Arm Swing
The four main components of the Chi Running form are posture, lean, heel lift and arm swing. This blog entry discusses arm swing. In Chi Running the arms are completely relaxed from the hands all the...
View ArticleUse your Center to Create the Forward Fall
The essence of Chi Running is the use of the momentum of the forward fall to pull you forward rather than using the muscles in your legs and feet to push you forward. It is important to be conscious of...
View ArticleImportance of Relaxed Ankles when Chi Running
The essence of Chi Running is the use of the momentum of the forward fall to pull you forward rather than using the muscles in your legs and feet to push you forward. The ankles play an important part...
View ArticleRunning Without Using the Muscles in the Lower Legs and Feet
In this blog I’m going to explain how Chi Running eliminates the use the muscles in you lower legs and feet to push you forward when you run. This significantly reduces the amount of running effort...
View ArticleVideo: Running Without Using the Muscles in the Lower Legs and Feet
Here is a link to a video that illustrates how Chi Running eliminates the use the muscles in you lower legs and feet to push you forward when you run. This significantly reduces the amount of running...
View ArticleBody Sensing while Chi Running
How many times while first learning the Chi Running technique have you tried to sense a certain part of your body (for example) to “ensure your lower legs are relaxed” or “ensure your center is in...
View ArticleFree Chi Running Lessons in Ottawa
A new session of free Chi Running lessons start on Monday July 11th 7-8pm. Info and directions can be found at http://www.runeffortlessly.com/Lessons.html. The goal of the complete session (approx. 8...
View ArticlePracticing the Forward Fall in a Static State
In Chi Running you create the forward fall by aligning your posture so you can draw a straight line through the center of your shoulders, hips and ankles. Then you lean your whole posture forward in...
View ArticlePracticing the Forward Fall in a Dynamic State – Unicycle Drill
In Chi Running you align your posture and lean forward to move your whole body weight in front of where your ankles contact the ground. If the muscles in your lower legs are completely relaxed so there...
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Creating Vertical Momentum for Uphills
In Chi Running you move our center of mass in front of your ankles so gravity pulls it downward causing you to fall forward. The momentum of the forward fall pulls you horizontally. This works well on...
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