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Is running all about the miles, or is there more to it? If so, it's time to rethink your approach to running, from posture to strength training, to stay injury-free and boost your performance. Welcome to Happy Healthy Strong, the podcast exploring fitness, nutrition, health, and wellness. Each week, we explore practical strategies to help you feel your best in all areas of life. Whether you're a runner, cyclist, or just focused on staying healthy, this podcast has something for you. This episode features Nate Helming, co-founder of The Run Experience and strength training advocate for runners. Nate shares how integrating strength training, proper running form, and mobility work can significantly reduce injury risk and improve performance. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned runner, this episode will provide actionable insights for creating a balanced approach to running. Key Insights:  • The role of strength training in running—why two sessions a week can make a big difference.  • How does poor posture impact running form, and what are the steps to improve it?  • The importance of community in improving your running technique.  • Why mobility exercises and range of motion matter for runners.  • Simple strategies to prevent injuries and enhance performance. Episode Chapters:  00:00 Intro 01:35 Nate Helming's Background 02:16 Common Mistakes in Running 06:52 Importance of Running Form 30:52 Balancing Running with Strength Training 31:09 The Role of Community and Culture 31:30 Addressing Range of Motion and Mobility Call to Action: Follow Nate Helming on Instagram at @natehelming for more tips and insights on running, strength, and injury prevention. Check out The Run Experience's YouTube channel for excellent mobility, strength training, and form resources. Supporting Information:  • The Run Experience YouTube Channel  • Follow Nate Helming on Instagram Closing: Thanks for tuning in! We hope you found this episode of Happy Healthy Strong helpful and inspiring. Stay tuned for more practical advice, and keep focusing on those small, consistent steps toward better health and fitness. Until next time!

In this episode of Fitter & Faster, strength and conditioning coach Nate Helming joins host Emma-Kate Lidbury to talk through all aspects of strength training. We kick off by talking about why strength training is important for triathletes and what it should look like. Helming gives us plenty of examples of movements and exercises he likes to see endurance athletes master, regardless of their experience, ability, or aspirations. We talk about the role that strength, conditioning, and mobility work can (and should) play in injury prevention—and how improving efficiency of movement is the triathlete's holy grail. We reference this article when we talk about how minimizing risk in the weight room can actually create greater risk of injury (Helming is a big advocate of using free weights versus machines in order to make exercises more functional). We also discuss the hormonal response to heavy lifting—and how this can be of huge benefit to the endurance athlete. RELATED: The Right Way to Find and Use Your Maximum Lifting Weight Helming underscores the importance of regular mobility work that doesn't need to be complicated or lengthy—mini-sessions of 15 minutes or less a day are perfect, he says—and these help us get to know our bodies better and identify potential injury sites when training volume ramps up. You can check out the exercise he mentions, the couch stretch, in his video demo here. And, of course, it wouldn't be Fitter & Faster without our Gear Up section with resident gear guru and Triathlete executive editor Chris Foster. We talk through the myriad of gear and equipment options out there when it comes to doing strength work at home. We kick off by discussing the TRX—and, as promised in the show, you can find a few different TRX workouts here. We reference the "I, Y, T" exercise, a video demo of which you can find here. Foster also references one of his go-to at-home strength routines using the EmPack OG. He said: "It's a 30-minute routine, you can't put the pack down during that time—if you do, you stop the timer and you owe 30 burpees." The routine involves 30 seconds of each of these movements (beginners use 25lbs, intermediate 35lbs, advanced 45lbs+): Curls Front squats Overhead walk Overhead press Right side oblique dips Left side oblique dips Bent row Front lunges    RELATED: Strength Training for Triathletes

In this episode of Fitter & Faster, strength and conditioning coach Nate Helming joins host Emma-Kate Lidbury to talk through all aspects of strength training. We kick off by talking about why strength training is important for triathletes and what it should look like. Helming gives us plenty of examples of movements and exercises he likes to see endurance athletes master, regardless of their experience, ability, or aspirations. We talk about the role that strength, conditioning, and mobility work can (and should) play in injury prevention—and how improving efficiency of movement is the triathlete's holy grail. We reference this article when we talk about how minimizing risk in the weight room can actually create greater risk of injury (Helming is a big advocate of using free weights versus machines in order to make exercises more functional). We also discuss the hormonal response to heavy lifting—and how this can be of huge benefit to the endurance athlete. RELATED: The Right Way to Find and Use Your Maximum Lifting Weight Helming underscores the importance of regular mobility work that doesn't need to be complicated or lengthy—mini-sessions of 15 minutes or less a day are perfect, he says—and these help us get to know our bodies better and identify potential injury sites when training volume ramps up. You can check out the exercise he mentions, the couch stretch, in his video demo here. And, of course, it wouldn't be Fitter & Faster without our Gear Up section with resident gear guru and Triathlete executive editor Chris Foster. We talk through the myriad of gear and equipment options out there when it comes to doing strength work at home. We kick off by discussing the TRX—and, as promised in the show, you can find a few different TRX workouts here. We reference the "I, Y, T" exercise, a video demo of which you can find here. Foster also references one of his go-to at-home strength routines using the EmPack OG. He said: "It's a 30-minute routine, you can't put the pack down during that time—if you do, you stop the timer and you owe 30 burpees." The routine involves 30 seconds of each of these movements (beginners use 25lbs, intermediate 35lbs, advanced 45lbs+): Curls Front squats Overhead walk Overhead press Right side oblique dips Left side oblique dips Bent row Front lunges    RELATED: Strength Training for Triathletes

