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March 28, 2006

POSE METHOD FOR OVERWEIGHT (OBESE) PEOPLE

I know that this topic is very sensitive and I have to come up with something helpful for people who are stuck between their desires to lose weight through running and not being able to run. This is a vicious circle for many people who got into this unpleasant situation. Is it possible to overcome this kind of obstacle? My answer is "Yes", but you have to go through some restrictions and discipline in your life. What we'll talk about is a common sense level, but it requires your commitment and mental focus. The body weight loss is a by-...

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March 21, 2006

WHAT DO I DO WHEN I GET TIRED IN RUNNING?

This question came up during a coaching meeting in the Netherlands and it reflects a very interesting mind-set regarding performance from coaches and athletes. Indeed, what can we do when fatigue emerges in our 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, gambling with rising fatigue 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 sport get tired...

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March 14, 2006

DOWNHILL RUNNING

Downhill running looks deceptively easy. However, from the experience with extensive downhill course such as Boston Marathon, it is very well known how devastating it could be even compare with the flat course. What is the problem lying beneath this? First of all, it is a skill of a runner to know how to use to his/her advantage and how to avoid trouble running downhill. What is the advantage of downhill running? Oh yeah, everybody knows how easy it is to "fly", "roll", downhill by gravity pulling until you can't handle it. So, from one side, you don't need to...

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March 07, 2006

RUNNING WITH BACKPACK

An interesting topic came from our readers who are trying to fit long running workouts into their daily routine as before and after day time office job workouts. But for this matter they have to run from home to the office with a backpack, which brings some discomfort, if we do not know how to adjust our run accordingly. What kind of adjustments can we do to make running with a backpack comfortable without sacrificing anything in running technique? Nothing really should be changed in major elements of running such as Pose-Fall-Pull, jus some adaptation to the specifics of carrying...

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