[Fitness] POSE Question for Runners

[digitaldiscipline]

I tried POSE-style running at lunch today... is it supposed to feel like you're running on tip-toe, with your calves tight, the whole time?

Perhaps doing this on the lawn in my Vibrams to get a better sense of the "natural" way to do this, instead of in conventional sneakers.

I found my pace to be OK, but my calves got tired before anything else (which is unusual; normally it's my wind, since I'm out of practice).

Comments

[ivy]

Your heels do come down, they're just not the first thing to do so per step. But I did find it to be much more calf-intensive than anything else.

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

what the raven said...

for me, they come down, but not with huge bone jarring force... think gazelle like... when the ball of your foot lands, as your foot rolls back towards the heel, all that force is loading up your big bunchy calves, like a spring... and SPRING...

so, yup, it's a lot more intensive on the calves. expect some soreness for a while, but it goes away. also, your calves will get freaking huge and ripped.

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[anarcha.livejournal.com]

Personally, I think POSE (and Chi-running) is marketing hype/BS. /disclaimer

And yes, if you're making radical changes to your running form, you're going to get a lot of soreness. I'd tread carefully here (hahahaha). Seriously, if you're going to work on forcing your foot to strike a certain way, cut your mileage way down, lest you risk injury.

(take it from me -- injuries are no fun)

((and yes, before the POSE missionaries jump on me -- a) I'm a natural midfoot striker, so my injury is not an example of the evils of heelstriking; b) my injury was the result of a single stupid run in deep slush that I really should have done on the treadmill))

[anarcha.livejournal.com]

As for form recommendations, you really shouldn't be running on your tiptoes unless that is what comes naturally to you. A very few people are forefoot strikers, some are midfoot strikers, and many are heel strikers.

My two cents is that every body is slightly different, and will have it's own form. Don't worry about where your foot strikes; just make sure that it is ALREADY MOVING BACK when it makes contact with the ground (visualize running on top of a log).

Do that, keep your shoulders and hands relaxed, and try to avoid swinging your arms across your body. That gets you a lot of the way towards the "good running form" that's right for you.

[anarcha.livejournal.com]

FYI -- if you want to do some reading, this is a pretty good blog by two physiologists.

http://www.sportsscientists.com/2008/01/running-technique.html

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[girl-on-a-stick.livejournal.com]

yes

it gets better

[excess-and-oohs.livejournal.com]

i don't know what POSE is, but when i was a runner, i ran on the balls of my feet & toes. it makes me go fast and feel springy and i like that. makes sense that your calves would get tired.

sprinting is better (for me) up on my toes. longer runs get more foot.

but now i have to find out what POSE is. i don't run anymore and have't for a long time, except when manic, so ignore this.