NCAA Champion Parker Valby Shows What’s Possible With Intense Cross-Training

Parker Valby was on the Arc Trainer at one of the University of Florida’s student gyms recently, when a young woman spotted her. “Are you Parker Valby? I love your videos,” she said, referring to Valby’s TikTok. “Why are you training at the student rec?” Valby’s answer: “I like the Arc Trainer here.” The Arcs at the student gym have moving arm bars (the one at the athlete gym does not), and there are five machines lined up in a row, so Valby’s friends can hop on nearby and keep her company. It’s fair to say that she has her Arc training routine dialed in at this point. After struggling with injuries in the early part of her college running career and finding she could maintain her fitness with cross-training, Valby, a 21-year-old senior, now spends more time on the Arc Trainer—which is similar to an elliptical machine, with a slightly different foot path—than she does running. That routine has netted her, to date, four NCAA titles. In March, while winning one of those titles, she broke the collegiate record in the 5,000 meters, running 14:52.79. [View in Browser]( [Runner's World Logo]( [SHOP]( [RW+ EXCLUSIVE]( [SUBSCRIBE]( [NCAA Champion Parker Valby Shows What’s Possible With Intense Cross-Training]( [NCAA Champion Parker Valby Shows What’s Possible With Intense Cross-Training]( [NCAA Champion Parker Valby Shows What’s Possible With Intense Cross-Training]( Parker Valby was on the Arc Trainer at one of the University of Florida’s student gyms recently, when a young woman spotted her. “Are you Parker Valby? I love your videos,” she said, referring to Valby’s TikTok. “Why are you training at the student rec?” Valby’s answer: “I like the Arc Trainer here.” The Arcs at the student gym have moving arm bars (the one at the athlete gym does not), and there are five machines lined up in a row, so Valby’s friends can hop on nearby and keep her company. It’s fair to say that she has her Arc training routine dialed in at this point. After struggling with injuries in the early part of her college running career and finding she could maintain her fitness with cross-training, Valby, a 21-year-old senior, now spends more time on the Arc Trainer—which is similar to an elliptical machine, with a slightly different foot path—than she does running. That routine has netted her, to date, four NCAA titles. In March, while winning one of those titles, she broke the collegiate record in the 5,000 meters, running 14:52.79. Parker Valby was on the Arc Trainer at one of the University of Florida’s student gyms recently, when a young woman spotted her. “Are you Parker Valby? I love your videos,” she said, referring to Valby’s TikTok. “Why are you training at the student rec?” Valby’s answer: “I like the Arc Trainer here.” The Arcs at the student gym have moving arm bars (the one at the athlete gym does not), and there are five machines lined up in a row, so Valby’s friends can hop on nearby and keep her company. It’s fair to say that she has her Arc training routine dialed in at this point. After struggling with injuries in the early part of her college running career and finding she could maintain her fitness with cross-training, Valby, a 21-year-old senior, now spends more time on the Arc Trainer—which is similar to an elliptical machine, with a slightly different foot path—than she does running. That routine has netted her, to date, four NCAA titles. In March, while winning one of those titles, she broke the collegiate record in the 5,000 meters, running 14:52.79. 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