Technique drills
Running shoes without heels promote proper biomechanics
Former world record holder in the 5,000m, Dave Moorcroft, tests a ‘heelless’ running shoes design by a Dutch PT.
It’s now common knowledge that running with a pronounced heel strike not only creates breaking forces that need to be overcome by the runner with each step, thus increasing the work involved in running, but these [...]
Form Running Drills
High Knee Kick Skips
Hamstring Kick Skips
Russian Kick Skips
Grapevine
High Knee Skip and Twist
High Knee Cross
High Knee Explosion
Bounding
22May2008 | sean | 1 comment | Continued
Running form cues - put momentum on your side
With so much focus aimed at how the legs move in running we often forget that the upper body moves in counterbalance to the lower body. This makes the angles and positions of the trunk and head important for efficient, injury free running.
From the waist up one should strive to have a slight forward lean. [...]
Running form cues
Running form is like our fingerprints as no two are alike. This doesn’t mean we can’t use cues to ‘check in’ on ourselves as we run and ensure we have our most efficient form being utilized. As a coach I use cues with athletes as gentle reminders of what to be mindful of [...]
1Feb2008 | sean | 0 comments | Continued
Lactate threshold training for runners
Lactate Threshold Training
For many the concept of the lactate threshold is an abstract one that they blindly value for its frequent association with running and multisport performance. The truth is, like many things in exercise science, the answer to what it is and how to improve it depends on the person you talk to.
Known also [...]
Running form drills for better running efficiency
Form running drill imagesForm running drills are an important training routine for runners of various abilities. By regularly practicing FRD’s the nervous system of the athlete will increase the neural pathways used in performing the drill. The result is an improved ‘technique’ to the runners form after weeks of consistent training with the FRD’s.To activate [...]
3Jan2008 | sean | 0 comments | Continued