Comments on The Boring Runner: Marathon Training and Core Work

True pain tolerance: breaking your foot on the way...

2012-01-24T05:49:34.638-08:00

True pain tolerance: breaking your foot on the way to a 2 hour dance rehearsal, and not realizing until the end of the rehearsal when I was like "hmm my foot is kind of sore."

Alternately: fracturing a vertebra in a car accident and not getting x-rays done till a week later because "my back only hurts a little bit... it's probably just bruising from the impact."

Best core routine: Insanity. DOOOOOOOOOOOOO IT!

Does sucking in your gut and laying on your bed in...

2012-01-21T13:38:26.641-08:00

Does sucking in your gut and laying on your bed in order to zip up your skin tight jeans count as core work? I'm just curious ....

Planks! All day and all night! OR, just for 90 minutes once a week during power yoga class. I used to do some obscure routine that I got out of Runner's World that I remember included laying on the ground with a hand weight in my hand, arm outstretched, and then standing up without using my other hand, then laying back down again. It works. If you keep doing it. ;)

I second P90X ab ripper. You can usually find a bo...

2012-01-20T22:36:53.497-08:00

I second P90X ab ripper. You can usually find a bootleg copy online to watch.

Pop Pilates ab videos are BRUTAL and free, they are on Yout*be.

Well now, look at you all hoity-toity with a yoga ...

2012-01-20T04:44:22.690-08:00

Well now, look at you all hoity-toity with a yoga mat for your core...

I just use the floor!

Yup, do them everyday - crunches, leg raises etc a...

2012-01-19T21:44:14.481-08:00

Yup, do them everyday - crunches, leg raises etc and I finally ran outside in my sports bra 2 weeks ago! Didn't think I would have the courage to display/humiliate myself with my layer of fat...but I did it!

Oh RunningLaur - how did we miss the chance to com...

2012-01-19T20:02:38.103-08:00

Oh RunningLaur - how did we miss the chance to comment on that phrase?? FUNNY!

No one else has commented this yet?!?! "ma...

2012-01-19T18:53:19.636-08:00

No one else has commented this yet?!?!

"makes you go faster and last longer." TWSS.

If you aren't at least sore after a marathon, ...

2012-01-19T17:31:22.541-08:00

If you aren't at least sore after a marathon, you didn't try hard enough. So: nice job! :)

Core issues: Yoga at least once a week, and my all-time favorite core exercise is the Russian twist.

I pegged you to be one of those girls with butterf...

2012-01-19T16:14:55.374-08:00

I pegged you to be one of those girls with butterfly tattoos on your back.

I do core and I swear while doing it. It helps. M...

2012-01-19T14:48:42.127-08:00

I do core and I swear while doing it. It helps. My favorite is doing a plank with your feet on a ball then up to a pike with a push up in between. It trashes those abs fast.

Planks. The Kidless Kronicles

Ahhh...core work (and stretching). The not-so-fun ...

2012-01-19T13:41:53.618-08:00

Ahhh...core work (and stretching). The not-so-fun part of running.

One of the exercises I use is what I call "Bent leg 'leg ups'". This is a modified version of what one might do hanging from a pull-up bar, and slowly bringing your knees to your chest. I personally lie on my back, with my knees bent and my thighs perpendicular to the floor.
I cross my ankles, then slowly bring my knees up to my chest / head (focusing on using the lower abdominals exclusively (or at least mainly)), then return back to the starting position.

Seems like I've read in a couple of places though that planks (both standard and side planks) are actually better for runners than abdominal exercises that cause us to flex/bend our torso. Since the end goal in running is to maintain an upright position and not hunch when tired, the planks simulate that end result.

I personally just do a variety to include it all (although I need to step it up a bit).

My yoga instructor is all into core work right now...

2012-01-19T13:11:51.929-08:00

My yoga instructor is all into core work right now. I hate her. Grrrr.

Awesome...I could use abs -minus the tattoo work. ...

2012-01-19T12:46:51.171-08:00

Awesome...I could use abs -minus the tattoo work. Thanks for the links!

AbRipperX - 16 min and 349 ab moves (if you can ke...

2012-01-19T12:13:01.849-08:00

AbRipperX - 16 min and 349 ab moves (if you can keep up with the ripped P90X'ers - I'm at about a 2:1 ratio right now so 150-175 exercises for me). "I hate it, but I love it!"

I've also done some good ab workouts from Self Magazine. They had one a few years back that I ripped out that was all standing ab/core work - no crunches! And it worked! Here is a link to it: http://www.self.com/fitness/workouts/2006/09/ab-sculpting-without-crunches-slideshow#slide=1

When I'm out running and can feel the proof th...

2012-01-19T12:12:27.572-08:00

When I'm out running and can feel the proof that at one time I had humans inside me waggling around, I vow to return and work on my core. And then I return and start a load of laundry. And read your blog. And do something else. And never do core work. Sad reality.

I just started to consider building my core. Will ...

2012-01-19T11:55:23.703-08:00

I just started to consider building my core. Will have to check out the 'hard core' link.

Porn tattoos are definitely tempting and an incentive.

Yeah. and I guess getting faster and stronger would be cool too.

Have you ever...EVER...posted anything with less t...

2012-01-19T11:33:35.437-08:00

Have you ever...EVER...posted anything with less than 3 pictures?

I'm impressed/jealous