In the series “Our personal trainer“The Berlin fitness coach Sebastian Grüner helps us to become stronger, healthier and more beautiful. This article is part of TIME on the weekendissue 44/2024.
Running is a sport for the masses. According to the German Athletics Association, 19 million people in Germany regularly grab their running shoes and head out. If you run a lot, you’re doing a lot of things right, for example to maintain or increase fitness and endurance, but you’re also putting one-sided strain on the same muscles. Our five best exercises for runners from our trainer’s repertoire are designed to help your body cope better with this stress. You can use the exercises to prepare for training or do them as compensation on non-running days.
