Running biomechanics in Chapel Hill, NC

Runners often get injured because of being tense, running upright, and leading with their legs. Biomechanically efficient running accomplishes injury prevention and energy efficiency by teaching you how to run aligned, to relax your body, to use your core, and lean to allow gravity to pull you forward.  With energy efficiency you can run faster and longer. The essence of efficient running is to relax and let your body do what it was built to do, leaving stress, strain, and injury behind.

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With Beth, you will learn the components of biomechanically efficient running  to help you run injury-free for the rest of your life. To achieve energy efficiency and injury prevention, Beth will teach you how to cooperate with two main forces acting upon you while you are running – the downward pull of gravity and the force of the oncoming road. You will learn how to cooperate with gravity so your center of mass helps propel you forward and so you are not spending as much effort fighting gravity by pushing off the ground. Beth will teach you how to work with the force of the oncoming road  so it does not impede your forward momentum. This cooperation with gravity and the oncoming road will reduce unnecessary impact and save you valuable energy so you can run faster, longer, and injury-free.

 

Beth will guide you through exercises and drills designed to leave you with a clear sense of what efficient running feels like to the body. Time will be spent alternating between demonstrations, fun exercises and technique drills. The nature of the session will be relaxed and fun. Good running biomechanics shifts the workload from your legs to your core muscles. At the heart of the technique is running with a strong core and a relaxed body which reduces overuse and impact injuries.  When you can run pain-free and with less effort, the joy of running naturally increases and it can grow into a lifelong practice. Learn how to run as you were born to run – injury-free and effortlessly!​

 

Your personal training sessions can be devoted entirely to this focus or include other things you would like to work on. Want to know more: Contact Beth!