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flac  ·  3349 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: September 23, 2015

Not very well, no. I've been asking for advice from some of my more athletic friends, and they really stressed not overdoing it. I'll definitely check into that though, are there any specific videos/articles you would recommend?





Foveaux  ·  3348 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think they may have a point about the not overdoing it part - you don't want to start off over analyzing your gait and style. It'll be slow at the start while you tweak any weaknesses apparent.

My big one was keeping more upright - I had a sprint coach assigned to me for my sport of choice and they got me to keep my chest up, I had a tendency to let it droop when I get more into my stride, probably because it felt natural and I had been doing it that way for years; sort of lazy like.

It took me a while to get the mechanisms down after years of doing something a specific way, but if you're relatively new to the whole running thing I bet you'll be loving it in no time!

WanderingEng  ·  3349 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Looking at a couple now, this one hits all the points I found important for myself:

The part starting around 1:40 was especially important for me. I spent a lot of time running more slowly but making sure I didn't over stride and land on my heel. The video hits a lot of other good points, too.

_refugee_  ·  3348 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I watched this as I've been getting back into running lately, thanks for sharing. Personally I found I tended to overswing. But all in all, thanks for sharing. I forget what YouTube can be good for.