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Technique: How High to Pull Your Foot Up When Running?

Many runners try to control how high their foot travels without realizing what actually determines it. This article explains why foot height is a…

Why Human Running Has Barely Improved: 1 Second in 100 Years

One second in one hundred years raises a difficult question. In a century of technological and scientific progress, sprinting has barely improved.

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The Curious Case of Andre De Grasse: What Really Makes Sprinters Faster

Andre De Grasse’s plateau exposes a recurring flaw in sprint training: isolated physical qualities rise, yet speed remains unchanged. His case highlights the deeper mechanism most approaches overlook.

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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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Running for Life: The Pose Method® Approach for Senior Runners

Longevity in running begins with precision. Discover how learning the mechanics of movement can protect your joints, sharpen coordination, and keep you moving well for years to come.

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Musculoskeletal (MSK) Pain: Forefoot Pain (Ball of Foot)

While forefoot pain can result from various factors, including injuries, unsuitable footwear, and underlying medical conditions, this article will focus on forefoot pain (pain in the ball of the foot), which is a common musculoskeletal pain associated with running.

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Theory & Practice: The Pose

Discovered by Dr. Nicholas Romanov, The Pose unveils movement as the universal language of human action. From this insight emerged the Pose Method—a framework that transforms how we understand, teach, and experience movement itself.

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Training: How to Keep Good Running Form for Long Distance

While different distances do require different training plans, the running technique used, however, remains the same. Here’s why.

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CrossFit: Increase WOD Running Speed in One Day

For all their variety, an overwhelming majority of WODs have one constant – running. That’s a lot of running in a community that says it hates running!

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Technique: Head Position When Running

The head position is a crucial point in making the muscular system of the whole body engaged in a specific way. It could be more efficient or less efficient and balanced depending on the head position orientation. As a consequence, the movement of the body could be more efficient and better balanced or not. Head The reason for this influence lies in the anatomical and physiological structure of the head. With such organs as vestibular apparatus in the ears and cerebellum, directly defining and regulating the body’s position in space, the head has an exceptional influence on any movement. This regulation is…

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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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Theory & Practice: What Is Overstriding in Running?

Overstriding seems simple, yet confusion surrounds the term. The reason is clear: without a standard, it’s impossible to define or identify what “too much” really is. If someone tells you that you’re “overdoing” something – because that’s essentially what overstriding means – you might ask: How do you know I’m overdoing it? Maybe I’m just doing it differently. Who decides what’s too much? Without a standard, the conversation becomes endless speculation, shaped by opinions rather than grounded in principles. This is where natural laws and biomechanics provide clarity. Running follows the same physical laws that govern all movement. The Pose…

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Et Cetera: 5 Things You Should Know About the Running Pose

Every single person who runs goes through the Running Pose, but not everybody is Pose Running. Click here to find out why.

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Technique: Usain Bolt Can Top His Own World Record

Usain Bolt could run 100m in 9.11 seconds. Given his constitution, genetics and his running technique he has what it takes and then some.

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Training: How to Increase Running Speed in One Simple Step

Whatever your current running speed is, you can run faster immediately by simply changing just one thing. Nothing else will give you the same result.

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Theory & Practice: The Role and Importance of a ‘Standard’

We use the word ‘standard’ on daily basis, we’re all very familiar with its meaning. Here’s a quick sample of the meaning given in a dictionary just so we’re on the same page: standard |ˈstandərd| noun 1 a level of quality or attainment 2 an idea or thing used as a measure, norm, or model in comparative evaluations: the wages are low by today’s standards | the system had become an industry standard. • (standards) principles of conduct informed by notions of honor and decency: a decline in moral standards. • a form of language that is widely accepted as…

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Technique: Proper Body Alignment in Running

When running, proper body alignment becomes even more important. Considering the level of impact associated with running we must be even more diligent.

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Technique: Analysis of Usain Bolt’s Running Technique

What is hidden behind the outer, visible picture of running that defines the superiority of this talented sprinter?

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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: 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?