A Passion for Running

Running Blog Family = RBF
Running Bare Foot = RBF
Running BlogFather = RBF

So, is all this coincidence, synchronicity or DESTINY?

I went to Aaron’s after work and practiced the most basic POSE drills in his living room while watching and comparing ourselves to the DVD.

These drills are HARD to master and they are the “EASY” ones! What we are learning now is essentially about developing basic balance in the POSE stance.

It will require a lot of strength and coordination development to learn this method.

My tidbit for today? One big element in learning the POSE is moving the body away from using the quads and toward using the hamstrings as the primary muscle for running. I can tell you this is entirely different from how my body is used to running. I wonder if there are any runners out there who can say that they run using mostly their hamstrings? How about you? Do you reach with your quads or lift with your hamstrings?

woa. this is way cool. well, cool for me anyway!

Spread the word, Richard is asking for forgiveness from the RBF.

Think you can find it in your heart?

In keeping with Chris’ challenge, I did a couple of different things today. First, I did a little cross-training on one of these:

MAN, that was hard work. I only rowed for 15 minutes but my hamstrings, butt, shoulders and arms killed me!

Afterward, I did some balancing on one of these:

And that was good stuff too. Good for the ankles, good for the arches, good for the core. All good stuff for running and it will complement what Aaron and I are going to do this evening – that being POSE drills.

Three new things in my belt today. Yay me!