This weekend I had the pleasure to attend a pose running clinic presented by the founder of the Pose Method, Dr Nicholas Romanov – Olympic coach and sports scitentist.
A small group of trainers, coaches and runners including the owners of CrossFitFX, Crossfit Sydney & Original Bootcamp took in 18 hours of theory and practical and came out the other side questioning why everyone isn't running with the Pose method.
The Pose method involves 3 key points. Pose, Fall, Pull. Assume the "Pose", fall forward then pull your foot off the ground to assume the "Pose" once again. Repeating this cycle will have you moving forward lighter, faster and more injury free than ever before.
You may think it a little weird to attend a clinic to learn how to run, but if you think about it, what sport or activity do you do that you don't have to first learn? Swimmer, golfers, weight lifters etc etc They all have techniques in place to perform well and stay injury free. But, if you attend most running groups, all you are given is how far and how often to run. It is merely assumed that you know how to run and you are now given sometimes ridiculous distances to run in the hope of becoming a better runner. What happens is that you become a stronger runner through training and developing a stronger cardiovascular base, but you don't become a "better" runner. One of the other main things that will happen is injury. If you have a poor running technique and you run 20km's a week, you are probably striking the ground 20,000 times incorrectly. This will not take long to manifest into an injury of some sort.
The Pose method involves a "standard" and any deviation from this "standard" can be regarded as an error. If you can eliminate the errors, you should be able to eliminate the injuries.
I'll give you a few basics and you make up your mind as to whether it makes sense or not;
One of the main points to the method is using your body weight to your advantage and not against it. If you look at a typical runner, they stand upright and run from heel to toe on every stride. There is mistake number 1. Your heel is a brake, so everytime you place that heel on the ground, you initiate a braking force into the body. So your pattern is project yourself forward then brake, project yourself forward then brake over and over again. By running on the ball of the foot, you eliminate this braking. But do not run on the toes, this will lead to calf injuries. It's the ball of the foot!
Use gravity to your advantage. Lean forward! If you are leaning forward, you are allowing your body weight to fall forward with gravity. When you do this, you are moving forward without using any muscular actions at all!. The next step is to pull your foot up from the ground and your other foot will hit the ground. By repeating this action, you are moving forward. Some might even say running!
Does it make sense? Trust me, the theory is much more in depth than this and there are far more things to think about while running, but this will get you started on your journey.
I am not saying it is easy to master, but what in this world that is worthwhile is easy to attain?
There is a wealth of information on the internet about Pose running, I urge you to do some reading of your own, but for all of my outdoor clients, we will be putting the focus on the pose whenever we run from now on!
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