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By: Running after 40 | The Fitness Quest

Running after 40 | The Fitness Quest — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:02:54 +0000

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By: Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog Carnival 140 | How To Build More Muscle

Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog Carnival 140 | How To Build More Muscle — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:27:27 +0000

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FitBuff.com's Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:26:49 +0000

Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog Carnival 140…

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By: Brett Legree

Brett Legree — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:49:54 +0000

(PS – the book is really big, don’t worry – it will eventually open, all 153 pages!)

By: Brett Legree

Brett Legree — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:48:30 +0000

If you’d like a nice book on running (proper form and much, much more), have a look at this – don’t worry, it is free to distribute.

Even if you read the first 20 to 30 pages you will learn a lot. I realized I was doing a lot of things right, but a lot of things wrong as well.

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1409696/Running%20Fast%20and%20Injury%20Free%20-%20Gordon%20Pirie.pdf

(This is from my Dropbox account.)

Barefoot Ted’s site is one of the best resources online for minimalist running – I learned a lot here and there’s always good stuff to read.

If you want to learn more about this stuff just let me know!

By: Eliza

Eliza — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:28:14 +0000

@Brett and @XUP- I am totally willing to give these a try. I don’t like running shoes either. I like the freedom of running like I did as a kid.

By: Eliza

Eliza — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:27:10 +0000

@Davina – walking is just as effective as running. It just takes twice as long to burn the same amount of calories as running. And it is still weight bearing, although not quite as much. I get exercise induced asthma, but my brother who runs told me to run through it. It works! I can actually feel my lungs snap open. But that’s not the same as your asthma, and I know that feeling of being run over by a truck. Not nice!

By: Eliza

Eliza — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:24:38 +0000

@Army Wife *giggle*

By: XUP

XUP — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:42:09 +0000

I love Brett’s shoe suggestions. I’m going to see if I can find me some because I’m really not fond of running shoes. This is great. I’m learning stuff!! Thanks Brett

By: Brett Legree

Brett Legree — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:53:53 +0000

@Eliza,

I probably sound like a fanatic (well, I am!) but as long as you’ve not punished your feet to the point of deformity with bad shoes (high heels with pointy toes etc.) you would be surprised.

The arch of your foot provides enough shock absorption to run on concrete or asphalt if you run properly (and you’ll know in the first 20 steps or so if you are – land on the balls of your feet, then lower your heels, let the arch take the shock – much simpler description of what’s happening, but your body knows what to do).

Generally any sort of padding in shoes just kind of “tricks” your body into thinking things are okay – most of the shock (95 percent) still reaches your body, and if this makes any sense, because your feet are padded, you unconsciously tend to strike *harder* so as to get some feedback to your feet.

(200,000 nerve endings or so in your feet)

Put another way – I’m around 200 pounds or so. I was running near barefoot late one night (in the funny toe shoes). I make virtually no noise when I run, so light are my steps.

A nice young lady who might have weighed 110 soaking wet ran by me from the other direction, and I could hear her about 200 yards away, her foot strikes were so loud.

(I’ll show you whenever I do happen to make it to your house to prove to you that Friar and I are not the same person!)

I will let you know, though – the Sockwas are a little less extreme and so may not generate so many questions.