BFwillie_g wrote:You're
Overstriding meaning that my feet go to much in front of me? That bouncing is already very limited compared to a couple years ago and the steps are already much shorter with higher cadence. The short steps come at the price of very limited foot-lift (which might also be a result of just energy conservation).
On the uphill video I was jumping a lot left and right to avoid roots, therefore the crosses of the center line happen more than they usually are. I nerver knock my knees but it has happened that a foot hits an ankle. Indeed I do have a very narrow track, the feet are not far off the center. What gives you the impression that the core is weak ? How would that look different and what would I need to train in order to strengthen the core ?
I can do that but in that case energy consumption gets horrible, way to much energy needed to reverse those heavy legs in direction in such short intervals. Feels very unnatural. I tend to do this when running downhill in order to avoid heel-striking too much, there is a built in hesistance to do that barefoot currently, so the downhill video will not show that.
Where would the arms help in that case, usually it is told that arms should be relaxed hanging - not doing that as I find that uncomfortable. When taking very short steps in high cadence the problem with the arms as well rises that I can not move the mass fast enough those long distances so that they get that far up and back down on that frequency.
I can bring my feet higher up and used to do that when running in old puffy shoes on shorter distances, doing it with my current movement pattern would throw me into much larger steps bringing the feet much more in front, because how I currently move the higher the foot gets at the back the more in front it will swing for the step. Usually I do this to run faster.
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Jörn
BFwillie_g said:You're running in invisible shoes. You're overstriding and bouncing up and down, you're even doing it going uphill, just like you'd see in any casual runner wearing big, puffy foot coffins. And this is going to cause you some serious trouble sooner or later.
Overstriding meaning that my feet go to much in front of me? That bouncing is already very limited compared to a couple years ago and the steps are already much shorter with higher cadence. The short steps come at the price of very limited foot-lift (which might also be a result of just energy conservation).
BFwillie_g said:The 'rear' video gives me the impression that your core is weak, too. You don't seem to have a lot of control over what your legs are doing and it looks like they're actually crossing the center line, meaning the left foot is landing on the right side and vice-versa. Do you ever bang your ankles together while running? Or your knock your knees?
On the uphill video I was jumping a lot left and right to avoid roots, therefore the crosses of the center line happen more than they usually are. I nerver knock my knees but it has happened that a foot hits an ankle. Indeed I do have a very narrow track, the feet are not far off the center. What gives you the impression that the core is weak ? How would that look different and what would I need to train in order to strengthen the core ?
BFwillie_g said:Or, you might just be too relaxed. That's another bad habit a lot of us get from those horrible shoes. Too relaxed = too much bounce, not enough support for the joints, terrible energy-usage.
Regardless:
The simplest, most effective and safest 'corrections' you can make are still the classics: increased turnover rate + drastically shortened stride length. Try it. Shoot for 200 (doch, zweihundert) steps per minute, without increasing your forward speed/pace (meaning you'll have to take really short, choppy steps).
I can do that but in that case energy consumption gets horrible, way to much energy needed to reverse those heavy legs in direction in such short intervals. Feels very unnatural. I tend to do this when running downhill in order to avoid heel-striking too much, there is a built in hesistance to do that barefoot currently, so the downhill video will not show that.
BFwillie_g said:Also, while doing this, you could add some arm work into the mix. Push your elbows up and back, very snappy, like there's someone behind you and you want to bang him in the chin. Use your arms to count the 200 steps per minute and just relax the legs ... There are a lot of variations on these things (und, wenn du mal Zeit hast, fahr nach Kulmbach und wir können doch ein wenig zusammen trainieren
Where would the arms help in that case, usually it is told that arms should be relaxed hanging - not doing that as I find that uncomfortable. When taking very short steps in high cadence the problem with the arms as well rises that I can not move the mass fast enough those long distances so that they get that far up and back down on that frequency.
BFwillie_g said:Another really good exercise for you, specifically, would be good old 'Anfersen' - butt kicks. Lay your hands on your butt cheeks, palms outward, to the rear. And kick your feet up behind you, smacking your hands as hard as you can. Do this at fast as possible - bapbapbapbapbapbap! - and force your upper legs to remain as vertical as possible. Your forward speed will be very slow but this is a tough exercise (anstrengend).
I can bring my feet higher up and used to do that when running in old puffy shoes on shorter distances, doing it with my current movement pattern would throw me into much larger steps bringing the feet much more in front, because how I currently move the higher the foot gets at the back the more in front it will swing for the step. Usually I do this to run faster.
BFwillie_g said:Grüße aus Oberfranken und einen Guten Rutsch!!!
Danke und Ein frohes neues Dir
Grüße
Jörn