<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #993366;"><em><strong>PART 2 - USING GRAVITY TO RUN (FREE FALLIN)</strong></em></span></h1>
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<h4 style="text-align: left;" align="center"><span style="color: #993366;"><strong>Why tap in to using gravity when running?</strong></span></h4>
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<h4><span style="color: #008080;"><em>It's free movement, only the cost of momentum is expended. </em></span></h4>
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<h4><em><span style="color: #008080;">Using gravity (by falling into your next transitionary stance) produces zero lactic acid and uses zero muscle glycogen (energy).</span></em></h4>
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<h4><span style="color: #008080;"><em>Once you're in the 'right' position, it's easier maintaining momentum.</em></span></h4>
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<h4><span style="color: #008080;"><em>You'll reduce potential of injury as effort is decreased.</em></span></h4>
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<h4 style="text-align: left;" align="center"><span style="color: #993366;"><strong>What are the key features related to your running stride?</strong></span></h4>
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<h4><span style="color: #008080;"><em>Once again focus and prioritise holding your 'best' most balanced posture - break this 'shape' and expect a dip in performance.</em></span></h4>
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<h4><span style="color: #008080;"><em>Consider your all-important hips moving forward at all times - your hips drive and lead your momentum moving forward - 'not', sending your body either up, down, or side to side.</em></span></h4>
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<h4><span style="color: #008080;"><em>Consider yourself a wheel with your hips playing the role of hub.<a href="http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/wheel-clipart-at-the-wheel-clipart-1.gif"><img class="  wp-image-3048 alignright" src="http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/wheel-clipart-at-the-wheel-clipart-1-300x300.gif" alt="wheel-clipart-at-the-wheel-clipart-1" width="230" height="230" /></a></em></span></h4>
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<h4><span style="color: #008080;"><em>Do not lean forward from your nose or chest.</em></span></h4>
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<h4><span style="color: #008080;"><em>Think perfect posture and slightly tilt forward from your hips.</em></span></h4>
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<h4 style="text-align: left;" align="center"><span style="color: #993366;"><strong>Why all this?</strong></span></h4>
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<h4><span style="color: #008080;"><em>Ultimately our goal is to limit or most certainly reduce up and down movement - limiting your vertical oscillation (see more details in PART 4).</em></span></h4>
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<h4><em><span style="color: #008080;">The higher you drive from the surface, as in up, usually by way of; 1) over-striding at the front of your stride, 2) extending through the knee joint on take off (engaging and exhausting the quads), and 3) driving your landing foot (harder) into the surface, which will all contribute to greater challenges at point of impact.<a href="http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/up.jpg"><img class="  wp-image-3054 alignright" src="http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/up-300x138.jpg" alt="up" width="441" height="203" /></a></span></em></h4>
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<h4><span style="color: #008080;"><em>Your impact cushioning system (namely the coordination of your ankle, knee and hip joints) will only offer you so much in cushioning support -  until - usually and eventually something breaks!</em></span></h4>
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<h4><span style="color: #008080;"><em>In avoiding driving up out of support, as in sending you higher - you'll keep your centre of mass (hips) closer to the surface - so therefore less distance less to fall.  </em></span></h4>
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<h4 style="text-align: left;" align="center"><span style="color: #993366;"><strong>Key 'think' points</strong></span></h4>
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<h4><span style="color: #008080;"><em>Pretend I'm training you and I've attached occy straps (those stretchy bungy cord straps used to hold down a surfboard to roof racks) to your hip bones - those bones bits that stick out at the front of your pelvis.  Let's say I'm running about 10 metres <img class="alignright wp-image-3668" src="http://www.bpsnowyhealth.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ghghb-300x141.jpg" alt="ghghb" width="383" height="180" />directly in front of you. Now, visualise I am lightly pulling you towards me from your attached hips.   Feel yourself being dragged forward.  </em></span></h4>
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<h4><span style="color: #008080;"><em>I am a smooth gliding wheel NOT a clunky square.</em></span></h4>
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<h4><span style="color: #008080;"><em>Pretend you're not wearing cushioned running shoes.  How would land while running on a hard surface WITH BARE FEET?  I bet you'd land softer with improved cushioning, landing more through your forefoot, releasing and relaxing your foot,  ankle, and  knee jots on impact.  I also bet you'd reduce, significantly reduce how hard you throw your supporting foot into the surface.</em></span></h4>
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<h4><span style="color: #008080;"><em>Play the game of running up behind someone while startling them with surprise - they could not hear you coming! </em></span></h4>
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<h4><span style="color: #008080;"><em>Pretend you are running on thin ice - be light!</em></span></h4>
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