The Run Rx

Can you keep running while pregnant? Can you lift postpartum? Should you avoid ab exercises? What if you’re experiencing leaking, pressure, heaviness, or coning?

Pregnancy and postpartum fitness are full of outdated advice, fear-based messaging, and confusion — especially for active women who want to keep running, lifting, taking fitness classes, training for HYROX, playing pickleball, or simply moving in a way that makes them feel like themselves.

In our latest blog, we’re answering some of the most common questions we hear about exercising during pregnancy and postpartum.

The goal isn’t to scare you away from movement. It’s to help you move with more confidence, clarity, and support.

Read the full blog here:

Running, Lifting + Pregnancy: What Active Women Need to Know — The Run Rx Can you run, lift, or stay active during pregnancy and postpartum? The Run Rx breaks down what active women need to know about exercise, core work, leaking, pressure, and returning to movement safely.

Rehab built for runners.

Rehab isn’t just about getting out of pain.
It’s about rebuilding a body that can handle the demands of running — now and long term.

At The Run Rx, we don’t believe in generic protocols or quick fixes. We look at the full picture: strength, movement patterns, training load, recovery, and the root cause behind why symptoms showed up in the first place.

Because runners deserve more than being told to “just rest.”

Our goal is simple: help you return stronger, smarter, and more confident in your body than before.

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One of the biggest mistakes runners make is waiting until marathon training starts to think about strength training.

By the time mileage climbs, long runs get longer, and race-specific workouts take over… your recovery bandwidth shrinks. At that point, strength training often shifts from building strength → simply maintaining it.

That’s why this time of year matters so much.

When you’re still 4–6 months out from a Fall race, you have a unique opportunity to improve:
• max strength
• force production
• tendon & tissue capacity
• running economy
• fatigue resistance

…before the demands of peak marathon training begin.

Research consistently shows that adding strength training to endurance running can improve running economy and performance, with the strongest benefits coming from heavy resistance training and explosive/plyometric work.

Translation: build a stronger engine now so your body is better prepared to handle higher mileage later.

Your goal right now doesn’t need to be peak running fitness.
It’s building the foundation that peak fitness will sit on later this season. 💪🏃



References:
Blagrove RC et al. Effects of Strength Training on the Physiological Determinants of Middle- and Long-Distance Running Performance: A Systematic Review. Sports Medicine. 2018.

Trowell D et al. Effects of Resistance Training on Running Economy and Cross-Country Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Sports Medicine. 2023.