This list of tips and tricks may help you to speed up the process of acquiring a proper running technique.
1. Focus on just one aspect in your running technique at once.
By completely focussing on just one of the improvement points in your running technique at once, you will speed up your progress significantly. By strategically improving several aspects in your running technique one by one, you will have a proper running technique much faster.
2.Make it a habit to focus on the way you are running regularly
When it becomes a habit to regularly think about the way you running while you are running, you will subconsciously start to improve your running technique. The first step to a proper running technique is being conscious about the way you are running. It is hard to change something you are not aware of.
3. Filming your running technique
A great way to discover how you are running is by filming yourself. Make a videotape of yourself from different angles, in order to get a complete image of your running style.
4. Compare yourself to professional athletes
After filming yourself, I would like to encourage you to compare your video to some athletes who are famous for their smooth running technique. By doing so, you will see exactly how your running style is different and you may see some things you could improve. Don’t forget that a part of your running technique is fixed by your genetics, so not every aspect of your technique can or should be changed. Some great examples are Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele, Bernard lagat, Eliud Kipchoge, David Rudisha and Moses Mosop.
5. Take short breaks to do some drills during your easy runs
Optimise your running technique while doing easy runs by doing some specific drills. I am not talking about taking like five minutes to do exercises, but just a few seconds once in a while to do a drill. Make sure you do a very specific drill and focus on just one aspect of your running technique. For example, when you want to increase the rhythm of your steps, stop every ten minutes to do some high rhythm skipping’s.
6. Do a bare foot warmup once in a while
When you are running bare foot, you get a much better feeling of the way you are running. Especially when you are a heel lander this is a great wat to improve your technique. It is pretty uncomfortable to land on your heels when you don’t have the protection of your shoes. But watch out! Although this is a great way to improve your technique, it is easy to get a injurie when building up to quick. So don’t be a fool and build up the amount of bare foot running you do slowly.
I hope these tips and trick will help you to improve your running technique!
1. Focus on just one aspect in your running technique at once.
By completely focussing on just one of the improvement points in your running technique at once, you will speed up your progress significantly. By strategically improving several aspects in your running technique one by one, you will have a proper running technique much faster.
2.Make it a habit to focus on the way you are running regularly
When it becomes a habit to regularly think about the way you running while you are running, you will subconsciously start to improve your running technique. The first step to a proper running technique is being conscious about the way you are running. It is hard to change something you are not aware of.
3. Filming your running technique
A great way to discover how you are running is by filming yourself. Make a videotape of yourself from different angles, in order to get a complete image of your running style.
4. Compare yourself to professional athletes
After filming yourself, I would like to encourage you to compare your video to some athletes who are famous for their smooth running technique. By doing so, you will see exactly how your running style is different and you may see some things you could improve. Don’t forget that a part of your running technique is fixed by your genetics, so not every aspect of your technique can or should be changed. Some great examples are Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele, Bernard lagat, Eliud Kipchoge, David Rudisha and Moses Mosop.
5. Take short breaks to do some drills during your easy runs
Optimise your running technique while doing easy runs by doing some specific drills. I am not talking about taking like five minutes to do exercises, but just a few seconds once in a while to do a drill. Make sure you do a very specific drill and focus on just one aspect of your running technique. For example, when you want to increase the rhythm of your steps, stop every ten minutes to do some high rhythm skipping’s.
6. Do a bare foot warmup once in a while
When you are running bare foot, you get a much better feeling of the way you are running. Especially when you are a heel lander this is a great wat to improve your technique. It is pretty uncomfortable to land on your heels when you don’t have the protection of your shoes. But watch out! Although this is a great way to improve your technique, it is easy to get a injurie when building up to quick. So don’t be a fool and build up the amount of bare foot running you do slowly.
I hope these tips and trick will help you to improve your running technique!