Chirunning

Zusatztext " ChiRunning is the solution we've all been looking for to maintain high performance and avoid injury." -- Mark Cucuzzella! M.D.! masters winner! 2008 Marine Corps Marathon (2:34) Zusammenfassung The revised edition of the bestselling ChiRunning ! a groundbreaking program from ultra-marathoner and nationally-known coach Danny Dreyer! that teaches you how to run faster and farther with less effort! and to prevent and heal injuries for runners of any age or fitness level. In ChiRunning! Danny and Katherine Dreyer! well-known walking and running coaches! provide powerful insight that transforms running from a high-injury sport to a body-friendly! injury-free fitness phenomenon. ChiRunning employs the deep power reserves in the core muscles! an approach found in disciplines such as yoga! Pilates! and T'ai Chi. ChiRunning enables you to develop a personalized exercise program by blending running with the powerful mind-body principles of T'ai Chi: 1. Get aligned. Develop great posture and reduce your potential for injury while running! and make knee pain and shin splints a thing of the past. 2. Engage your core. Shift the workload from your leg muscles to your core muscles! for efficiency and speed. 3. Add relaxation to your running. Learn to focus your mind and relax your body to increase speed and distance. 4. Make it a Mindful Practice. Maintain high performance and make running a mindful! enjoyable life-long practice. 5. It's easy to learn. Transform your running with the ten-step ChiRunning training program. Informationen zum Autor Danny Dreyer! an esteemed walking and running coach! is a nationally ranked ultramarathon runner. He conducts workshops nationwide and lectures frequently at races and events. He is the coauthor! with Katherine Dreyer! of ChiRunning. Katherine Dreyer has more than thirty years of experience in the health! personal growth! and fitness fields. She partners with Danny to coordinate the international ChiRunning! ChiWalking! and ChiLiving programs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Introduction: Running Lessons from a T'ai Chi Master ChiRunning Versus Power Running How to Use This Book Chapter 1. ChiRunning: A Revolution in Running The Benefits of Running Why People Get Injured Power Running: No Pain! No Gain The "Chi" in ChiRunning Chapter 2. The Principles of ChiRunning: Moving with Nature Cotton and Steel: Gather to Your Center Gradual Progress: The Step-by-Step Approach The Pyramid: The Small Is Supported by the Large Balance in Motion: Equal Balance and Complementary Balance Nonidentification: Getting Yourself out of the Way Chapter 3. The Four Chi-Skills Focusing Your Mind Body Sensing: High-speed Access Breathing: Tapping Into Your Chi Relaxation: The Path of Least Resistance Chapter 4. The Basic Components of Technique Posture Lean: Gravity-Assisted Running Legs and Arms Let's Go Running Chapter 5. Transitioning into and out of Running Transitioning into a Run Preparing Your Mind Preparing Your Body Starting Your Run Transitioning out of a Run Ending a Run Cooling Down Stretching The Postrun Mind Chapter 6. Program Development: The Process of Growth Form! Distance! and Speed: The Three Developmental Stages of the ChiRunning Technique Creating a Running Program The Well-Rounded Running Program Intervals LSD Run Fun Run Hill Run Tempo Run Program Upgrades: When! How! How Much Chapter 7. The Beauty of Learning and the Blessing of Challenges<...

Autorentext

Danny Dreyer, an esteemed walking and running coach, is a nationally ranked ultramarathon runner. He conducts workshops nationwide and lectures frequently at races and events. He is the coauthor, with Katherine Dreyer, of ChiRunning.

Katherine Dreyer has more than thirty years of experience in the health, personal growth, and fitness fields. She partners with Danny to coordinate the international ChiRunning, ChiWalking, and ChiLiving programs.

Klappentext

Danny Dreyer, an esteemed running coach and a nationally ranked ultra-marathon runner, has over thirty years of running experience and is a student of internationally renowned t'ai chi master George Xu. He has been published in "Runner's World" and "Running Times, " and is the author of his own monthly ChiRunning newsletter. He lives in the Bay Area and has taught the ChiRunning method to thousands of people with profound results.

Zusammenfassung
The revised edition of the bestselling ChiRunning, a groundbreaking program from ultra-marathoner and nationally-known coach Danny Dreyer, that teaches you how to run faster and farther with less effort, and to prevent and heal injuries for runners of any age or fitness level.

In ChiRunning, Danny and Katherine Dreyer, well-known walking and running coaches, provide powerful insight that transforms running from a high-injury sport to a body-friendly, injury-free fitness phenomenon. ChiRunning employs the deep power reserves in the core muscles, an approach found in disciplines such as yoga, Pilates, and T’ai Chi.

ChiRunning enables you to develop a personalized exercise program by blending running with the powerful mind-body principles of T’ai Chi:

-Get aligned: Develop great posture and reduce your potential for injury while running, and make knee pain and shin splints a thing of the past.

-Engage your core: Shift the workload from your leg muscles to your core muscles, for efficiency and speed.

-Add relaxation to your running: Learn to focus your mind and relax your body to increase speed and distance.

-Make it a Mindful Practice: Maintain high performance and make running a mindful, enjoyable life-long practice.

It’s easy to learn. Transform your running with the ten-step ChiRunning training program.

Leseprobe
Introduction: Running Lessons from a T'ai Chi Master

Not long ago, I was running past a grade school. It was a warm, late-spring day, and the kids were out on recess. They were busy playing tag and chasing balls and just doing what kids do best -- running around. I stopped to take a swig of water from my bottle, and as I watched the flurry of little legs, I was reminded once again why I love to watch kids run. Every one of them had perfect running form: a nice lean, a great stride opening up behind them, heels high in the air, relaxed arm swing and shoulders. They had it all! One of my biggest desires as a coach is to help adults learn to run like they did as kids. It's such a natural movement when kids do it. It looks so effortless and joyful. Many books about running tell you to just go out and run like you did as a kid. There's just one problem with that suggestion: You don't have the same body today that you did back then. If you do, I'd like you to be my teacher.

So why don't adults run like kids, with that same ease and joyfulness? After running for thirty years and working with thousands of runners, I'd have to say that the two biggest factors are stress and tension. I can speak for myself, and maybe you can relate. Since I left the sixth grade, I have put my body through a wide range of physical and emotional stresses, such as tightening my shoulders when I'm worried, slouching all day at my desk, holding tension in my neck while driving -- the list is endless. Individually, these might not sound like a big deal, but when you add them all up over a lifetime, they have a major cumulative effect on how you move. I've also done a few radical things that have taken a bit more of a toll on my body, like skiing off cliffs and doing face plants while skateboarding. As Carolyn Myss, author of Anatomy of the Spirit, would say, "Your biography becomes your biology." With all of this abuse stored in my body, I'd be hard-pressed to run like I did as a kid. The good news is that for anyone with a little patience and perseverance, it is possible to get back to that state.

There are over 24 million runners in the United S…