Dr. Nicholas Romanov's Pose Method of Running by Nicholas Romanov
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Book Summary Author: Nicholas Romanov Edition: Paperback Published: 2004-05 ISBN: 0972553762 Number of pages: 315 Publisher: Pose Tech Press |
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Book Reviews of the Dr. Nicholas Romanov's Pose Method of Running
Customer Review: Pose Method of Running
Summary: 5 Stars
If someone was going to take up swimming, golf or tennis it is common to take lessons or read a book to learn the correct and most effective technique. When people take up running, this almost never happens. Usually, beginning runners jump right in using whatever running technique they used when they first ran for the school bus. When runners do buy a book it is usually about how much running they should do, how fast they should go and what do do about the injuries that inevitably follow an inefficient stride. The Pose method of Running goes back to the beginning and breaks down the actual motions of running and describes the ideal form. It is published in multiple relatively short chapters. This helped me understand the points that were made and made it more readable. It is author's philosophy that running technique can be a learned skill that it is the most easily changeable variable that leads to far less injuries and a faster pace.
The text explains that the Pose method is the unlike the conventional running stride where you land on your heel and roll to push off. Just the opposite, the book details the method where you land on the ball of your foot, and actually pull your foot off the ground. The book contains the right amount of description and motivated me to give the method a try. It seemed impossible at first because it was difficult to maintain this form for even a quarter mile. The concept of landing and pulling off the pavement takes time to get used to. It is an unusual sensation to run like this in the beginning, you almost feel like a carton character. After three or four sessions it became easier and more coordinated. In a few weeks I was comfortable with it and found it actually easier than trying to stride out and land on your heels like I had done for years.
This book shatters convention in the field of running, it is not training book like so many others. The in depth information covered serves as a basis to implement this new technique into your own running. As I read, and later as I learned the technique, this 49 year old began to wonder what my race times would have been like in my 20's or 30's if I would have read it back then.
For all the time, effort and enthusiasm that the millions of runners from recreational to professional levels put into the sport, I would highly recommend this book and the Pose method of running in general. This is the first really new thing in running since the concept of cross training, it is sure worth a try.