May 27, 2008
POSE SWIMMING: NEW APPROACH TO SWIMMING
1. REMEMBER GRAVITY. If you thought that since this is swimming there's gonna be no talk about that whole "gravity thing" - think again. Gravity is here to stay, at least for now we hope. If gravity goes - so will we. We feel it's presence and work through our own body weight. But remember that our body weight is not our body mass. Our body weight plays a significant role in our movement - any movement. Swimming is no exception. Contrary to the traditional view of swimming technique as a "pull arm through a specific trajectory/push the water with...
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May 20, 2008
INJURIES: TO ICE OR NOT?
Icing was always a part of athletes’ life, but never to the extremes it is today. It almost seems to be the most recommended treatment for injuries, especially so in running. One can find heat application being recommended also, but not nearly as much as it should be and sometimes not for the right reasons. Icing or cold therapy with ice is recommended primarily for numbing the pain and reducing the swelling. Since pain is our body's signal that there is a problem and swelling is reduced by freezing the tissue, in reality icing does nothing more than masking...
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May 13, 2008
POSTURE
The topic of a correct or good posture has been touched upon in many of our previous articles but we never talked about it in detail. So, in this article we'll go over the definition of a proper posture from the Pose Method point of view and it's role in running. Everything starts with gravity. It is at the top of the "correct hierarchy of things" that we keep referring to in our articles. If it wasn't for gravity we wouldn't even look the way we do, to say the least about the way we move. While it's an omnipresent...
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May 06, 2008
HOW HIGH TO PULL THE FOOT UP IN RUNNING?
To know the answer to this question, one has to understand the purpose of the "pull" in running. In the Pose Method of Running, the pull is the last element of the technique that allows for the most efficient transition from one foot to the other. That's the purpose, now let's elaborate. Running is nothing but "change of support". If all we need to do is change our support, then the ultimate goal is to do that action with the least possible effort. Actively working just one group of muscles - the hamstrings - fits the purpose. So to run...
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