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Theory & Practice: What is good running form?

To consider good running form as belonging just to elites doesn’t make sense. Good running form is the result of learning the skill.

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Theory & Practice: Muscle Elasticity

What is muscle elasticity? If you were to stretch a muscle you would see it shrink back a bit. In plain words, it’s a natural ability to recover to original form upon the removal of the force initially applied. In physical activity it is the ability of muscles to perform work, specifically, to contract rapidly after and immediately prior to extension. A human body is a mix of physics, geometry, psychology and all that good stuff, so we should not talk about muscles and their function as separate from the whole. Muscles are a part of our entire system, and…

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Theory & Practice: Stride Frequency and Muscle-Tendon Elasticity Complex

Stride frequency is a very important parameter of running technique. Why do we pay so much attention to it? Why is 180 so important?

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Theory & Practice: The Pose – How It Works

As mentioned in another article, when moving, our body goes through an infinite number of poses in space and time. Among the multitude of those poses there are those that play an essential role in forming our movement as a whole. Those poses are referred to as ‘key poses’ (or simply poses now), as Dr. Romanov named them, because they are at the center, they connect the preceding pose with the pose that follows, while serving as a conductor of energy and all forces involved, and producing the most efficient movement. In the Pose Method the understanding of the correct hierarchy of interaction of the forces involved,…

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Technique: Going Barefoot Has Its Benefits

And there are many. It will help you improve coordination, balance, perception, it will help you develop the foot muscles neglected and virtually atrophied due to wearing traditional shoes. The health of our feet is vital. A minor deviation could negatively reverberate through the entire body inside and out. Our feet are also indicators of the health of the rest of our body. Modern shoe industry completely disregards this otherwise our shoes would look very different. It’s not a panacea Running barefoot is not a miraculous solution to your running injuries as many naysayers happily noted in the recent years….