Lever Movement System

The Lever is a treadmill system that facilitates "body-weight support treadmill training": this means you can run/walk with lower body weight, lessening the overall load on your body during a workout. There are a few ways you can incorporate it:

• maintain fitness while managing an injury (great for soft tissue injuries, like plantar fasciitis or "runner's knee");

• rebuild load tolerance when returning to running after an injury (such as a stress fracture, where you may not have run for several weeks);

• build volume with less total-body impact;

• train at a faster speed but the same exertion or the same speed with lower exertion

• recover from big efforts (hard workouts, peak race, double-run days)

Personal experience from Meg: She used it heavily over the winter while managing a hip injury. At first it was maxed-out (45 pounds off-weighted) for short easy runs; then the off-weight amount gradually lowered, the runs got longer and the intensity climbed. This allowed her to continue to training for her spring marathon (which ended up being her 2nd fastest time ever & a BQ!) while navigating some temporary limitations related to her hip. Now she incorporates 1-2 Lever runs per week regularly.

YOU CAN TRAIN WITH THE LEVER TOO -- and Meg is ready to help you!

• Rent time at Meg's home office in Charlton

  • • $25 for a 30 minute session or $45 for a 60 minute session (package discounts available by request)

    • this is a good option for a short term or irregular use

• Rent a system to set up on your home treadmill

  • • Set-up fee of $50 includes delivery to your house, instruction in use, training recommendations

    • $30 per week or $100 per month

    • this is a good option for mid/long-term use (injury recovery, heavy training block), or if you live far from Charlton!

• (both options are subject to availability of system & requested shorts size)