the end of a race.
Two Workouts to Help Build Speed Endurance Emily Infeld, who trains with the Bowerman Track Club, staying healthy is of utmost importance. She’s experienced two sacral stress fractures, hamstring and plantar fascia tears, stress reactions in her tibia, tendonitis and nerve pain in her foot, shin splints, and persistent hip pain over the last few years. She Hip Thrust Exercises for Stronger Glutes to repair a torn labrum (the rim of cartilage that surrounds the hip joint) and a buildup of bone on her hip socket and femur head in December 2018.
Since then, she’s finished fourth overall and first American female at the 2019 Beach to Beacon 10K, third at the 2019 Reebok Women’s 10K, and third at the 2019 USATF 5K Championships.
Being diligent with rehab exercises and strength training has paid off. And on April 7, she gave us all a peek at what her routine looks like via the Bowerman Track Club’s Instagram account.
“The hips, as you may have heard, do not lie. Strong and mobile hips are a 🔑 component of healthy running,” the caption states. “In our latest BTC... At Home video, pro Emily Infeld takes you through some routines our pros use to stay healthy—and adds in some special tips she’s learned recovering hip surgery to boot.”
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In the Instagram video above, Infeld demonstrates a few of her go-to moves that you can use to get stronger, faster, and more efficient on the run. All you need is a mini band.
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To watch and replicate Infeld’s full 11-minute workout, check out the Bowerman Track Club’s YouTube video below. The more you incorporate these types of exercises into your regular routine, the easier it’ll get and the better your overall performance will be.
Danielle Zickl is a freelance writer who has 10 years of experience covering fitness, health, and nutrition. She's a graduate of Ithaca College. You can find her work here on Women's Health, and in many other publications including PS, SELF, Well+Good, Runner’s World, Outside RUN, Peloton, Men’s Fitness, and more.
