Mittwoch, 24. Februar 2016

Leg muscles you use in running

1) The quadriceps stabilizes the knee and bend your hip (together with the hip flexors). The quadriceps also straightens your knee.

2) The hamstrings straighten your hip and the also help you lift your knee behind you.

3) The muscles of your lower leg, the soleus and gastrocnemius  extend and flex each foot.

4) The gluteal muscles (gluteus) extend the hip and stabilizes the trunk and keep you upright. 

5) Hip flexors and hip extenders move the legs forward and back. 

6) The hip rotator muscles stabilize the hip joint. 



Strong glutes and flexible hip muscles contribute to good running form and alignment. 

So, if you want to do a leg exercise or workout in the gym you have to choose one or two exercises which cover (almost) all the named muscle groups.

And - indeed - there is one exercise which covers all the muscle groups: It´s the squat (full body squat) or the back squat with weights. And when you do some rope skipping you have all you need for your leg muscles.   





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Sonntag, 21. Februar 2016

Running technique: Upper body

In running you should also concentrate on your upper body and not just on your legs and feet.

Your upper body and your lower body should work together as a team.

Your elbows should be bent at a 90-degree angle.  A bent arm will swing more easily.

Your arms should swing to the rear, so as if you want to elbow someone behind you.

An when you do the lean forward  your elbow swing to the rear will create the (new) balance

During the swing to the rear your fingers should come back to your ribs.

Keep your shoulders low.

Your hands should be relaxed. And your hands should not cross your centerline.



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Samstag, 20. Februar 2016

Running as a fine art

“The Tarahumara treat running as a fine art, something to be learned slowly and perfected over a lifetime......The goal isn’t necessarily to become fast; it’s to become good. Artists don’t obsess over speed; they obsess over mastering skills. For runners, that skill is form. The more you learn about moving your body lightly and efficiently, the closer you’ll be to running like the Tarahumara.” 

Christopher McDougall about the Tarahumara, native Americans who live in northern Mexico
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Freitag, 19. Februar 2016

Balance and fluid movement

             Bild:  Jörg Linder / leaning forward while running
 

As a runner you have to  get used to the point - during your lean forward - where you lose balance, where you lose control.

This is your balance treshold

So running is the ability to maintain body mass over the base of support while the body is in motion.

You have to work and run at the edge of this treshold.

Balance yourself in a way that creates fluid movement. This means dynamic balance.

Balance - and later on - posture is critical to your running performance.    

 
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Donnerstag, 18. Februar 2016

Balance, the center of mass and the center of gravity

Balance in running is more dynamic balance and not static balance.

Balance is the ability to maintain the center of mass (body mass) over a base of support.

So: Balance is a foundation. A foundation to move, to move fast, to run, etc.

The base of support in running is the foot or the mid-foot. 

And the center of mass is located near to your stomach. It is in 55% of height in women and 57% of height in men.

The center of mass is constant and always within the body.

When you are standing in an erect position the center of mass is located at the same point as the center of gravity.

But the location of the center of gravity shifts with movement. It shifts away from the center of body mass.

And this shift creates movement.

So in running it is a good idea to use the shifting away of the center of gravity from the center of mass.

You can do this with the lean forward described earlier in this blog. 
It is a good way to start.
 
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Sonntag, 14. Februar 2016

Running in Bühlertal

 Bild:  Jörg Linder


Running in Bühlertal


 




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Sonntag, 7. Februar 2016

Eine Stunde Begeisterung

„Glaube mir, dass eine Stunde der Begeisterung mehr gibt als ein Jahr gleichmäßig und einförmig dahinziehenden Lebens.“

 

- Christian Morgenstern








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Freitag, 5. Februar 2016

Straighten yourself up

When you straighten yourself up before (and during) running your hip muscles, your core and your lumbar muscle are engaged and acitivated.

This is better for your running posture than to run in a "sitting position".

You have to work harder when your running posture is not in a straight line.


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