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Transition to Minimalist Running Shoes With or Without Gait Retraining?

This is an interesting one… A number of previous studies have looked at the mechanical and economy parameters with minimal running shoes compared to traditional running shoes. Some of these studies were cross-sectional and some were prospective and followed a period of adaptation or transition. One of the concerns expressed about some of these studies, especially from those who did not like the results, are about the adequacy of the instruction or education in proper running form that apparently should accompany the transition to the minimal running shoes Continue reading

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Effect of Pose/Chi type running instruction on running economy

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 Continue reading

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Pose Running and Running Economy

This is not exactly new research (its from 2005), but the response to the research in the blogosphere has been telling and follows a familiar pattern and it still continues to be mentioned, which kindled my interest to revisit this paper and review the reaction to it ( which is what I like doing !). This study transitioned 8 runners to the Pose method of running and used 8 as a control group. They measured a number of kinematic and economy variables at baseline and follow-up: Effect of a global alteration of running technique on kinematics and economy Journal of Sports Sciences Volume 23, Issue 7, 2005 George M Dallam, Randall L Wilber, Kristen Jadelis, Graham Fletcher & Nicholas Romanov In this study, we examined the consequences of a global alteration in running technique on running kinematics and running economy in triathletes. Continue reading

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