Why You Should Never Lift Weights in Running Shoes
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When I first started lifting back in high school, I would stand in the corner of a New York Sports Club with a barbell that was about 20 pounds too heavy for me and swing it repeatedly towards my sternum. It was a 16-year-old’s clumsy take on the bicep curl, and it involved a disturbing amount of back. One day, one of the gym’s trainers who I can only guess couldn’t take it anymore interrupted a class he was teaching to come over and set me straight. He showed me how to lock my wrists against the body, how to ever so slightly curl
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Advertisement Amid all the gloom of 2020, one of the silver linings has been the number of people enjoying either running for the first time or running more. Running is often praised for its simplicity – all you need is a pair of trainers after all, but there are now so many shoes to choose from that making a decision can get a bit overwhelming.
While we can’t tell you which shoe is right for you,
Coach’s reviewer Nick Harris-Fry runs upwards of 70km a week and is in the fortunate position of receiving pair after pair to test. That makes him one of the few people in the UK who has tried the majority of new releases.