TIPS ON RUNNING THAT I HAVE FOUND HELPFUL OVER THE YEARS!
I thought I’d send you some tips on “jogging” (running) that I have found helpful to me over the years! Once you get to the point that you’re ready for them, you might want to try some on, so to speak! Just like everything else we discuss, you can give them a couple of tries (or three) and if they work for you then use them but “modify” them to “make them yours!” If you find out that they don’t work for you then just toss them aside and create something that does work better for you!
• when running, look ahead on the trail (or road etc.) about 15 to 20 feet ahead of you! This will keep you from looking down towards your feet.
• Wherever we look, then that’s where our head wants to go so if you need to look directly down towards the ground you can just “scroll” your eyes instead of dropping your chin and allowing the pressure of the weight of your head to “lead” you into starting the process of actually looking down by moving your head down. By avoiding positioning the weight of your head to go down you can also avoid creating poor posture which could lead to your lower back to start hurting (once that happens, usually things just continue to get worse)
• When you run, think of trying to let the entire bottom part of your feet to touch the ground at the same time. It probably won’t happen but at least you won’t be doing as much of “hard heel striking” which will, over time, jar the joints in your lower body and create pain within those joints!
• A small amount of the distance of your running (training) should be done as “laterals” or “grapevines” or possibly even backwards running. If you do this you will go a long way to strengthening other areas around the joints (instead of just pounding the same areas all the time) of your lower body and that will be more “healthy!” If you don’t do some of those types of moves then prolonged forward striking will probably cause injury at some point. Thanks! “The” Trainer/Inside Out Fitness
