Marathon Handbook Podcast
Marathon Handbook's weekly podcast covers everything you need to know about running, from wrapping your head around running your first 5K to qualifying for the Boston Marathon!
Each week, our team of editors chat about what's going on in the running scene, as well as timely training tips, the hottest new gear and tech, and what's happening at the world's biggest races. We'll cover everything from the Boston Marathon to the Barkley Marathons, often podding live from the most important moments in running!
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Marathon Handbook Podcast
The ONE Exercise Proven to Prevent Running Injuries
In this episode of the Marathon Handbook Podcast, we reveal the results of a landmark study on 867 NYC Marathon trainees that identified a single exercise—the single-leg glute bridge—that cut injury risk by 64%. Michael Doyle, Katelyn Tocci, and Alex Cyr break down the findings, share their own injury stories, and discuss how runners can apply this to training.
(00:00) The tease: could one exercise fix everything?
(02:00) Training updates: Katelyn’s 100-miler build, Alex’s knee niggle, Michael’s pacing story
(13:00) Study breakdown: how it worked, injury rates, the surprise result
(16:30) The single-leg glute bridge explained
(19:00) Injury horror stories and lessons learned
(35:00) How to perform the exercise correctly
(41:00) Why 20–29 seconds is the sweet spot
(44:30) Unilateral strength for runners
(51:20) Long-run spikes: the #1 cause of injury
(53:30) Listener mailbag: chasing sub-3 in Lisbon
(58:00) Wrap-up and mailbag invite
How-To Explainer on glute exercises for runners:
https://marathonhandbook.com/glute-exercises/
The single best exercise for runners to prevent injury:
https://marathonhandbook.com/the-single-best-exercise-to-prevent-injury/
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