11/01/2026
We got some answers to several of the most common foot questions we get: "I have flat feet, how do I increase my arch?" "How do I strengthen my plantar fascia?" "How do I strengthen my feet to run faster?"
This exercise progression can help answer all of those questions.
The short foot exercise is a great exercise to teach neuromuscular control for the arch of the foot and we use it quite regularly. But it's not as effective at strengthening the foot. This banded progression is one of the best ways to level up the exercise. By wrapping a power band around the foot as we do in this demonstration you can train the muscles that control the arch to get stronger in all three planes of motion.
Give it a try next time before you run for 3 sets of 10 reps . We use this in our treatment progressions for runners knee, plantar fasciitis, ankle sprains and to help our sprinters break through plateues.