RUNNING TECHNIQUE FOR EVERYONE: from overweight to average
Common vision of running as a difficult and almost impossible
physical exercise for overweight people, which could crush
their bones, joints, ligaments and tendons, is unfortunately
confirmed by reality. In spite of obvious benefits running
could bring to their cardio-respiratory system and consequently
for their overall health, the possible injury side of this
exercise scares away people with overweight condition.
Is there no hope? Are these people condemned from running
once and forever? The answer is no, there is hope and this
hope is the Pose Running technique.
One of the most asked questions I am faced with at my presentations
and various discussions is: How is it possible for the Pose
Method of running to work for everyone? Indeed, is it really
so? All our experience, knowledge about running tells us that
there are elite runners and everyday joggers, sprinters and
marathoners, etc.
All these facts tell us that all these kinds of running are
different. More than this, it looks like running is just designed
for slender people only, with relatively small body weight,
and consequently overweight people are naturally deprived
of this.
First of all, in order to overcome this negative image we
have to understand that gravity field, where we live, really
doesnt care what size and weight you are. Gravity is an inseparable
and dominating part of our existence, invisibly and permanently
penetrating our life from the cellular level on to the whole
organism. It is a force, because it accelerates our body with
the constant acceleration of 9.81 m/s2 down toward the Earth.
No matter the size of the body, it accelerates them with the
same rate non-stop, 24/7. The rate of this force doesnt really
change and with some approximation, we could say that it is
the same everywhere on Earth.
Taking this reality into account, we have to understand that
this is the only option we have, and we have to learn how
to deal with this. What should we do to develop beneficial
relations with gravity? What kind of skill we have to have
in order to use gravity? What are we supposed to do, no matter
our body weight and size, to make our run safe and skillful?
In the Pose Method we learn to use gravity by falling forward
from a specific body position on support, which we call the
running Pose. This position doesnt depend on any personal
or other differences, but only on gravity requirement to make
our body available for falling forward and by this using gravity
as a propulsive force.
So the problem is how can an average or overweight person
accommodate himself to this? The first condition for this
accommodation is to develop understanding and practical use
of this knowledge, remembering that the only restriction for
us is our level of skill, because nature doesnt adjust to
your level of skill (Lawrence Gonzales Deep Survival, W. W.
Norton & Company, 2003), its us who have to do this. Accordingly,
we have to develop our ability to run (fall) with the speed
and distance allowing us to fit and fulfill this requirement.
While we are doing this step by step, our body becomes more
skillful, our muscles become stronger and as a by-product,
our cardio-vascular system develops, as well. So the solution
for this problem lies in acquiring the skill of movement,
which is not restricted by our body weight at all, but only
by our ability to focus on the learning process.
While the skill can be developed, the bio-motor abilities
of a person can be changed as a by-product of skill development.
The outcome of skill development is reduction of injuries
and an increase in overall fitness and on a higher level freedom
of movement.
Dr.Romanov
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