#440 - Shane Benzie - Creating The Perfect Running Form
Modern Wisdom
Chris Williamson
4.7 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2022
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Shane Benzie is a running coach, movement specialist, researcher and the founder of Running Reborn.
Shane has travelled around the world to observe and analyse African tribes, Nepalese sherpas and Arctic Inuits in an effort to uncover the fundamentals of elite human movement. He's now applying what he learned to correct and enhance the form of the world's best runners.
Expect to learn how sherpas can be so strong, why changing your running cadence isn't a solution, whether minimalist running shoes help or hinder, what Shane learned about ancestral running patterns, plus his breakdown of the optimal head position, foot strike, hand and arm relationship, breathing pattern, stride length and much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Hello friends, welcome back to this show. |
| 0:03.1 | My guest today is Shane Benzi. |
| 0:05.4 | He's a running coach, movement specialist, researcher, |
| 0:08.5 | and the founder of Running Reborn. |
| 0:10.6 | Shane has traveled around the world |
| 0:12.2 | to observe and analyze African tribes, |
| 0:15.2 | Nepali's Sherpas and Arctic Inuits |
| 0:17.8 | in an effort to uncover the fundamentals |
| 0:19.8 | of elite human movement. |
| 0:21.4 | He's now applying what he learned |
| 0:23.1 | to correct and enhance the form of the world's best runners. |
| 0:26.9 | Expect to learn how Sherpas can be so strong |
| 0:29.6 | when they're so small, |
| 0:30.9 | while changing your running cadence |
| 0:32.8 | isn't a solution to all of your problems, |
| 0:35.0 | whether minimalist running shoes help or hinder |
| 0:37.5 | what Shane learned about ancestral running patterns, |
| 0:40.4 | plus his breakdown of the optimal head position, |
| 0:43.0 | foot strike, hand and arm relationship, |
| 0:45.8 | breathing patterns, stride length, and much more. |
| 0:49.4 | Bit of an update, I am back in Austin |
| 0:52.4 | after a couple of weeks in New York City. |
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