Salming Running Wheel™
Index
Salming Running Wheel
2-5
Salming RunLAB™ Running Analysis
6-7
Academy – Transition Road Map
8-9
Salming Rule of 5
10 - 11
Salming Running Shoes
Posture
one hub – five spokes
# Stand tall
# Feet straight ahead
Full Body Running™
12 - 57
Salming Running Apparel
58 - 69
Salming Running Accessories & Bags 70 - 73
# Knees soft (not locked)
# Relaxed shoulders
Running should feel light, balanced and comfortable. We know from experience that
most Runners feel when it is right. Dare to trust your own feeling; it is your most valuable
instrument if you want to shape a running form that is right for You.
# Use gravity to help create forward movement
# Lead with your chest and push hip forward
Having said this, Running is also a very complex motion and we do run with our whole body
and all parts interact with one another. Human beings comes in different shape and form,
differences in our biological make-up means what works for one runner will not necessarily
work for all and we will not all run alike no matter how much we would like that. Our advice
and guidelines below are important technical details for a good Running form – try to get
close to these.
# Keep balance
To get the body in a right alignment is the foundation of a good
running posture.
Good posture is essential to create the right conditions to move
in an efficient manner throughout all stages of the running cycle
and enable forces to flow through the body without energy loss.
Correct posture aim to maintain optimal balance, where gravity
works in your favour.
Lately, there has been a lot of focus on foot landing, we do however advice you to turn your
focus to what leads to a good foot landing and end the running cycle with a pre-tension
in the foot just before footlanding right under your centre of mass (body). Where you will
strike your foot is by a great extent determined by how your body moves up to foot landing
– you reap what you saw.
If a golf player hits a slice, then one would not start by isolated look at the ball
strike, but rather look at technical details earlier in the swing motion that leads
to the slice, same is true for your Running cycle.
The Hub – Pelvis (hip)
Lean
# Pelvis interacts with your all of your body’s
running movements
In most disciplines there is no ”free lunch”. Everything
comes at a cost. The good news for runners is that for
running there is actually free energy to gain. Gravity is
the free energy source – you just need to learn how to
best use it. You want to shift your weight forward from
the ankles in order to capitalize of the forward falling
motion and transition that gravitation brings Make sure
that you do not bend at the waist. The lean should start
at the ankle and involve the whole body.
# Mobility and flexibility around the hip area is essential
for good running mechanics.
# Hip is the centre of the mass for human body, it`s therefore
critical to position the hip correctly for effective running.
The pelvis is the Hub in Running and utterly it is from there all movements in
your body can be derived. A correct and well-executed movement in the pelvis in
interaction with your other body parts is the key to holistic Running, i.e. Full Body
Running. Posture, lean, arms and cadence are technical details which correctly
executed helps the pelvis to move in an effective manner, which eventually
results in a correct foot landing underneath your hips, i.e. your centre of mass.
If you push too hard with your quads without right hip position, you will most likely
end up overstriding with a heel strike. In order to generate a long powerful stride
without reaching forward with your leg and overstriding, you need to focus on
your hip position. Push hip forward, do not sit back.
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videos at salmingrunning.com
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Let the free running gravity work its wonders to your
running and you will run more efficient and effortlessly
than ever before. In your forward falling motion it is
essential to maintain balance in each and every part
of the running cycle in order to keep a good posture.
Posture and lean create conditions for a correct
foot landing.
When you get tired you want to avoid starting
slouching. Think about yourself as having strings
attached to your body, being pulled up almost like a
puppet. Run tall, run strong, keep balanced and use
the gravity to your advantage.
Hip extension, is when you drive your upper thigh (and leg) backward after your
foot makes contact with the ground. Hip extension acts as a throttle how fast
you are able to run.
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