Cross Training for Injured Runners

The goal of cross training for injured runners is to reduce the mechanical stress on an injured tissue without reducing the physiological stress on the body. In this way you will continue to gain fitness so that you “have the lungs” to get you round on race day.

Physiological benefits of cardio cross training:

❤️ Increase the output of the heart by making the heart muscle bigger
🩸 Create better capillary networks to get more blood to the muscles
💪 Increase the myoglobin content of the muscles to provide emergency oxygen stores
🦵 Increase the number and size of the mitochondria to allow better energy production in the muscles

Low-impact cardio-focused cross training helps injured runners continue gaining fitness while allowing the injured tissue some "relative rest". It reduces the "mechanical stress" on the injured tissue while allowing continued "physiological stress" on the runner.

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