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Dr. Nicholas Romanov's Pose Method of Running
by Nicholas Romanov
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Edition: Paperback
Publication Date: December 16, 2002
Publisher: Pose Tech Press
ISBN: 0972553703
Amazon.com Sales Rank: 900661
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List price: $34.95
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 Awesome drills to develop technique and conditioning, February 28, 2010
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Very applied. Very helpful in developing technique. Also very helpful in developing the strength and conditioning necessary for POSE running.
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Pose, February 17, 2010
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This is a great book on running, whether you are a beginner or a veteran like myself. If you love running and hate injuries, you need to read this book, but not only read it, follow the trianing techniques and excercises, you will be amazed by the results!
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Extremely detailed background and instructions for natural style running, February 10, 2010
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Two of the main guides to natural (including barefoot) style running are the Evolution DVD and the Pose DVD+Book. I have both, and like both, but the material is quite different. The actual recommended running styles are very similar and both stress avoiding the traditional heel striking style caused by expensive sports shoes to avoid their associated injuries and to improve efficiency. I also browsed articles about Chi running but found too much "eastern philosophy" cluttering up the main running information, so I settled on just Evolution and Pose as the source material for my journey.
The Evolution DVD is a very simple but complete explaination of natural (forefoot/midfoot) style running and has the descriptions right in the video demonstrations. You can easly grasp the concepts and start to apply them, and probably become a reasonably good natural style runner. It also has a nice simple (but seemingly complete) set of drills. But, almost guaranteed, you will not be perfect and will have some flaws which need an experienced instructor/coach to identify and help correct - if perfection is your goal. If all you want is to become a good amateur/recreational runner (and minimize injuries) then this is a great choice.
The Pose book has a huge amount more background description, sometimes quite a bit too much and too wordy so you can easily fall into skimming and/or become sidetracked. But in the end it is more detailed, and the Pose method is based on much more detailed scientific research (not to say there is anything different or magical about its end conclusions). The DVD by itself is not really enough, most folks will need the book to go with it. There are quite a few more drills (you DONT need the separate drill DVD, the main drills are covered in the book and the main DVD). But everything seems (to me) to be more complex (maybe more detailed and better?) and I suspect most folks will need a Pose Instructor/Coach to really become reasonably fluent with its specifics. The Pose website lists contact information for Pose clinics and Pose coaches worldwide, and if that is not for you then their forum encourages runners to video their running and post that video for Pose instructor online analysis.
So, what is the summary? I suspect most amateur/recreational runners will get most of what they need, quickly and easily, from the Evolution Running DVD. If you are a serious runner who worries about where you place in local events and/or actually wants to formally compete, the considerable time and effort put into mastering Pose is almost certainly the right answer for you.
In both cases, either switch to barefoot running (and carefully read the guides on [..] webpage) or get minimal shoes (minimal or zero heel/arch/cushioning, flexible sole, extremely light) and then start SLOWLY to practice and buildup your new forefoot/midfoot natural style. And in both cases, try to get to one or more clinics with an experienced NATURAL instructor/coach (and **NOT** just a typical shoestore or community center "running" coach).
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Pose Method of Running, December 17, 2009
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Read other reviews that almost led me not to buy this book. It is ACTUALLY a great read and provides logical analysis of running techniques. The author teaches the basics of his Pose Method of running but provides a number of analogies that get the reader to think about why he was led to this method. Buy it. I suspect you wont regret the purchase.
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Its all about paying attention to every detail, November 30, 2009
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In my continuous search for ways to keep on running while the body slowly deteriorates, I came across this book. It is a much deeper, scientific look into more of the areas that I first found in ChiRunning (although perhaps the Romanov techniques predate ChiRunning) .
This is a very easy to read book with scads of exercises and supporting activities such as flexibility and strength building activites. It is very well researched applied science and is being used many high perfromance coaches and their athletes.
The big eye opener for me was how he takes the forward lean, relaxed foot approach of ChiRunning much further along the entire foot and up the leg. Example, he stresses how you want to have minimal heel lift, landing on the ball of the foor, with minimal push off , so that your body does not rise and fall as you run. His practise activities really show you how to get gravity working for you with running. Again, it comes down to attention to detail in the execution. My natural run has become even easier, when I thought I could not get it any easier. If you take your running seriously this is a great resource for you. [...]
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