Dethrone Base Camp workout. The missing link in your training?

Maybe the next evolution in your workout?



 

Jesse, a friend of mine, recently approached me with an idea on how to build up the new gym he's been hired to manage. He wants to offer group runs on the weekend to attract the runners of the bay area because he is convinced his workout will take any runner, no matter where they rank in terms of ability, to the proverbial "next level".
Jesse is a personal trainer who use to fight MMA and has taught boxing and kick boxing classes for years. He is a very capable athlete and for him to endorse a workout carries a lot of weight with me. He described the workout as "unique in its approach" and "as difficult as you want it to be, like a spin class".  I was intrigued so I agreed to stop into the Dethrone Base Camp and let him put me through the workout.
  

Cross Training the winter away

 

A compeling case for cross training!

The colder weather is coming. The days are getting shorter and many of them will be wet. For all of these reasons and many more this is the cross training season. I run as much as possible throughout the year but when the weather turns poor I stay inside. I realize most hardcore runners will run even if god rains sulfur down from the heavens but why? Most runners run and do very little else. That creates imbalances in strength. If your hamstrings and calves are strong from running but your quads & glutes are weak that imbalance will be felt. Most likely in your knees. If you fade in the final miles of your race you could benefit from some core work to keep your form upright and not slouching. If the holidays leave a few pounds on you then cross training can help your running and get you slimmed down at the same time. In short, every runner needs to cross train and every runner can benefit in multiple ways by doing it.