January 27, 2009
HIGH KNEES DRILL IN RUNNING - POINTLESS OR HELPFULL?
If you ask us - it is pointless and is actually slightly damaging, especially if you want to run fast. The irony? This is one of the most popular running drills for speed. The popularity of this drill is due to the visual misconception of the movement that happens during running. What looks like an active move, is a by-product of another move in reality. Let’s see, what running is. Running is a movement in the horizontal direction. Movement in the vertical direction has a different name - jumping. Now, back to the high knees drill - an exercise that...
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January 20, 2009
RUNNING IN THE MILITARY
Running is a key component of physical fitness and perhaps the most important aspect of conditioning for wartime duty. (Pfc. Christopher Gaylord). So it is shocking to know that an overwhelming majority of military service men and women, as well as incoming recruits, get injured while running. It surely doesn't happen due to the lack of desire to run better, or lack of preparation, or lack of physical strength, etc. It mainly happens because: 1) most of us were never taught how to run properly; 2) those who were taught, were taught to run in an inefficient, injury-prone manner. Running...
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January 13, 2009
IMPROVE YOUR BALANCE TO INCREASE SPEED
In general, better balance translates into a more coordinated effort and higher precision of movement regardless of sport, so working on balance should be an important part of any good training regimen for any athlete. But how does our balance affect our speed? The answer is - indirectly, but rather significantly. Now let's break it down to expose the inner-workings of fast movement. Centuries ago a visionary extraordinaire Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) wrote the following about motion, balance, and foot contact: "Motion is created by the destruction of balance, that is, of equality of weight, for nothing can move...
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January 06, 2009
BAREFOOT AND HEALTHY
How's going barefoot connected to being healthy? Very directly. Lots of people have already found that out and are enjoying the benefits. Going barefoot holds many good things for everyone without exception. It will help you improve coordination, balance, perception, it will help you develop the foot muscles neglected and virtually atrophied due to wearing traditional shoes. Anyone even remotely familiar with Chinese medicine, or at least acupuncture, knows how vital the health of our feet is. A minor deviation could negatively reverberate through the entire body. Modern shoe industry completely disregards that, otherwise our shoes would look very different....
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