CATEGORY | Perception

How to Wear Running Shoes the Right Way

Learn how the right fit and lacing prevent black toenails and blisters — so your running shoes support precision, not problems.

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The Free Falling Concept: Using Gravity for Effortless Running

Developed by Dr. Nicholas Romanov in 1977, the Free Falling Concept redefines running as a partnership with gravity – transforming effort into ease and movement into skill.

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Training: Remedy for Fatigue When Running

“What do I do when I get tired when running?” This question came up and it reflected a very interesting mind-set regarding performance from coaches and athletes. Indeed, what can we do when fatigue emerges when we run? Do we have some options in how to deal with fatigue? Obviously not many options exist, nevertheless many coaches and athletes “hope” that there are some magic tricks to go around. Some choose to gamble by using something yet unknown to science. Is it a question “what do I do?” when a tennis player, swimmer or any other athlete in any other…

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Technique: How to Run on Ice or Any Slippery Surface

Ice is a demanding surface and most people feel and move awkward on it. Even athletes that seem to be adept at the most complicated of moves often find themselves struggling to stay on their feet to say nothing of walking or even running on ice. Ability to run on ice (or any slippery surface) without the help of any ice traction devices has a certain irony to it. It unequivocally extinguishes all debate on running technique and effortlessly removes all thought up forms and variations of technique and leaves Pose Running as the only viable option. Push off? Paw back? Extended…

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Overstriding in Running: The Most Common Running Technique Error

What Is Overstriding in Running Overstriding in running occurs when the foot lands too far in front of the body’s center of mass.This creates braking forces that slow forward movement and disrupt efficient mechanics.In efficient running, the foot lands under the body during support rather than ahead of it. The idea of landing ahead of the body seems simple, yet confusion still surrounds the term. If someone tells you that you’re “overdoing” something – which is essentially what overstriding implies – you might ask: how do you know? Maybe I’m just doing it differently. Who decides what is too much?…

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Theory & Practice: Do We Know How to Run?

Does the above question make any sense to anyone who is involved in running? Isn’t running a natural, simple and accessible for most people exercise for health, pleasure and competition? Is there anything wrong with this picture? By the latest statistical data, there are about 33.6 million people only in the US, including people running in some exercise program, which makes running the most popular and also the most dangerous kind of sport, because by the same statistical analysis, 2 out of 3 runners are injured every year. This statistic was first shown in the 70’s, when the running boom…