The New Art of Running or Running past 50

The New Art of Running: Improving Your Performance with the Alexander Technique

Author: Malcolm Balk

Running is both a popular competitive sport and a highly effective form of exercise—a simple, inexpensive way to achieve a wide range of cardiovascular, muscular, and emotional benefits. Now, by combining running with the healthful body-awareness principles of the Alexander Technique, runners can improve their competitive performance while multiplying the health benefits of the sport and virtually eliminating its hazards. The proven methods of the Alexander Technique encourage good body use and greater awareness of the way the body functions and moves. Applied to running, the Technique teaches how to release tension and run without risk of injury. With special exercises for the head, eyes, torso, and legs, this unique approach radically improves results, both in training and competition.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	6
1	The art of running	12
2	Developing awareness	32
3	Thinking into movement	52
4	Building the foundations	66
5	Thinking into training	84
6	Thinking into competition	109
7	Injuries - and how to avoid them	134
	How to run well (and avoid running badly)	146
	Bibliography	155
	Index	157
	Picture credits	160

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Running past 50, Vol. 50

Author: Richard Benyo

Former Runner's World editor Rich Benyo explains how to make the years after 50 the best in your running career. Through his engaging writing style, Benyo will help you: infuse your running program with new training ideas, set new goals, establish good nutrition and hydration habits, avoid injuries common in aging runners, and stay motivated.