Welcome to Gear Talk: The Löw Tide Böyz and Swimrun Labs review show!In this episode, we break down all the different training aids that you can use to take your Swimrun training/racing to the next level.Before we get into that discussion, we have a few gear updates.GEAR UPDATESJust a few gear updates this week.Brooke finally tried some HOKA ONE ONE shoes (Speedgoats) and she’s really liking them as an alternative to her usual INOV-8 shoes that she uses.Chipper finally pulled the trigger and ordered a Red Original Pro-Change Robe for those chilly mornings on the pool deck. That leaves Chris as the only member of the group just using a towel.SWIMRUN TRAINING TOOLS DISCUSSIONSince it’s still the off-season, we thought that it would be good to talk about what people can do now to come back stronger for the (hopefully) upcoming Swimrun season.We all recommend that if you’re planning on trying to improve this off-season that you get an understanding of your fitness metrics. Whether that’s heart rate zones or RPE (Rate of Perceived Exertion), understanding where you are at will help you get to where you want to go. Chris used to use songs to calibrate what zone he was in. For example, if he could sign Toni Braxton’s “Unbreak My Heart” while on the bike it meant that he was riding his bike in zone 2. If he couldn’t belt out the lyrics, it meant he was above where he wanted to be.Overall, we recommend that athletes have a plan for what they want to work on. Having a purpose for each session will help keep you focused on your progress. Along with purpose, since this is a gear show, we thought that we would list some of the types of training tools that you can use to take your performance to the next level. Strength ToolsStretch cords, therabands and/or stretch bands are a cheap and effective way to add some resistance to your routine to add more strength that will help you become more injury-proof and, uhm, stronger. Check out the Swimrun Labs page of training tips for using stretch bands.Bosu Balls or other products that create unstable or wobbly surfaces are also great for working on the smaller muscles to prevent injury.There are also swimming-specific stretch cords that have paddles built in that are perfect for warm-ups before swims.You can also check out Episode 17 of the Podcast with Strength and Running Coach, Nate Helming for more training tips.Run ToolsNot a lot of tools here, just vary your stimulus by running hills or terrain that you’re not used to. Try different shoes, maybe load up a backpack with some water bottles, or work on downhill running. Don’t have a hill in your area? Maybe there is a bridge that you can do hill repeats on. Basically, where there is a will, there’s a way. You can also check out Episode 30 of Podcast with Running Coach, Mario Fraioli for great insight on how to vary your workouts while you prepare for a particular race.Swim ToolsSwimming has the most training aids by far. Here we break down the tools that we use. As we mentioned above but especially with swimming, having a training plan or focus for each swim will help you improve.“Essentials”Pool Pull BuoyAnkle StrapSnorkelSwim FinsSwim PaddlesDepending on what you're trying to work on in the pool, these essentials can really help you work on your technique to become a better/faster swimmer. Just like strength or running, adding external resistance will help make you stronger. Note: if you’re new to ankle straps make sure that you pair it with a pull buoy because it will cause significant drag. Wearing an ankle strap can also simulate the resistance of swimming in shoes.“Nice to Have”Multiple Sizes of Swim PaddlesKick boardNeoprene SIM shortsSwim bands/stretch cordsThese Swim toys are nice to have to mix things up and create new stimuli. If you’re Brooke, you can get a kettlebell and walk the bottom of the pool while holding it. (Just remember to drop it and get to the surface to breathe.“Baller Status”Dry robe Garmin Swim 2 watch (underwater wrist-based heart rate)Garmin HRM-Swim Heart Rate Monitor (to pair with your existing GPS watch) Dry robes are pricey but they are super comfy and easy to change underneath. There are several brands out there including Red Original, Dry Robe, and Smoc Smoc. Here’s a video with a review of all the dry robe styles out there.CLOSING THOUGHTSWe hope this episode gives you some ideas on gear that you can get to help make 2021 your best Swimrun season yet. Let us know if you’re using a product that you love that we didn’t mention and think that we should. Stay safe and happy training!That’s it for this week’s Gear Talk show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, please be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and Google Podcast. You can also follow our meme page on Instagram and on Twitter. Email us at lowtideboyz@gmail.com with any feedback, suggestions, and/or meme suggestions. Finally, you can also support us on Patreon…if you feel so inclined. 

