![]() “Running is the same way,” Eric explained. If not, inefficiency is guaranteed and injury is inevitable. Does everyone just swim the way they swim?” For every other sport, lessons are fundamental you don’t go out and start slashing away with a golf club or sliding down a mountain on skis until someone takes you through the steps and teaches you proper form. “Ask most people and they’ll say, ‘People just run the way they run.’ That’s ridiculous. ![]() Chapter 27Įveryone thinks they know how to run, but it’s really as nuanced as any other activity,” Eric told me. They had no choice: the only shock absorption came from the compression of their legs and their thick pad of midfoot fat Jesse Owens, Roger Bannister, Frank Shorter, and even Emil Zatopek all ran with backs straight, knees bent, feet scratching back under their hips. ![]() The puzzling conclusion: the more cushioned the shoe, the less protection it provides. ![]() It seems that expensive shoes (more support, etc) actually make us more prone to injury. The book presents arguments against expensive running shoes. ![]()
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