Has anyone had a gait analysis done? Did you find it helpful? Something like this? http://pursuitathleticperformance.com/...t-analysis-packages/
My running needs a lot of work, so I’m considering it. Does anyone know someone closer to New York City that they can recommend? And maybe a tad cheaper? (gulp!)
runningwarehouse.com does it (free?), email them your video on the treadmill.
Why not start with free self-testing (either treadmill + mirror or video)? I think as with swimming analyzing your run movement is very beneficial (supplemented with reading (e.g., pose / chi) and studying examples of elite performance), but I personally wouldn’t pay to have gait / flexibility analysis (especially since biomechanically I am within normal parameters, not needing or wanting orthotics).
My running needs a lot of work
Simple solution: put in the work. A gait analysis isn’t going to do the work for you.
Waste of time and money. If you want to improve, run with people who know how to run. Or just run more
Simple solution: put in the work. A gait analysis isn’t going to do the work for you.
I did not say this is some kind of easy out, or that I did not intend to put in the work.
The goal is to make sure my form is good as I ramp up the miles, with the goal of avoiding injuries and to ensure my form is not limiting me.
Find a Pose coach in your area. I did that in 2003…still my coach till this day. I now teach running technique and do a ton of one time evals for local folks. There is a guy at Asphalt Green that I know: Josh Gold. Find a list in your area here: http://www.posetech.com/services/running_technique_specialist.html
work on short fast steps. i don’t know the exact studies, but scientists have analyzed elite distance runners and nearly all of them run around 180 steps/min. other than working towards the appropriate stride rate, i can’t imagine what a gait analysis would provide you.
I know several people that have had great results with PAP. The before and after stuff is fairly dramatic sometimes. Been meaning to go see them myself.
work on short fast steps. i don’t know the exact studies, but scientists have analyzed elite distance runners and nearly all of them run around 180 steps/min. other than working towards the appropriate stride rate, i can’t imagine what a gait analysis would provide you.
I would tend to agree with this. In Matt Fitzgerald’s recent book he claims that there is no evidence runners can make conscious changes to their stride that improve running economy.
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That 180spm rule gets around. I certainly have played with it, even to the point of creating a bpm workout playlist, but bear in mind that there is nothing magic to the number, and that elites are running north of 8-7:30 min/mile even for LSD. The point I think is simply to consider increasing stride rate and reducing stride length as an efficiency maximizer. That has certainly worked for me, and I currently am at about 170-175spm at 8:30 LSD pace. 180spm at 9-10:00min/mile+ likely is sub-maximal, but always good as a speed-up drill. I did find Romanov’s Pose book useful in this regard. I like to think of all of the three tri disciplines as technique-dependent, just like golf. I remember Romanov asked readers to watch a 10k race from about 4k in, and note the devolution of running efficiency & grace from FOP to BOP (and of course body composition and genetic luck)