Training With Dr.Romanov: POSE RUNNING DRILLS Archives

POSE RUNNING DRILLS

FROM DRILLS TO RUNNING
A recent post on the forum summed up a topic for today's training article. Some beginners seem to have trouble understanding how to go from Pose running drills to actual running and going for a particular distance. There was valuable advice given by the Pose Coaches and forum members, but all of it was rejected as "non-answers". This is not the first time it's happening. So let's take a look at this situation and try to get to the root of the problem. How does one transit from drilling and running short distances to "simply running" and running longer distances?... [Continue reading...]

CHANGE OF SUPPORT DRILL
This element is the foundation of the Pose Method of running and basically is the model of Pose technique. As a model it is a very simple form, a position simulating very closely, but not fully, real running. Change of support is the function of falling forward from the Pose, which is a vertical and balanced position of the body on support. As you know, you can't move forward unless you move out of balance-lean forward. This is where the forward movement comes from. But this is only half of the deal. If you don't get back to the falling... [Continue reading...]

WHAT IS THE BASIS FOR RUNNING DRILLS?
I hoped that I made things clear about drills in my previous article "To drill or not to drill?" We use drills to develop our perception; what follows are the by-products, which we call coordination, agility, muscle strength, quickness and so on. But from the discussions on the forum I see that this was still not enough to make your drills more meaningful and easier to perform. Are we missing something? I think so. I think we are missing something tangible to bring more sense into your "drilling" procedure. Let's look at the performing of drills in a simpler way,... [Continue reading...]

TO DRILL OR NOT TO DRILL?
An interesting question, isn't it? On the one hand, as we all know, everyone who learns something is doing it through drills - in swimming, tennis, golf, etc. On the other hand, it is boring stuff, especially in running, where our common sense doesn't even speak of drilling at all. In running we just run, and now we have this new fashion - Pose drills. Is it really so necessary to go through this "trouble"? And if there's no way we can do without it, then what's the minimum, we have to do? The problem sounds something like that, I... [Continue reading...]

TECHNIQUE DRILLS FOR ADVANCE POSE RUNNING
What is the essence of advanced running technique? How do we see it in the Pose Method®? As we know the Pose Method® is based on three major elements of running technique: Pose-Fall-Pull, which can be learnt through specific drills. In spite of their simplicity all these elements are fundamental at all levels of progression, from the beginner's to advanced. So, what is the difference between perfecting these elements through specific drills at the beginner and advanced levels? Another question is what is the reason for perfecting them from one level to the other? It is easy to give an... [Continue reading...]

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... [Continue reading...]