Danny dreyer7/6/2023 Many women I work with suffer from hip problems while running. You want your foot to land underneath or slightly behind you, in line with your hips and shoulders. To keep your posture in alignment-which helps reduce injuries-while you're leaning forward, land with a mid-foot strike when you run. The lean is subtle don't lean so far forward you are out of control or actually falling. To do this, lean from your ankles, not your waist, and keep your spine straight. This lean also helps keep your body in alignment, with your foot landing under you. Why not make it work for us instead of against us? By adding a slight forward lean when you run, your body falls forward and you use gravity for your propulsion instead of your legs. One of the biggest forces we have to fight every day is gravity. By maintaining good posture, you lessen the amount of work your legs have to do and move more efficiently. It's common, however, for runners to slump the shoulders or bend at the waist, which then requires the leg muscles to support most of the body weight, instead of the stronger skeleton. When you run, you want to keep this alignment so your skeleton continues to be involved. Think about this: When you're standing straight, your joints are in alignment and your skeleton is supporting your weight. It's not a fluffy, hippie theory-it's based on the physics of body mechanics. ChiRunning focuses on posture, leg swing, the position of the pelvis and a forward lean.
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