4 Biggest Beginner Running Technique Mistakes to Avoid

Taren's MōTTIV Method Podcast

Taren Gesell

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🗓️ 2 December 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Some people say all you have to do to get better at running is run more, while others say you have to focus on technique before you add volume in order to run better. Who's right? Taren and Jamie discuss that, and talk about the four biggest beginner running technique mistakes to avoid when you're starting out in running or triathlon.

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0:00.0	What's up Motivators, Taryn here. Today's guest is me, co-hosted by Jamie Delamore.
0:06.6	Today we are going to talk about the four biggest beginner running technique mistakes to avoid.
0:13.0	Now, you might be saying, hey, I've heard that if you just run a lot, your body will figure out the right technique.
0:20.1	On the other hand, you might be
0:21.6	going, oh, hey, I want to hear about these technique mistakes because I've heard that improving
0:26.9	your running technique will make a big difference. In my opinion, both beliefs are somewhat correct
0:33.7	and somewhat wrong. I certainly believe that there is a lot of validity in working on
0:39.5	your run technique at some point in your running career. Hopefully that's early in your running
0:44.5	career, but if you've never focused on your run technique, odds are you've brought in a number of
0:50.3	bad habits. The reason for this is that our bodies aren't meant to run with shoes and they
0:55.3	aren't meant to run on hard surfaces like concrete. So these two things change our natural
1:02.1	biomechanical movement patterns away from what our body naturally wants to do. We do want to
1:09.3	honor our natural biomechanical movements, so making sure that we are
1:14.0	bringing our technique towards something that is very natural for us to do while avoiding some of
1:21.1	those bad habits that crop up when we run on pavement, especially at the start of our running
1:26.7	career, and run with shoes all the time at the start of our running career, and run with shoes all the time
1:29.7	at the start of our running career, is really critical. So if you've never worked on your run
1:34.9	technique, odds are there are a couple of things that you can improve. But as I talk about in
1:39.3	this podcast, it's important to not always obsess about your run technique because the people that say,
1:45.8	hey, you shouldn't ever focus on your run technique, your body will learn a good and efficient
1:50.1	run technique. There is some validity to that. So we talk about all of that. When should you focus
1:56.0	on your run technique? What are the biggest beginner running technique mistakes to avoid?
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