The Six Laws of Running Form
Marathon Training Academy
Angie and Trevor
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we speak with physical therapy doctor, Matthew Silver, about the Six Laws of Running Form. Dr. Matt is author of the book ‘Built to Run -The Runner’s Guide to Fixing Common Injuries, Resolving Pain, and Optimizing Running Performance Now and for Life’.
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The Six Laws of Running Form
1. Do Not Overstride
2. Cadence is Key
3. Land on the Ball of Your Foot Then Heel Strike
4. Trust Gravity
5. The Heel Pull
6. Achieve True Midstance
Bio: Dr. Matt Silver is a sports physical therapist, running coach, and running form analyst. He founded Alpha Project Physic & Performance, where he shares his innovative approach to helping distance runners, marathoners, ultra runners, and athletes to run better with less pain and reach their running goals. He is the author of “Built to Run— The Runner’s Guide to Fixing Common Injuries, Resolving Pain, and Optimizing Running Performance Now and For Life.” He and his wife make their home in Frederick, Maryland.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Marathon Training Academy episode 458. |
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| 0:45.3 | Drink AG1.com slash MTA. That's Drink AG1.com slash MTA. Welcome to the Marathon Training Academy podcast where we empower you to unleash your running |
| 1:11.4 | potential. I'm Trevor and I'm Angie. In this |
| 1:14.3 | episode we speak with Dr Matthew Silver, author of the book, Built to Run, The |
| 1:18.4 | Run's Guide to Fixing Common Injuries, Resolving Pain, and Optimizing Running performance now and for life. |
| 1:25.3 | And that book title pretty much summarizes what we're going to talk about in this episode. |
| 1:28.9 | Lots of good stuff and just a reminder as an academy member you get our strength training program, our course on injury prevention and more. |
| 1:37.0 | Find out how to join the Academy when you visit Marathon Training Academy. |
| 1:41.0 | com. |
| 1:42.0 | All right, so Angie, a little announcement from the Boss... Academy. 406 qualifier qualified entry applications that were received during the registration week. |
| 1:56.0 | And they said with athletes from 120 countries in all 50 US states |
| 2:00.0 | that applied for the 2025 event and they have not announced who made the cut and |
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