Watch this conversation on YouTube here. Nate Helming (Strava) is a founder of The Run Experience, one of the largest YouTube running channels and online running coaching programs. In this show, we discuss running injuries, mobility, flexibility and strength training. We dive into topics like stretching, foam rolling and running form. Nate has a tremendous amount of knowledge in these areas and his passion for passing this on to others is evident in his words and works! We also talk about: being your own advocate in training. mechanical deficiencies in the body.  recovery tools and tips. and many other interesting points of reference. Links and tools mentioned: Ironman - Kona, Hawaii The Run Experience - YouTube The Run Experience - Instagram The Run Experience - website and blog The Run Experience app - Apple Store The Run Experience app - Google Play The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown (book) Casey Neistat (YouTube) Sidekick - recovery tools CBD oils and lotions massage / percussion guns nate@therunexperience.com (email) Show notes: Growth of The Run Experience and Nate’s running background, including the Boston Marathon as his first as a young student. [5:28] The perils of a basic running plan printed from the internet. Nate was playing a “high wire act” with his running where after 6-8 weeks, things can start to catch up with you, from a basis of poor habits and poor strength. [16:52] Nate talks about his development in Triathlon and Ironman, where his running background helped him. However, he now had a coach and niggling injury! This led Nate into the Strength & Conditioning world; where his perspective on what an endurance athlete is, was revised. [19:54] On training, mindset, habits and the hand-me-down knowledge that goes from generation to generation. Nate got into coaching through trying to help friends with injuries. He talks about the tools which can help with mechanical deficiencies, working by trial and error, challenging the range of movement. [26:30] Going from one:one, to one:many, seeing individual responses and patterns of behavior. Nate was tapped out, working 6-8 hours per day and building programs but loved the work. He then started to think about people who couldn’t afford the classes or had practical issues getting to them. With his co-founder, Craig, they began to make some videos and start the YouTube channel and The Run Experience. [36:04] On running form issues and ways to improve. Two types of injuries i) sudden and unexpected ii) overuse injury. Being your own advocate. [42:52] The role of coaching, to go beyond just running and to have some focus on habits, strength and mobility. Advising coaches to not be afraid to set a higher bar for athletes. In building a team, find people with areas of expertise, rather than trying to be expert on everything yourself. We can’t train like it’s 1950 or 1910, the world has changed. [47:12] Boys in the Boat: a David and Goliath story. Coaching lessons, from a book about the 1936 Olympic US rowing team. [49:25] On feet: the long end of the kinetic whip. Over-striding, heel-striking. Running form and atheletic foundation; breathing, arm swing, head position. [51:53] On stretching: not about lengthening muscle, but to be a strong, healthy human I need to be able hit certain positions. [54:52] For your recovery tool-box. Use the best tools you have available to you. [58:39] Tips for foam roller use. Rolling directions: not just “north-south”, but also “east-west”. It’s a game of Seek & Destroy. [01:01:40] More details about The Run Experience app and where you can find Nate online (also see Links above) [01:05:22] Tips for those looking to become stronger, healthier and happier athletes. [01:06:31] You can find me, Floris Gierman, here:  Strava YouTube Instagram My Training Course - The Marathon PR Program My Training Course - 5K to Half Marathon Program Weekly newsletter with Running Tips and Racing Strategies Podcast Facebook (Extramilest Group)  

