769. 5 tips to improve your running form

1. Stretch them hip flexors – think low lunge or runners lunge.

These bad boys are constantly firing and are most of the time suppppeeerrr tight. 

2. Strengthen them feet, hamstrings and glutes – think bridges, donkey kicks, Romanians, arch crunches, 

Because they need to get worked out too or else we’ll be front strong and back weak 

3. Shorten your stride – land mid to ball of foot 

This helps save our knees and ankles from the dread heal strike 

4. Mobility exercises need to be a staple – deep squat, dead hang, shoulder cranks 

Because we want to look and feel like a runner, not a tinman. 

5. Breathe in and out through the nose

Because our mouths are made for eating. Maybe we can breathe out of the mouth. Plus, we shouldn’t usually be out of breathe when we’re running. We want to mostly be in that aerobic base. 

Why? 

To build our endurance, to lower our resting heart rate, to use the oxygen we breathe in more efficiently, to become more healthy. We can use the formula 180 – our age (I even round up to be safe) 

Thanks for tuning in – I appreciate your attention!

GO get your miles! 

Peace!!