How Much Strength Training Runners Need: Lindsey Bomgren

Want to know how much strength training runners need? Or what exercises are best for runners? How often should you strength train?

Lindsey Bomgren is here to tell you.

Lindsey Bomgren from Nourish Move Love is a super fit Minnesota trainer and creator of amazing YouTube strength videos. While they are not marketed as “runners’ workouts” they are the exact same exercises that we prescribe to runners because they are classic strength moves that build better runners. But Lindsey just does them better.

Lindsey is a certified personal trainer and group fitness instructor who has been featured in Women’s Health Magazine, The Bump, Yahoo Finance, Cosmopolitan, Popsugar, Brit + Co, Well + Good and more. While her main audience is strength for busy women, guys: she is the real deal and I challenge you to get through an entire video without being sore the next day. This is not your tiny dumbbell, jazzercise lady. This is just good, awesome workouts for everyone.

Lindsey is tough, but also cheerful and encouraging, often interjecting with her signature catch phrase “holy bananas” when things get hard. She describes exactly how much strength training runners need and what exercises are best and why. I can’t wait for you to meet her.

Oh, and don’t forget to stay tuned at the end of the episode where I’ve got a major announcement about the future of the Run to the Top!

Questions for Lindsey:

You don’t know this, but you and I have been hanging out together every weekday for the last couple months and I have to tell you how much I am transforming! And I was already fit! It must be so amazing to be changing so many lives this way, right?
Tell us about how you got started.
Your workout routines aren’t specifically marketed to runners, but the reason that I have been assigning them to my athletes is because they are exactly what I would tell them to do! Classic moves like lunges, deadlifts, squats and planks are staples of your workouts. Why do you choose the specific exercises that you do?
Let’s talk about building muscle. Many people believe that strength training will bulk them up and distance runners especially don’t want that. What do you think?
My routine with you is legs one day, push the next, then pull the next. Can you talk about why you group your routines like this?
I have to admit as a runner, I don’t want ANY cardio with my strength training, yet you make me do it anyway! Let’s talk about cardio and HIIT and what they do for us.
One of the things I love about you is that you are just so motivating and encouraging. You push us, but remind us that we are just going to do the best that we can on that day. Why is that important to you?
My favorite workouts you teach are “no repeats and no jumping.” How are these beneficial?
But repeating the same move over and over again has benefits too. Can you talk about that?
Let’s talk about pyramid workouts and AMRAP workouts. What are those for?
I’ve noticed that you choose to share something deeply meaningful to you on your website and social media–you talk openly about your faith. Why did you choose to share this part of you in connection with your business?
How has your business evolved during the pandemic? I imagine it’s been good for you with gyms closed and everyone at home?
What’s next for you? What videos are coming up next? Can I request a runner-specific workout (ha!)?

Questions I ask everyone:

If you could go back and talk to yourself when you started training, what advice would you give?
What is the greatest gift running/fitness has given you?
Where can listeners connect with you?