Natural Running
eBook - ePub

Natural Running

The Simple Path to Stronger, Healthier Running

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Natural Running

The Simple Path to Stronger, Healthier Running

About this book

Natural Running is the middle ground runners have been looking for. By learning to run the barefoot way, while wearing shoes, runners will become more efficient, stronger, and healthier runners. Backed by studies at MIT and Harvard, running form and injury expert Danny Abshire presents the natural running technique, form drills, and an 8-week transition plan that will put runners on the path to faster, more efficient, and healthier running.In Natural Running, Abshire explains how modern running shoes distort the efficient running technique that humans evolved over thousands of years. He reviews the history of running shoes and injuries, making the case for barefoot running but also warning about its dangers. By learning the natural running technique, runners can enjoy both worlds: comfortable feet, knees, and legs and an efficient running form that reduces impact and injuries.Natural Running teaches runners to think about injuries as symptoms of poor running form. Abshire specifies the overuse injuries that are most commonly associated with particular body alignment problems, foot types, and form flaws. Runners will learn how to analyze and identify their own characteristics so they can start down the path to natural running.Abshire explains the natural running technique, describing the posture, arm carriage, cadence, and land-lever-lift foot positioning that mimic the barefoot running style. Using Abshire's 8-week transition plan and a tool kit of strength and form drills, runners will move from heel striking to a midfoot or forefoot strike.Natural Running is the newest way to run and also the oldest. By discovering how they were meant to run, runners will become more efficient, stronger, and healthier runners.

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Information

Publisher
VeloPress Books
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781934030653
eBook ISBN
9781937716066

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction: Evolution to a Running Revolution
  9. 1 | What is Natural Running?
  10. 2 | Evolution of a Sport and a Shoe
  11. 3 | Into the Lab: Examining Your Running Form
  12. 4 | The Science of Motion: Three Gaits
  13. 5 | Foot Biomechanics: A Close Examination
  14. 6 | The Physics of Running: Whole-Body Kinematics
  15. 7 | A New Way to Look at Common Running Injuries
  16. 8 | Natural Running, Unnatural World
  17. 9 | Dynamic Strength and Form Drills
  18. 10 | Natural Running: An Eight-Week Transition Plan
  19. Resources
  20. Index
  21. About the Authors