Welcome to episode thirty of the Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast!We have the one and only Mario Fraioli on the show this week. He’s an Olympic level running coach, host of the morning shakeout podcast/newsletter, and the last member of the Marin County Holy Coaching Trinity of to be interviewed for the show. (Mike Olzinski and Nate Helming are the other two members of that crew.) More on Mario later in the show.Ötillö World Championship UpdateIf you’ve been off the grid or just getting all your Swimrun reporting from us, then you haven’t heard that Ötillö made the tough decision to cancel this year’s World Championship. You can read more about their decision here. You can also read about how the slots are being set for the 2021 race here. This hasn’t been without controversy but there’s no way to please everyone and we are living in unprecedented times.In other (happier) news, Ötillö Engadin happened last weekend and it looked like it was an epic weekend in Switzerland. If you’re curious as to what the course is like, check out our course preview episode and start planning for 2021!Training UpdateChipper was on vacation in Lake Tahoe and enjoyed some time away from the show while swimming and running in one of the most beautiful places in California.Chris and Sandrine teamed up to race the Swimrun Edmonton Virtual Race at Aquatic Park in San Francisco. “Team Untethered” made their debut and apparently won a prize box from the race organizers. True to the LTBz pact, we didn’t use a tether. (This was a good thing since Sandrine is an amazing swimmer and Chris would have been dead weight on that tether.)ShoutoutThis we’re shouting out Patrick from Italy. He’s a triathlete that was looking for something else to do and DIY’d his own pull buoy, got after it, and is now “100% hooked.” Glad we played a small part in his new Swimrun journey.Feats of Endurance Weekly AwardWe had a lot of feats of endurance this week! We had a couple of folks in our Strava club that raced Ötillö Engadin over the weekend. Tobias and G Flo raced the World Series race on Sunday and looks like they had the best time in Engadin. You can check out their race report on Spotify here.We also wanted to give a special shout out to the Swimrun Labs crew doing a 50k distance Swimrun. (They can’t win the Feats of Endurance because we co-host a show with them) Here’s their description of the Swimrun: “12 runs, 11 swims, 50k total distance, volcano views, bracing ocean swims through kelp forests to secret coves, single track climbs through prehistoric old growth forest, new friends, old friends, mobile roving aid station, PBJs for days, currents from all directions... we’ve often said we could swimrun all day and today we actually got to. We were back, middle, and front of the pack, had highs, lows, swallowed some seawater, and shouted out loud about the magic.” LTBz UpdatesWe have a new Patron on Patreon! Thank you Dirk for the support all the way from Germany. We really appreciate the support!We also want to announce yet another new project, the International Swimrun Adventure Guide! With races being canceled and a lot of people training on their home turfs, we’ve noticed in our Strava club that a lot of teams have their go-to training locations. We thought it would be fun to compile them all in one place so swimrunners can explore new training grounds if they happen to be visiting from out of town/state/country or if they are looking for some variety in their training. We need your help to get this off of the ground. If you have a great training route that you don’t want to keep secret you can head over to our website and fill out the form on our website homepage and we’ll start compiling the entries and getting them on the site.Mario Fraioli InterviewOur guest this week needs no introductions in running circles. Mario Fraioli is an Olympic-level running coach, a journalist, the host of the morning shakeout podcast, the creator of the morning shakeout newsletter and one of the greatest human beings around. We’ve known Mario for years (Full disclosure: Chris’s company helps to produce the morning shakeout podcast and newsletter and manages sponsorship and sales) and frankly, he has no business being on our show, but he’s just that awesome!In this interview we cover a lot of topics including his coaching background, how the morning shakeout newsletter got started and how that expanded to the super successful podcast, and what he’s up to now.We spent most of the interview talking about running and how to approach any Swimrun course and reverse engineer the type of build that you would want to have a successful race. According to Mario, every race is about problem-solving and understanding the course. We also talked about the mental game and how to work on “perspective” while training for races and the importance of making sure that every session has a purpose and some type of “quality” to maximize both the training effect but also developing mental toughness. All in all, there was a lot of knowledge being dropped on this episode. We encourage everyone to sign up for Mario’s newsletter and listen to the podcast. You can also follow Mario on Twitter and Instagram. That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, please be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify and Google Podcast. You can also follow our meme page on Instagram and on Twitter. Email us at lowtideboyz@gmail.com with any feedback, suggestions and/or meme suggestions. Finally, you can also support us on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.

Welcome to episode seventeen of the Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast!On this week’s show we have Nate Helming. Nate is an endurance, strength and mobility coach and co-founder of The Run Experience. Lots of great training tips in this episode so be ready to take some notes. We learned this week that the shelter in place order for the Bay Area where we live is going to be extended through the end of the month of May. While we are bummed, we know that we are doing our part to slow the spread of the virus. As usual, we encourage everyone to listen to the medical and science experts about best practices and hopefully we will be past this and back to racing soon. For shout outs this week we wanted to give props to Brent Molsberry. His race report for Ötillö Catalina in an amazing read and we encourage everyone to check it out. Brent is also the Race Director for the Odyssey Swimrun Orcas Island race and it might surprise folks to read that Catalina was his first swimrun race!Now on to this week’s interview. We were fortunate to get some time on Nate’s busy schedule to chat about the importance of strength training and mobility for endurance athletes. Nate has been Chris’s triathlon and endurance coach for years and we think that everyone will get some benefit from listening to this episode.Nate has extensive running, triathlete and strength training experience and has channeled it all into his coaching. He believes that being fit means having the training that allows you to be a complete athlete. He preaches against sport specificity because training variety is what keeps athletes healthy and strong. After being injured and not being able to race the Ironman World Championship he realized that endurance athletes were slipping through the cracks with injuries because most endurance athletes were not focusing on cross-training and getting injured in their chosen sport.Nate recommends adding strength and mobility to any endurance training plan. With just four basic movements athletes can start easing into strength work with. These movements are the squat, the pushup, the lunge and (everyone’s favorite) the burpee. Just adding these movements 2-3 times per week in addition to their endurance sport specific training. These sessions can be as short as 20-30 minutes and you can just do body weight and focus on technique. Nate has a ton of videos on their Youtube page that explain all the movements and provide training tips.You can check out Nate and The Run Experience on their website or on Youtube. Finally, you can be a part of the “Together We Move” free daily programming on their app.That’s it for this week’s show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, please be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify and Google Podcast. You can also follow our meme page on Instagram and on Twitter. Email us at lowtideboyz@gmail.com with any feedback, suggestions and/or meme suggestions. Finally, you can also support us on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.

Nate Helming is the man behind 'The Run Experience'.  With over 350,000 subscribed to his YouTube Channel he must be doing something right. We caught up this week to speak about common misconceptions about how to improve your running, areas to focus on in order to bring improvement and a whole lot more.  Enjoy the episode! If you'd like to join the Relaxed Running Membership you can do so right now for only $5/month. You'll get access to: Bonus podcast episodes Elite Insight Training Videos Community Forum Training Programs for 5km-Marathon Join here. 

