Weightlifting myths for runners – busted!
f you?re a runner, and particularly if you?re a female runner, you?ve probably heard at one point or another that you don?t need to weightlift. You?ve probably been told that lifting weights will make you ?big? or ?bulky? and that, especially if you?re a runner, being any ?bigger? or ?bulkier? than you need to be will simply slow you down, which is about the worst thing that could happen to any runner out there (barring injury).