Smooth running tips.
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Hi Nyal,I often use my
Hi Nyal,
I often use my shadow as a kind of video of my running style. I'm usually quite happy with my form.
One tip I think I heard was that if you wear any kind of jewelery around your neck when you run, it should stay fairly still on your chest. If it is bobbing up and down the your torso is moving too much in the vertical direction rather than moving smoothly horizontal.
I have found that the only way to get smooth is total relaxation, the more relaxed you are the better your form gets. I always start off slow, give the arms and hads a loose shake.
The only thing I try to 'feel' is pulling the foot off the ground as soon as I feel the contact. The faster you can do this and get your reaction time up the lighter you will feel.
Doing the Pose drills is always a great way of getting your form right.
Neil
Hi Nyal,
I often use my shadow as a kind of video of my running style. I'm usually quite happy with my form.
One tip I think I heard was that if you wear any kind of jewelery around your neck when you run, it should stay fairly still on your chest. If it is bobbing up and down the your torso is moving too much in the vertical direction rather than moving smoothly horizontal.
I have found that the only way to get smooth is total relaxation, the more relaxed you are the better your form gets. I always start off slow, give the arms and hads a loose shake.
The only thing I try to 'feel' is pulling the foot off the ground as soon as I feel the contact. The faster you can do this and get your reaction time up the lighter you will feel.
Doing the Pose drills is always a great way of getting your form right.
Neil
One word: RelaxLet your body
One word: Relax
Let your body take over and don't force yourself to run, let yourself just run like it was made to do.
One word: Relax
Let your body take over and don't force yourself to run, let yourself just run like it was made to do.
One tip I think I heard was
One tip I think I heard was that if you wear any kind of jewelery around your neck when you run, it should stay fairly still on your chest. If it is bobbing up and down the your torso is moving too much in the vertical direction rather than moving smoothly horizontal.
We girls use our ponytails to gauge that. ;-)
One tip I think I heard was that if you wear any kind of jewelery around your neck when you run, it should stay fairly still on your chest. If it is bobbing up and down the your torso is moving too much in the vertical direction rather than moving smoothly horizontal.
We girls use our ponytails to gauge that. ;-)
And not these body parts!
And not these body parts! Trust me! Nothing to see here. Move along, move along. ;-)
And not these body parts! Trust me! Nothing to see here. Move along, move along. ;-)
Or horror run, depending on
Or horror run, depending on who you are looking at. My eyes! My eyes!
Or horror run, depending on who you are looking at. My eyes! My eyes!
You're talking about Dr. Mark
You're talking about Dr. Mark Cucuzzella, member of the BRS, and soon to be one of the three docs in our Ask the Docs forum. Danny Dryer of CHI Running says keep your head level, so does KB, but I think that's one of the basic recommendations for good form.
You're talking about Dr. Mark Cucuzzella, member of the BRS, and soon to be one of the three docs in our Ask the Docs forum. Danny Dryer of CHI Running says keep your head level, so does KB, but I think that's one of the basic recommendations for good form.
