IMMEDIATELY START RUNNING FASTER
RUNNING
THE KEY
IS SIMPLE
USE LESS EFFORT
MORE OFTEN
180 STEPS PER MINUTE
(or at least 10% more than you're doing now. Faster steps, without increasing speed, reduces effort required per step. That multiplied by thousands of steps = an easier effort at a similar pace.
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WHEN YOU INCREASE SPM...
- Breathing becomes a little easier - Your effort each step/pedal dramatically decreases - Pain & soreness in “weird places” starts to dissipate
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DISTANCEPER
STRIDE
MORE EACH STEP
Put faster steps with longer strides and boom. You have speed. But how do you do that? Let's do a test
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DO 2 BROAD JUMPS...
One with locked legs. One where you can bend your knees. Which was better?
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PROBABLY THIS ONE 👆🏻
So why would you run by pulling with your hamstrings instead of pushing with your quads and glutes? Beat's me. Your body is meant to 'push' as a runner, not pull.
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LONG FAST STRIDES ARE..
Easier than expected. Quickening the cadence and effectively pushing (vs pulling) with the legs = new found speed with little/no extra energy.
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