This week we are glad to bring to you one of our brand new series on the podcast: 20 Minutes With... feature influential experts across a wide spectrum of health & fitness. Charlie had the pleasure to co-host our first episode with Nate Helming, a professional coach and the Co-Founder of The Run Experience.As you can guess from the name of the company, 20 Minutes With Nate largely revolves around all things running with a special focus on injury prevention. So get ready, set and press play now!

In this episode I sit down with Nate Helming, my friend and Co-Founder of The Run Experience. We discuss how Nate navigated his career in the pursuit of becoming a professional triathlete and later becoming a coach and co-founder of one of the top online resources for runners around the world. How learning how to breakdance took his coaching career to the next level and how fitness has shaped his philosophy not only in his running practice but also in building a team and growing his business. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carlpaoli/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carlpaoli/support

“The number one thing is really taking ownership of what you do with your body and understanding that our ideas on strength and exercising, it's not the multivitamin. I can't eat like crap and take my daily pill and think I'm good. Strength doesn't work that way [either]. It's not like I can run like garbage, never stretch, ignore all these signals that my body is giving me all the time, but do this one exercise, and think everything is going to be OK. It needs to be flipped around.” It was super fun to sit down with my friend Nate Helming, co-founder of The Run Experience, an online community that helps runners train to become stronger, faster, and more well-rounded athletes. He is also my personal strength training coach and has helped me become a healthier, more resilient runner over the past few years. Nate and I caught up recently after a run and talked about his evolution as an athlete and a coach, how his own injury frustrations led him to think differently about his approach to strength training, and how all of those things intersected to land him where he is today. This was a great conversation and there's a lot to take away from it, especially if you've been dealing with injury frustrations of your own. This episode is brought to you by Maurten, the sports fuel used by many of the world's top marathoners, including Eliud Kipchoge, Mo Farah, Mary Keitany, and Des Linden, to name a few. Maurten has set up a special contest for listeners of the morning shakeout where you can win heaps of free product. Here's what you have to do: Go to maurten.com/AMshakeout and register with your email address. At the end of Maurten's 4-week sponsorship of this podcast they are going to draw 10 winners at random. Each winner will get a full box of 160 drink mix, a full box of 320 drink mix, and a full box of GEL 100s. That entire package is valued at over $130! Enter for your chance to win at maurten.com/AMshakeout. Complete show notes: https://www.themorningshakeout.com/podcast-episode-42-with-nate-helming/ Sign up here to get the morning shakeout email newsletter delivered to your inbox every Tuesday morning: www.themorningshakeout.com/subscribe/ Support the morning shakeout on Patreon: www.patreon.com/themorningshakeout

Today I’m asking Coach Nate from The Run Experience what’s the top secret magic pill we can do to prevent running injuries! He shares what all runners should be doing on a regular basis – and it only takes 10 minutes.  I love that since I’m obsessed with my timer cube and stretching for 10 ... Read More about How to Prevent Running Injuries with The Run Experience’s Coach Nate Helming The post How to Prevent Running Injuries with The Run Experience’s Coach Nate Helming appeared first on Run Eat Repeat.

Are you interested in running?  This episode is for you!  Nate Helming of The Run Experience is talking about the program and what they can offer you to get you running.    1. Intro  Radio 29  2. Sponsor (1:57)  Kasandrinos  Use the code ‘fullbodyfix‘ for 15% off Eating Evolved  Use the code ‘drscottmills‘ Extra 2-pack of cups into your order 3.  Interview: Nate Helming (2:48) 4. The Run Experience (12:15)  5. What is The Run Experience (21:15)  6. Movement Myth Busters: Should you strength train as a runner? (24:15)  7. Myth 2: But, I will get bulky lifting and won't be able to run (29:35)  8. Running Injuries (34:10)  9.  Who is The Run Experience for? (37:53)  10. Where can you find Nate? (41:00) The Run Experience Youtube Instagram Please tell a friend who loves fitness and rehab about our podcast! We’re on every major podcast platform including iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play. Don’t forget to leave a review. Full show notes can always be found in the Archive.

SHOW NOTES Funny… I reached out to Nate since he has such great Youtube videos for runners but after emailing back and forth for a bit I realized we met 7 years ago at an Ironman 70.3 where I treated his hamstring. What a small world! He has a great story about how he dealt with his hamstring injury and how he came to use those same methods to assist runners have better running experience. Nate Helming founded The Run Experience with the goal of reaching a broader audience of runners and outdoor enthusiasts who want to be able to run and enjoy the outdoors and remain injury-free. He has helped athletes finish their first races, conquer new distances, overcome pre-existing injuries, set new PRs, reach the podium, and qualify for national and world level events. Nate Helming is based in San Francisco and in addition to coaching runners and triathletes of all levels, he trains Olympic level cyclists, professional triathletes, elite mountain bikers, and national-level ultra runners on strength and mobility. Nate has traveled around the world to speak about better strength training for endurance athletes, and regularly publishes videos and articles on how runners can do it better! You can follow him on Instagram and Twitter and visit him in person at San Francisco Crossfit for one of his classes or one-on-one sessions. Video References: Hill Running (up) Downhill Running Push up Form   Find him here! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/therunexperience Twitter: @TREtraining IG: @therunexperience Youtube: The Run Experience Sebastian’s Youtube Channel for hamstring videos. Attention Docs and Fitness Professionals: Access your client educational products, banners and posters here. Show Notes: https://www.p2sportscare.com/70 Dr. Sebastian Gonzales is an expert in trouble shooting sports injuries and overuse conditions. This podcast is intended for sports medicine topics to become easier for patients and athletes to understand. Don’t get confused by what your doctor told you in your appointment. If you like in Orange County CA, book an exam with Dr. Gonzales, your Huntington Beach Chiropractor.

