I do get a little tired of the running economy issue and foot strike pattern for a couple of reasons: Its been done to death (I have covered it here , here , here , here , here , here and here ) and the fan boys get upset with me because the research which was not even done by me does not agree with what they have been preaching … go figure . Now we have another study that looked at kinematic and running economy changes following instruction similar to the Pose and/or Chi running method: A novel running mechanic’s class changes kinematics but not running economy Craighead, Daniel; Lehecka, Nick; King, Deborah L. Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research; 14 April 2014 A novel method of running technique instruction, Midstance to Midstance Running (MMR), was studied to determine how MMR affected kinematics and running economy of recreational runners
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Effect of Pose/Chi type running instruction on running economy
