RUNNING MUSCLES
"Running muscles" is a constant on a "top
10 keywords" searches that lead to our website, according
to our website stats provided by Google's analytics program.
It is also one of the few questions that are constantly asked
no matter what we write or say. Various muscle groups and
their intended function(s) have already been discussed, but
it looks like we need to talk specifically about "running
muscles".
It is interesting to note how that key-phrase alone shows
us a significant difference between Pose running and how running
is traditionally viewed.
From the Pose Method® of Running point of view:
There are no "running muscles" per se,
because one should not take a human body "apart"
- these muscles are for running, these are for cycling, and
these are for walking, etc. This is not how it works. This
illusion comes from a foggy understanding of how a human body
should operate. Each muscle and muscle group perform their
own important function, but they are all interlinked. The
only muscle group that is actively used in running is hamstrings.
So if anyone insists on singling out "running muscles"
- then single out the hamstrings, but keep in mind that...
All muscles work in sync. Every muscle in
our body has its purpose and its intended function. We might
not know all of those things, but the best part is that we
do not need to know. The quads and calves work as "anti-gravitational"
supports, the hamstrings keeps the running cycle in motion,
the trunk and hip muscles help keep it all together, etc.
Everything works in synchronicity. Just like muscles, all
our limbs, all our body parts work in sync, each with its
own important function. Here's an example that should be easy
to visualize and remember, a body in sync is perceived as
grace, lightness, even beauty itself, and accordingly, a body
out of sync looks like an uncoordinated mess.
There are things we need and don't need to know.
It is human nature to want to know. But just because we're
curious, it doesn't mean we NEED to know. As a matter of fact,
certain type of knowledge prevents a lot of people from seeing
the "big picture". It's OK to amass information,
just don't loose sight of correct hierarchy of things. If
you want to do something like run, throw, jump, swim, what
you need to know is how to do it and what particular action
to take, singling out various muscle groups and focusing on
their work alone will not take you where you want to go, literally.
Whether we want it or not, our body, our muscles "know"
what they need to do and they do it. Our problems begin when
we insist on controlling every aspect of our body moving on
top of having the wrong instructions. While we think about
what we need to do to move our leg this way or that way and
we think of what muscles should be working - our body and
its constituent parts have already not only activated the
necessary muscles, but might have already finished the job,
too. The speed of our thought and consequent actions, no matter
how fast we assume we think, is a lot slower than any interaction
that naturally goes on within a human body. So, unless it
is your intent to slow yourself down, think only of the action
that needs to happen to promote a particular task at hand,
i.e. if you want to run, think only of the three key elements
of running technique: pose-fall-pull.
In our gravity controlled environment there is a particular
order of things that should be maintained when it comes to
movement of a human body. Keep those in correct order and
your movement - whatever it is, running, cycling, walking,
etc - is guaranteed to be better and more efficient.
Article by Dr. Nicholas Romanov
Composed by L. Romanov
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