Nate Helming originally thought of running as a suffer fest (sound familiar?). Years later, after discovering joy in his own running journey, Nate is the co-founder of The Run Experience, and has helped thousands of runners reach their running goals. You will learn today that Nate is a lot of fun, he has a great attitude, and makes running and strengthening our bodies a way of having fun, rather than a chore we should dread doing. Taking what he learned from his interest in other sports, including a breakdancing past(!!), Nate looks at runners differently. He believes we have to train like athletes, not just runners. Exercises to strengthen our bodies are the same regardless of what sport we are in. If you learn the correct posture, and how to protect and stabilize your spine, you have a brand new tool set to do everything, so you can adapt it to a variety of sports. Nate and I discuss why what is safest for the body is always what makes us the most powerful, you should never have to trade your safety to gain strength. He also shares his reasons why he thinks most people end up injured...spoiler alert; it is not because of our running! We discuss why you should set burpees as punishment to bring your awareness to bad posture you might have throughout your workday, and how to breathe correctly while running. This is for you if you want to be able to run and enjoy the outdoors and remain injury-free. Nate has helped athletes finish their first races, conquer new distances, overcome pre-existing injuries, set new PRs, reach the podium, and qualify for national and world level events. Today's Guest Nate Helming Co-founder of The Run Experience, a community to help runners train better, race better, and be better. Nate is based in San Francisco and in addition to coaching runners, he trains Olympic level cyclists, professional triathletes, elite mountain bikers, and national-level ultra runners on strength and mobility. What You Will Learn About How he accidentally signed up for an ultra as his second marathon and became an accidental triathlete. Why becoming a runner is good thing, but it can be limiting, as we do not want to risk injuries How to undo the effects of sitting all day Why if you are busy and feeling a little overwhelmed, going from 0 to 15-30 mins is very powerful Squats, pushups, lunges and burpees Inspirational Quotes We have treated our business like training for a race, you have to dream for not the impossible, but the edge of what you think you can do, and plan how to get there. Running is this vehicle we use for physical training, to make ourselves better physically, for a social outlet, to have a shared experience with people online...and it pushes us mentally. Running takes us to places we don't think we can go For me, running is the ultimate expression of being an athlete. How my body moves in general. Running is a gateway drug to being an athlete. The first time I felt like an athlete, was when I called myself a runner. That is such a powerful Identity. I am a runner, I can do more. You need to run a lot to be a good runner, you can't burpee your way to a BQ. High mileage is a privilege you have to earn, it's not a right. What’s safe is always whats most powerful, I never have to trade. We need to give ourselves a transition from our work, sleep, mornings and our runs. We are giving runners a place to explore their athletic side and develop their inner athlete. If you don't strava the run, did the run happen? Our body is a precision machine, and it is going to precisely do what we tell it to do all day long. If we want to change the outputs we care about like running and performance, we need to change the inputs, what we tell it to do on all those other moments. Resources Mentioned Video of Nate Breakdancing (go to 3:08 to see Nate) Boston marathon Two Oceans Marathon Dr Kyle Bowling Being an athlete vs a skinny runner  The Oxygen Advantage book from Patrick McKeown Couch Stretch The Run Experience for Running for Real fans The Run Experience App Thanks for Listening! I hope you enjoyed today's episode.  

For the show notes and the full transcript to this episode head over to: https://www.healthynomics.com/31 None to Run Plan (for real beginners): http://www.nonetorun.com/challenge Today's show Nate Helming is based in San Francisco and in addition to coaching runners and triathletes of all levels, he trains Olympic level cyclists, professional triathletes, elite mountain bikers, and national-level ultra runners on strength and mobility.    Nate has traveled around the world to speak about better strength training for endurance athletes, and regularly publishes videos and articles on how runners can do it better!    You can learn more about Nate on therunexperience.com where he helps people who want to be able to run and enjoy the outdoors and remain injury-free.   In this episode we talk about: Why runner s need to think of themselves more like athletes and develop their athleticism. The best ways for runners to incorporate strength training into their running. How to read the early signs of injury. How to stay active when you are injure and can't run. Stretching - where does it fit into the running equation. Nate's favourite resources / books. And more!   The show notes for this episode with be at healthynomics.com/31 - there you'll also be able to download the transcript to this episode.   Enjoy the show everyone!   Cheers, Mark

On this week’s episode of Uncharted Performance we want to introduce you to Nate Helming and Craig dos Santos, endurance athletes and coaches and founders of The Run Experience in San Francisco. They’ve found a way to connect and unite a community of runners, both in person as well as virtually, by teaching the correct running technique in a way that does not feel overcritical or deprecating. Nate and Craig want to bring back the joy of running before it became equated with athletic punishment. For those of you preparing for an endurance event or if you run regularly but still struggle once in a while, you’ll learn a refreshing new approach. Lastly, we’ll discuss how posture and stability, mobility and strength as well as being in tune with your body can help you run better but also love running more.

