HOW TO IMPLEMENT POSE METHOD DRILLS IN YOUR TRAINING

I am getting lots of e-mails about this question. Certainly it is a hot topic and I’ll try to answer it at least in general.

First of all, remember that your main goal in training is to develop your skill of running together with mental and psychological parameters of it. The skill of running could be broken down to three simplest elements: taking the Pose stance, falling forward and pulling the foot from the ground, where the pull is the final action of a single running step.

Whatever you are doing in training, you do it for one single purpose – to perfect your ability to produce continuously efficient pulling of the foot from the ground while falling forward. This is the essence of running. No matter how fast or slow, how long or short you run, the main question remains – can you continue to produce pulling and falling in the Pose, or not.

So in your training when you do strength exercises or run different distances and use different speeds, you are perfecting your pulling action and all your energy, your mental, psychological and physiological abilities must be devoted to this single purpose, helping you to execute it better.

In a single lesson your technique work could be boiled down to reproduction of the Pose, falling forward from the Pose and pulling your foot from the ground. You can choose some running drills from the DVD or book, whichever is available to you. Start from the simplest things, get a good perception of the Pose, train the fall and the pull and then implement them in running. First in a place, then in short running of 30-60m and then extend it to 200m, 400m, 1K, etc.

During your progression in training keep using some drills of your choice before (for refreshing) and after (for recovery) each training session. It would take 10 minutes to go through some 5-6 drills, but your perception will be sharpened.

You can check your technique during running as well through various drills that you can find in the book. Stay focused on these elements all the time and try to minimize your efforts and muscle tension as much as you can.