The Gait Guys- Runners Need Risk Management, Not Crisis Management
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog
4.5 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2016
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Today's episode is going to completely change the way you look at running form.
I'm sure we're all guilty of saying we have "bad form" while running. I know my own peroneal arthritis effects my form and the way I think about it, and that's why I brought the Gait Guys on the podcast.
It's time to get a new perspective! Durability is what Dr. Shawn Allen and Dr. Ivo Waerlop are all about.
Your running form isn't really what matters. It's how durable and economical that form is and what it's doing to and for your body.
Injuries, surgery, and simple ignorance are all responsible for our running forms, regardless of whether they're good or bad, but it's easier than you think to re-train your body to overcome discomfort and pain. You may not even need to change your running form at all.
Rather, we are going to discuss permanent moving patterns and how to make up for what your patterns might be lacking in order for you to have the [...]
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| 0:00.0 | What you see in someone's gate on a video isn't their problem even to having watching someone run is not their problem it's their compensation around the problem and it's one of our beefs with gate analysis |
| 0:11.0 | It doesn't tell you what's wrong wrong it just shows you what they're doing |
| 0:13.9 | around the working parts that they have and the non-working parts that they have. |
| 0:18.2 | So one of our kind of big beefs with all of the gate analysis that's out there it should be a tool and only a |
| 0:24.5 | tool not a diagnostic tool and exercises shouldn't be recommended from it. |
| 0:30.6 | Welcome to the Runners Connect Run to the Top Podcast, where it's all about learning from the best and most inspiring minds in the sport. |
| 0:40.0 | So together we can train a smarter, healthier and faster running community. |
| 0:45.0 | Now here's your host, Tina Muir. |
| 0:49.0 | Hello, this is Tina Muir. Hello, this is Tina Muir. Thank you so much for joining me for the latest episode of the |
| 0:57.7 | Run to the Top Podcast brought to you by Runers Connect.net.net. |
| 1:01.5 | So last week we were all part of a special wedding gift to Kiaria and |
| 1:09.2 | Francesco and if you are a romantic or if you just love running you're really going to love that one and |
| 1:16.1 | Kiaria has actually only been running for about a year so she if you are a beginner or you know someone is who is a |
| 1:24.4 | beginner there's lots of helpful advice for kind of how to handle it so I think you'll |
| 1:28.9 | get a lot from that one and if you're a bit of a romantic definitely get back and check it out. |
| 1:34.0 | This week I have a special treat for you. |
| 1:36.0 | These guys are the best in the business. |
| 1:40.0 | They are the most knowledgeable people I have ever talked to about biomechanics and gate, and I've talked to a lot. |
| 1:47.0 | Not to brag or anything. |
| 1:48.6 | I know you guys love to assess your running form and learn about how you can improve yours so this is a must |
| 1:54.0 | listen episode but if you hear you probably already want to listen so hopefully |
| 1:58.5 | that's good there is one problem though this isn't going to give you a quick fix and actually it's |
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