Nate is the cofounder of The Run Experience. And he doesn't just have a USA Track & Field coaching certification. He's also completed continuing education courses in: USA Triathlon CrossFit CrossFit Mobility CrossFit Endurance Carol Paoli's Free Style connections Like me, he recognizes that injury prevention and athleticism are what make faster, healthier runners. And in this conversation, we dive deeper into mobility work for runners and how to implement a daily mobilization routine into your schedule. Plus, the differences between mobility and flexibility. You'll notice that Nate has quite the background in CrossFit. While I've gone off on CrossFit in the past, we acknowledge the helpful parts of this sport that runners can use to design smarter training. If you're injury-prone or looking for ways to level up your training, you don't want to miss this episode.

Welcome to episode 37 of the Final Surge podcast where we talk with coach Nate Helming. Nate has been featured in such publications such as Competitor magazine and is the founder of The Run Experience. I recommend you check out his videos on Youtube at The Run Experience. Today we will discuss running injuries, hips, footstrike, nose breathing and more.  How did you get your start in endurance sports? Did you do track and cross country in high school or was it just something you did on the side? What did you do after high school, did you do these sports in college? You now run The Run Experience and specialize in movement and keeping runners injury free. Did you study Exercise Science in college? Depending on the survey you want to believe, 65-80 percent of runners and triathletes get injured every year, why do you think the injury rate is so high? You mentioned thorough dynamic warm up, what does that look like for you? You mentioned range of motion; one argument is you only need as much flexibility or range of motion as the activity requires. So with running that is not a whole lot. Do you agree with this or do you think we need to work even more on increasing range of motion? If we look at the newer runner, some of the common injuries we see are shin splints, Achilles injuries, runners knee, tight calves, most of what we see is lower leg injuries, but usually, that is the symptom of a different causing factor. What are some of the things you most often see leading to these lower leg injuries? You mention hip extension, when I see lower leg injuries, the first thing I look at are the hips, and often, the hips are back when we look at them on video. It is easy to tell someone to get your hips underneath, but it is a different thing to make it happen. How do you work with athletes to get their hips under them? In your videos on Youtube at The Run Experience, you talk a lot about proper foot strike. While there may not be a one best foot strike for everyone, where are some of the things you look for? You mentioned during the first mile of the warm up run to breathe through the nose only, does this teach deeper belly breathing? When working with your triathletes and runners, you have them working with these drills and movements. How much general strength and weight lifting do you do with your athletes? You mentioned barbell movements, are you working with the Olympic movements or what other types of strength work do you have your athletes do? You have the 2-week quickstart program on your site, can you tell us what is involved in that? You have a new mobile app too, what is included in that Run Experience app? Final Surge 5 questions in under a minute Your favorite running book? - Bowerman and the Men of Oregon Current trainers you are wearing? - Altra Loan Peak 3.0 Favorite race? - Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race Favorite recovery meal or recovery drink? - Sushi and ice cream Your favorite workout - 90 min trail run working uphills Youtube  Website  Instagram  Facebook TheRunExperience App

Nate Helming is one of the head coaches at CrossFit San Francisco. He shares some early day CrossFit nightmare stories and how he over came them. Here his fascinating story and his philosophy on running, coaching and growing as a human.Our episode sponsors - https://themindmuscleproject.com/partnersAsk Questions on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/themindmuscleproject/?hl=enSubscribe for email Updateshttps://themindmuscleproject.com/newsletter

Endurance Coach, Nate Helming (@natehelming) is on the show this week. He's here to answer a lot of your questions about running and endurance training including; how often you should be running, how to get over the mental aspects of running, breathing tips, popular running shoes, and his project "The Run Experience", which helps CrossFitters add more running into their programming. Topics of discussion: [1:15] Intro, Background, San Francisco CrossFit How Nate fixed a hamstring injury Finding CrossFit   [12:15] How CrossFit changed Nate's training as an endurance athlete [17:34] Running & CrossFit Building an engine   [23:20] Why do some people HATE running? [24:07] How much you should be running as an Open athlete [26:03] How to train endurance [29:30] Aerobic benefits Breathing The "nose breathing mile" – TRY THIS!!!   [35:00] Jeff Galloway The "Run-Walk" method   [39:05] Minimalist shoes VS. Maximalist shoes [47:54] Mental aspects of running   Reviews If you LOVE this podcast please click HERE to leave me a review. It energizes me to keep doing these as well as pushes us higher in the rankings. Thank you all for the support. Follow us on Instagram @brute.strength  

