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Barefoot training manual launched
Biomechanics export Lee Saxby and barefoot running specialist Vivobarefoot unveil e-guide to barefoot running
Barefoot running specialist Vivobarefoot and biomechanics expert Lee Saxby have launched an electronic guide to promote injury-free running and walking.
‘Proprioception: Making sense of barefoot running’ is a free e-book designed to offer a step-by-step guide to ‘reduce injury, improve performance and reawaken the innate skill of running and walking’. To this end, it has the aim of bringing about the ‘death of jogging’ by ‘breaking through the myths and misinformation’ surrounding barefoot running.
The guide explains proprioception, the secret to optimum performance and injury free running, commonly referred to as our sixth sense. Saxby said: “Humans have evolved as endurance running specialists, but approximately 80 per cent of all runners are injured each year. There are three natural locomotion forms for human beings: walking, running, and sprinting. Jogging is a modern invention, only possible in padded shoes. This e-book aims to stop the tyranny of jogging and teach people how to run.
“Running is a skill and the cornerstone of developing that skill is proprioceptive feedback.
“Proprioception from the feet informs the brain of the ground reaction forces encountered and triggers change to the most appropriate form of locomotion. It’s essential to enjoyable and injury free running. Understanding and developing your proprioceptive sense is the first step on the journey towards reawakening the skill of natural movement.”
It also features forewords from Christopher McDougall, author of ‘Born To Run’, and Harvard University professor Daniel Lieberman, as well as illustrations from renowned American illustrator Bryan Christie.
‘Proprioception: Making sense of barefoot running’ is available from April 6 from http://trainingclinic.vivobarefoot.com. It can also be downloaded as a PDF.
