I have tried short strides, long strides, good arm movement, bad arm movement, heel strike, forefoot strike but it seems like i still have to give the same amount of effort when running. Any thoughts?
I have tried short strides, long strides, good arm movement, bad arm movement, heel strike, forefoot strike but it seems like i still have to give the same amount of effort when running. Any thoughts?
Changing my running form was probably the single best thing I ever did for my running. It didn't make me drop significant time immediately, but it made all runs more effortless and smooth. It felt great. Made me love running 10X more. So probably it has had more of a long term effect.
It just took research, time, and diligence to correct it
Yes. Try increasing your cadence.
superawesomness wrote:
Changing my running form was probably the single best thing I ever did for my running. It didn't make me drop significant time immediately, but it made all runs more effortless and smooth. It felt great. Made me love running 10X more. So probably it has had more of a long term effect.
It just took research, time, and diligence to correct it
^^This
Good running form is a natural offshoot of more running. You don't have to work at it other than getting out and running. Your body will naturally adapt to its most efficient running pattern. Most so called running drills are a waste of time, if not detrimental.
Knowerer wrote:
Good running form is a natural offshoot of more running. You don't have to work at it other than getting out and running. Your body will naturally adapt to its most efficient running pattern. Most so called running drills are a waste of time, if not detrimental.
Back that statement up.guess you need to ask why top level sprinters spend great amounts of time on drills. They don't just sprint and run to achieve faster times. High knees, a skip, b skip, hops etc are used for what? There is a latent sense of habitual wishful thinking that doing what we are used to and enjoy that becomes the only way to do it.
If you or anyone else is not open to methodology that may serve you it wont make a difference to try, but if you are open and believe , it may be the thing that turns your running to unrealized levels . You just have to be open minded.
Some people will always look different from others when they run. As long as you do the following when you run, you will generally be running fairly economical:
1. Keep tall by drawing your bellybutton to your spine
2. Keep shoulders low and drive arms hard
3. Focus on quick turnover
Knowerer wrote:
Good running form is a natural offshoot of more running. You don't have to work at it other than getting out and running. Your body will naturally adapt to its most efficient running pattern. Most so called running drills are a waste of time, if not detrimental.
Good art wrote:
Back that statement up.guess you need to ask why top level sprinters spend great amounts of time on drills. They don't just sprint and run to achieve faster times. High knees, a skip, b skip, hops etc are used for what? There is a latent sense of habitual wishful thinking that doing what we are used to and enjoy that becomes the only way to do it.
If you or anyone else is not open to methodology that may serve you it wont make a difference to try, but if you are open and believe , it may be the thing that turns your running to unrealized levels . You just have to be open minded.
Perhaps incorrectly, I assumed the OP was a distance runner. And you have stumbled on the real question here.
I have seen people do drills endlessly and still totally forget it all when actually running.
Watch a head on replay of a sprint race and you'll see that despite hours of drills most of the field is all over the place, apart from those who were already blessed with perfect mechanics.
I don't think form drills do any more than make a person look neater while running.
Trying to 'correct" your form is BS. You run as effeciently as your body is capable of.
Sounds like you haven't corrected your form.
Well the problem with the "you'll run as efficient as you naturally can. It'll fall in to place." argument is that when you add in elements that block your body's natural movements then how can you run as fast as naturally possible?
Arch support blocks your arch from flexing and acting like a spring, tight toe boxes hinder your toes from splaying as they should, a large wedge under your heel makes it so your Achilles tendon can't stretch as well as throwing your body out of alignment. I'm not even saying that people should run barefoot, but when stuff is getting in the way of your biomechanics, how can you run at your body's most naturally efficient way.
The majority of pro runners run with generally the same characteristics: forefoot strike, quick short strides, circular motion of feet/legs (foot kicking up to the butt and thigh driving and the foot coming back to hit below the hips), upright upper body.
I like this video as an example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJcHMVFb3pQ
Just look how their legs move exactly the same