Saturday, August 9, 2014

Improving Your Running Form: Posture

(This is an excerpt from my upcoming Natural Running Guide.)

Good running form starts with good posture. Posture describes the “three natural curves” of the spine. For running, good posture describes your body making a straight line from your head, shoulders, pelvis, and ankles.

If you don’t utilize good running posture it becomes very difficult for you to efficiently use elastic recoil (described in another post). This is because a kinked posture forces your muscles to work harder to keep your body from collapsing, preventing you from reusing much of your running momentum.

Bad Posture
Because there are so many ways that a person can have bad posture when running, I'll just use an example that makes it very difficult to use good running economy (discussed in a later post). First and foremost, DO NOT SLOUCH when running. Slouching misaligns your running column and requires more energy from your muscles for support. It also reduces the amount of elastic recoil energy that can be stored in your feet and calves.


Good Posture
Correct posture is all about standing tall but relaxed. Your body should be straight (like a column), with your head, shoulders, hips, and ankles lined up. This alignment allows your skeleton—and not your muscles—to do most of the work of supporting your weight.


Also, your posture will largely follow the position of your head, so make sure to keep your head and eyes are forward. Your pelvis should be in a neutral position (not tipped forward or backward, but level).

Finally, for some passive acceleration (discussed later), lean at the ankle.

Improving Your Posture
Correcting poor posture takes a little while to master, mostly because standing with good posture will initially feel weird and "unnatural." However, if you do the following drill twice a day (once when you wake up and once before you go to bed) for the next month, your brain should re-learn what correct posture feels like, making your old poor posture feel weird.  


  1. Find a tall, flat wall.
  2. Place your heels, butt, shoulder blades, and the back of your head against this wall (if you have a big derriere, then your heels, shoulders, and head may not actually touch the wall). Imagine that you are pulling a string anchored to the top of your head. As you pull this string, your body should straighten.
  3. Make sure that your lower back is NOT arched too much.
  4. Make sure that your head is level (eyes forward) and directly above your shoulders.
  5. Hold this position for 30 seconds. 
  6. Memorize this position and maintain it while walking and running.

13 comments:

  1. cool stuff you have got and you keep update all of us. posture corrector brace detail

    ReplyDelete
  2. Love to read it,Waiting For More new Update and I Already Read your Recent Post its Great Thanks. running track resurfacing, athletics track flooring

    ReplyDelete
  3. In the event that you know your blessing beneficiary likes to stay in shape (or is continually whining of being unsuitable). For this situation, it tends to be helpful to buy in to the wellness place; I think it is an extraordinary present for Ph.D. understudies, regardless of whether the installment is an option exclusively for a preliminary. Buy College Assignments

    ReplyDelete
  4. Concentrating from the solace of home deduces that there is no persuading inspiration to take drive to appear at the grounds. This puts to the side understudy's bundle of cash to the degree traffic, public transportation costs, ending, and gas, and it in like way saves time for understudies. While distance getting, looking at the conversations, submitting tasks and participating in class can be fundamentally basically as fundamental as checking into the grounds objections. Proofreading Service Uk

    ReplyDelete
  5. The educational plan is the most propitious thing which the instructors, just as the understudies, experience in the higher examinations. Buy Essay Online, The educational plan helps the educators a ton to give addresses on the various exercises in a viable and productive way.

    ReplyDelete
  6. TV Series Leather Jackets, Coats and Collection is available for fans and supporters. Shop with confidence and get your favorite TV star collection at top celebs jackets. Kevin Costner Yellowstone Series Quality Jacket

    ReplyDelete
  7. Their assignment writers across. Do My College Homework the globe are well trained in their chosen field of study which reflects in multiple offer. It is important to choose the best one among the many.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Alaqsa Store offers largest variety of Alaqsa Store fresh halal meat near me Halal meat near me to your doorstep. Now offering free shipping all over US.

    ReplyDelete
  9. use great running stance. can you help me on my assignment it turns out to be undeniably challenging for you to proficiently utilize flexible backlash. This is on the grounds that a wrinkled stance powers your muscles to work more enthusiastically to hold your body back from imploding, keeping you from reusing a lot of your running energy.

    ReplyDelete
  10. you do the accompanying drill double a day for the following month. Pay Someone To Write My Essay - Wewriteessay.co.uk your mind should re-realize what right stance wants to make, your old helpless stance feel peculiar.

    ReplyDelete
  11. I have bookmarked your website because this site contains valuable information in it. I am really happy with articles quality and presentation. Thanks a lot for keeping great stuff. I am very much thankful for this site.
    Hormone Replacement Specialist

    ReplyDelete
  12. Best Casino near Harrah's Resort Atlantic City, NJ in 2021
    Harrah's 수원 출장안마 Casino. 1 Atlantic 논산 출장안마 City Boulevard, Atlantic 보령 출장마사지 City, NJ 08401. 상주 출장안마 Directions · (609) 사천 출장마사지 317-1000. Call Now · More Info. Hours, Accepts Credit Cards, Accepts

    ReplyDelete
  13. casino, poker room, blackjack, bingo
    casino, https://vannienailor4166blog.blogspot.com/ poker goyangfc room, blackjack, bingo herzamanindir.com/ room, blackjack, bingo room, poker room, poker febcasino room, poker room, poker room, poker room, poker room, https://deccasino.com/review/merit-casino/

    ReplyDelete