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Tag Archives: running economy
Yet another study shows heel striking is more efficient than midfoot striking
The running economy studies on rearfoot vs midfoot/forefoot and barefoot/minimalism vs shoes have been coming thick and fast this year and they pretty much all showing the same thing. I should not need to relitigate the issues I have bloged about here , here , here , here , here and here ! So straight to it: This one was just published: Rearfoot Striking Runners Are More Economical than Midfoot Strikers Ogueta-Alday, Ana; Rodr Continue reading
Enhancing Running Performance by Coupling Cadence with the Right Beats
This is another one of those ‘ getting a bit outside my area of expertise ‘ topics, so I not going to say a lot about it. It did catch my eye, especially in the context of all the recent research on running cadence and all the commentary on the role of changing the cadence to manage some specific overuse injuries: The Power of Auditory-Motor Synchronization in Sports: Enhancing Running Performance by Coupling Cadence with the Right Beats . Bood RJ, Nijssen M, van der Kamp J, Roerdink M PLoS ONE 8(8): e70758. Continue reading
Running Shoes and Economy of Running
The effect of the type of running shoe as well as running technique on economy of running has obviously been of interest in recent years. It can often be a trade-off between the weight of a shoe; the energy return from the shoe; and the increased muscular effort to midfoot or forefoot strike (and the surface being run on will also factor in as well). Up until recently, most of the studies were showing mixed results on the effects of running technique and shoes on the metabolic cost of running Continue reading
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Tagged running economy, running form, running shoes
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Running Economy and Shoe Heel Height
I don’t know what to say: Effect of Shoes’ Heel Height on the Energy Cost during Jogging Y.D. Gu and Z.Y. Continue reading
Foot strike pattern and ground-contact time – effect on economy of running
More studies have been appearing recently on the running economy and running technique issue. Here is the latest Continue reading
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Tagged biomechanics, cadence, running economy, running form
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Running economy: Forefoot vs Rearfoot striking
It now appears from the most recent data that there is probably no difference in running economy between barefoot or minimalist running and traditional shoe running; and now we have a study showing that there is no difference in running economy between heel and forefoot striking. This study has been around for over a year now and we have been hearing about it at conferences, so its good to see it published in full Continue reading
The ‘actuator lugs’ on the Newton Running Shoes
Just yesterday I had an email asking my opinion on the so called ‘actuator lugs’ on the Newton running shoes and as there was no research on them, my reply was essentially ‘ no opinion ‘. Not 24hrs after replying there is no research, there is now some research ( see below ) Continue reading
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Preferred Foot Strike Pattern and Soft Tissue Vibration
The simplified version of the ‘ Preferred Motion Pathway ‘ model is that each individual has a preferred pathway for a given task (and that will vary from person to person). The model considers that if you function within that pathway, then you are more efficient and have a less risk for injury. If you function outside that preferred pathway, then you are inefficient and at greater risk for injury Continue reading
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Tagged biomechanics, foot biomechanics, running economy, running form, sports medicine
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Running Shoes and Running Economy
I have been meaning for a while to write an article on all the differing results on the studies that have looked at running economy in traditional running shoes vs barefoot or minimalism. I wanted to create a table of all the studies to look at the results. I still will do that, but we have just had a flurry of new studies on this topic in the abstract book for the American College of Sports Medicine meeting to be held in Indianapolis 28 May-1 June. Continue reading
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Tagged podiatry, running economy, running form, running shoes, sports medicine
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