On this week’s show, we take on a fresh new topic, at least for us - Running. That’s right, heel striking, to Pose or not to Pose, the importance of strength training for endurance athletes, we get into a little bit of everything. As you might guess, heavy barbells are no less beneficial to road warriors, even ultra-marathon wacko’s! We recently got a chance to chat with Nate Helming in between talks at the National Endurance Sports Summit in Princeton, New Jersey. Nate coaches out of San Francisco Crossfit, right alongside some of the best coaches on the fitness scene today. That list includes Kelly Starrett, Diane Fu, and Carl Paoli. He also shares his expertise on The Run Experience, a cool online training resource for runners. Maybe the guy’s just a little unassuming at first, but before our conversation I had no idea he was so skilled and polished as a coach and thinker. More to the point, his talks and running workshops at the Summit were interesting, well-paced and high-value for the audience. You have to take note of folk’s like this when you meet them, because that kind of pace and polish doesn't come cheap. These are skills you have to earn the hard way, over many years and endless repetitions. Nate’s central thesis is that a strong runner is a better runner, which is, of course, right up our alley. But it’s not a straight forward idea, at least not as much as you would guess. If asked, Nate will tell you that he doesn’t exactly know what it means to “run strong.” He just knows that more runners have to start acknowledging the health and performance benefits of heavy barbell training. You cannot push strength so hard that it becomes a competing training focus that’s clear. But you have to train with the intent of lifting more and more weight. You have to squat, pull, and push because it’s inherent functional. It teaches you just how you should produce force…quickly, efficiently. That translates to reduced injury risk and improved performance out on the road. Right, so that much is clear. If you want to improve your running, make sure you are constantly working on your mechanics under progressively heavy barbells. But the line is hard to draw. How much strength is enough? Well, it’s hard to say. There is a line, but something tell’s me that Nate has only begun experimenting with his methods. He will continue to surprise I’m sure as more of his data ripens, and he accumulates more coaching experience. So much for runners making their way towards the barbell, but what about the other way around? What do/should strength, and power athletes learn from the running world. Which of Nate’s methods might apply to you? Again, it’s hard to say. He does have one clear bit of advice for the strong amongst us who want to improve their running skills. “Be patient. Have some respect.” Anyone who has suffered for a decade or more in pursuit of barbell glory know’s that the skill of strength takes years and years to cultivate. Your body must be built up over time to serve that function. Think of endless little waves of construction work, new bundles of muscle proteins piled high and turned over constantly, year after year. Consider your adapted structure, your fascia and skeleton. Be in awe of what your fine-tuned and lightening quick, nervous system can do. The same is true of amazing runners and their earned form and adaptations. You don't know the work that's been put in. Consider optimal pose, the adapted foot and endless bands and chains of road forged connective tissue. These legs are likely slow and of the slow-twitch variety, but never kid yourself. To run at the highest levels is to suffer, immensely, daily. Don’t underestimate that strength. And more importantly still, don’t underestimate the benefits that would come to you if you would only work on your running, modestly at first and with respect. I must say, none of this is news to me. Nate is preaching to the choir. I've learned an endurance lesson before. Some twelve years ago I made my first visit to Columbus, Ohio to train with Louie Simmons of Westside Barbell. I had no business making the trip. At the time, I only had about $200 bucks in my checking account, just enough to pay for a week’s rent at the shittiest local motel you ever saw. But that was fine by me. One, there was a Waffle House located conveniently between my slum and the gym. The waffles and egg’s were cheap, the coffee and syrup, plentiful. But that was just my problem. I was a complete fat ass! I don’t mind saying so. I had built a life around this culture. “To be as strong as possible, do what is necessary. Grind you bones, stuff your face!” By the time, I made it to Westside I was over 350 pounds in bodyweight. Louie told me exactly what Nate would say today, had I been in similar form. We didn’t talk about advanced programming ideas, not at the start at least. And no, we didn’t talk about the latest tricks Louie was working on with his chain and band resistance methods. It was none of that. Louie’s first and best advice for me was to get in shape.“Hey listen, dude. You know, lifting heavy weights is just like fighting…Am I right? You wouldn’t dare jump in the ring with a known killer, would you? No, not now! You gotta get in shape first! You gotta suffer for a while. There are a lot of repetitions that need to take place before you earn the right to fight the champ. So that’s you. You want to lift record weights? You gotta get yourself in proper shape first.”Starting from that day forward I made hard sled dragging and sprinting a key component of my training, and it certainly paid off. The more time I spent conditioning myself, the stronger and more explosive I became. Even though, I was lifting maximum loads all the time for the better part of twelve years, I never wore down. I never had a serious injury. I owe that to Louie’s advice. I just wish I would have taken it earlier! Nate, I won't be experimenting with powerlifting and running anytime soon, but maybe we can hook up soon and share some training ideas. Who know's, maybe there's a runner inside me still.Cheers, Chris Moore