Hit the ground with your feet moving is a great catch phrase. So is practice makes perfect. But our knowledge of how our bodies optimally function and how our brain learns have greatly increased.
With that increase in knowledge we have now updated catch phrases.
In the breakthrough book, The Talent Code, Daniel Coyle clearly demonstrates that “Practice doesn’t make perfect”, the mantra of the best performers and coaches is “perfect practice makes perfect.”
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Part of that “Perfect practice” is learning and correcting your mistakes or inefficiencies. Simply going through the motions is the mediocre performer’s battle cry. You’re here to get better right?
The best runners in the world have many things in common; mainly efficiency of movement. They expend far less energy than most runners.
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- Their running stride is optimal
- Their Tissue quality is optimal
- Their hip and ankle mobility is adequate
- Their hip and core stability transfers optimal energy into the ground
With the runners I work with they have all increased there PR times using the preceding principles and forthcoming warm- up methods.
Most runners don’t do anything to prepare their body for running and the result is less efficiency and increased chance of breakdown and pain. This is simply going through the motions… BOOOO!
“What separates the elite runner from the recreational jogger- is not simply a natural gift or mental toughness” Says World Renowned Olympic Endurance Coach Mark Verstegen, “as much as the mastery of an efficient system that allows the body to cover more ground and get more out of each stride or stroke.”
Imagine a race car team just bringing out their car from the garage to race without checking to see if tires are in alignment, power steering is on, brake pads and gas work? CRAZY!
Well this (Your body) is the only car you will ever have and it has equivalents to tires and power steering. It takes a few minutes and will take time off your running so it’s a win-win for the SMART person who values getting BETTER!
· Poor tissue quality = quicker breakdown and pain.
· Sub-optimal stride = less ground covered/ slower times
· Poor hip mobility= back pain/ knee pain and energy leaks
· Poor Ankle mobility = knee pain and calve issues
· Poor core stability = MORE energy leaks/weaker strides
Here is the 5 min pre-running workout to open the door to getting better.
http://terranovafitness.blogspot.com/2013/12/runners-stop-banging-youre-head-against.html
Let’s get you to stop the mediocre battle cry and treat your only body like a high performance sports car.
