Eating for Hill Drills

Hill drills are an important part of many runners regular training routines and can help a runner become faster, fitter, stronger.

BUT, hill running, especially downhill running, is known to cause microtears of muscle tissue.

These microtears are important for triggering muscle remodelling and adaptation, however if they become severe or chronic due to poor nutrition and insufficient recovery from training, they may negatively affect running performance.

So, we are going to:

Give an overview of how hill drills affect muscle - both positively AND negatively.

Outline some nutritional factors to help prevent or limit muscle damage from hill drills

Give some ideas of how to put the nutrition recommendations into practice