Nature Running

• Title in the original language: “Natural Running. The Simple Path to Stronger, Healthier Running”
• Author: Danny Abshire, Brian Metzler
• Genre: Sports

Summary

It is known that running is one of the most traumatic sports. "A drop sharpens a stone" - thousands of steps, taken incorrectly, overload the bones, muscles, ligaments, and the matter ends sadly - pains, and injuries begin, and many eventually leave this sport.

One by one, manufacturers release the latest developments in the field of running shoes, designed to redistribute the shock load: hyperelastic sole, thickened heel, and powerful insoles; but at first, the wrong running technique of those who use such shoes is finally spoiled: the soft sole, not allowing the foot to feel the surface, only consolidates the wrong running skills. In addition, the shock load will not go anywhere, it is transferred higher - to the knees, hip joints, and spine.

The best running is natural, and you only need to correctly use those shock-absorbing abilities of the foot, embedded in it by nature. The book describes in detail all kinds of problems that runners may have, ways to solve them, as well as exercise data and advice on choosing running shoes.

Quotes from the book

Errors during running lead to an increased expenditure of strength and energy, consumption of more oxygen, and more active work of the cardiovascular system in comparison with a similar pace when using a rational technique.