Overstriding is a common cause of decreased running performance, running efficiency, and increased injury risk. In this blog, I detail 5 tips you can use to reduce overstriding and increase your running cadence.
Heel strike often gets the blame for negatively impacting running performance, running efficiency, and injury risk. However, over-striding is usually the true culprit.
The fourth tip to improve your running performance while preventing injury is to address holistic and external variables. I detail four key variables in this post.
The fourth tip to improve your running performance while preventing injury is to address holistic and external variables. I detail four key variables in this post.
If you’re setting running goals, there are steps you can take to set yourself up for success. The third tip to improve performance while preventing injury is centered on key training principles. In this post, I detail those principles.
If you’re setting running goals, there are steps you can take to set yourself up for success. My second tip to improve running performance while preventing injury is to break your overlying goal into smaller steps, ones that are actionable and more digestible. In this post, I detail how.
If you’re setting running goals, there are steps you can take to set yourself up for success. My first tip to improve running performance while preventing injury is to create a goal that is specific and measurable. In this post, I detail how to create such a goal.
Switching safely from a rear-foot strike to a mid-foot or forefoot strike needs to be done gradually – you need a plan that allows your musculoskeletal, neuro-muscular, and mind-body systems to effectively acclimate to the new strike pattern.
