Why are your feet important?
The answer to this question is simple: one pair must last a lifetime.
(Philip Maffetone)
Cycling
Cycling is a wonderful way to improve your health and work your
legs and feet.
Tai chi is not cardio-vascular - unless you get to do plenty of demanding
freeform partner work - so cycling can be a good way to workout.
20-30 minutes, 3 times a week is ideal. Do not free-wheel. Pedal for the whole
time period.
Maintain good breathing and posture.
If you are using a mountain bike off- road, please have some consideration for
the environment.
Tai chi
& running
The principles of tai chi can improve your performance in a
variety of sports.
Tai chi teaches you to:
relax muscles
loosen joints
rely on core stability
use less fuel
focus on the means rather than the result
reduce the risk of injury
do less
recover more quickly
The highly efficient way in which tai chi uses the body can be applied specifically to running.
Chi running
Danny Dreyer
has explored the biomechanics of running and adapted the way in
which he runs in order to maximise the
health benefit
and reduce the potential negatives.
He has written a book, produced a DVD, hosts a website and teaches workshops.
http://www.chirunning.com
Tai chi lessons
Our tai chi
classes are concerned with
awareness,
balance,
internal strength,
working with gravity and
applying tai chi in
practical situations.
These skills teach you to feel your body, to be
immersed
in your own physicality.
You learn to work within the
natural range of motion and use only the
necessary degree of
strength.
A runner can take these abilities and apply them to their exercise.
Books
These books are an interesting read:
Running with the Whole Body by Jack Heggie
Fix Your Feet by Philip Maffetone
Chi Running by Danny Dreyer
Running Within by Jerry Lynch
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