Running.
If you believe the internet then running is:
Going to make you fat and weak, cos “cardio”
Not natural for human beings
Will ruin your knees
Will hurt your back
Will cause plantar fasciitis
And a whole lot of other misconstrued, conformation bias lead claims.
Claims that are mere correlation, not causation.
If you follow my work, you will know that I approve of running. It IS completely natural for the human being to run, to run well, to be able to run at a variety of speeds of a variety of distances.
And while it is very true that a great many runners fall victim to injury, mostly in the lower body, I believe that this has nothing to with the act of running itself and everything to do with the body being ill prepared for running.
It’s my opinion that poor biomechanics are more to blame than poor choice of shoes. Many runners take on ambitious weekly mileages with little to no thought on how they run.
And the myths that are spouted by the running media is, well, pure mythology. Very little talk of bio mechanics, of introspectively developing a smooth, efficient style that optimises your individual attributes. And those that do talk about running methodology, usually try to get everyone to fit into a one size fits all approach.
And I’m sure I don’t have to convince you that one size does NOT fit all.
But then through my Anatomy in Motion studies, I met a fellow practitioner named Helen Hall. Helen, it turns out, is a running coach, a bike fitter, an accomplished Ironman Triathlete who runs the Perpetual Forward Motion School of Efficient Running (PFM)
When she launched her book “Even With Your Shoes On” I was on the waiting list and received a very early copy. Which I devoured voraciously.
The approach laid out is anathema to the majority of other running coaches.
The PFM style is way of encouraging self learning. To offer exercises and drills that offer experiential learning with a set of progressions based on where you actually are.
A way of finding how you and your body can run without developing the issues that are “expected” in fact, because your develop “your” running, the potential is there to clear up the causes of those problems as your joints move better, in greater synchronicity, loading the correct tissues in the correct manner, ie the manner in which they have evolved to be loaded, a way that is actually built into our DNA.
That is possibly the longest sentence ever written……
Enough waffle, lets get to the point.
Helen will be in Dublin to teach this method in person for one day only.
On April 6th, 15 lucky people will spend the day with Helen, and myself of course, on a one day workshop where she will bring the information in her book to life.
The day is strictly limited to 15 places, first come, first served. If you don’t book, I can’t promise you a place, I expect this to sell out as there’s already been interest as I’ve been setting this up.
This will tell you all about the topics we’ll be covering, the times and location and most importantly, how to secure your spot:
You don’t have to be runner to benefit from this.
Running is superb supplementary training to develop the aerobic system for any sport. Especially for Combat Athletes and Kettlebell Sport competitors.
To please the marketing gods, here’s another booking link:
€75.00 – €100.00Read more
I hope to see you there
Regards
Dave Hedges www.WG-Fit.com
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