This is a drill that you can do to teach you how to run correctly. You walk for
five seconds and then run for five seconds or you could do it for ten
seconds and ten seconds or fifteen and fifteen. What Jennifer is doing is walking
for five seconds at three point five miles an hour and then running for five
seconds at three point five miles an hour. Now this is four miles an hour. Walk
for five seconds, take little bitty steps, keep your feet right underneath you
for five seconds. Walk, big stride links for five seconds, walk walk walk, then keep
your feet right underneath you. Take as many steps as you can logically. Now this
is four point five miles an hour, big old stride links, throw that heel forward. Now
keep your feet right underneath you, take the right number of steps. Walk for
five seconds, now watch this cadence. Here we go and one two three four, one two
three four, one two three four. See, it matches out. This is five miles an hour,
big old stride links, heel out and front. One two three four, one two three four.
Walking, boom boom boom boom boom boom and running. One two three four, one two
three four, one two three. That was very good. So I'm gonna demo at five miles an
hour, then it's six, then it's seven, then it's eight, and finally at nine miles an
hour. Your distance between your feet per foot strike will naturally increase the
faster you run. You still feel like your feet stay right underneath you.
Underneath you is your hips. All right, here goes five miles an hour. Now there's
a certain rate. That's how many steps I take. It should feel logical, okay, but
yet it's rhythmic. One two, one two three four, one two three four, one two three
four, one. I'm running with my whole foot. My whole foot touches the ground. You
don't have to worry about landing on your heel because your feet are
right underneath you. You can't land on your heel. All right, straddle. Let's go
up to six miles an hour and see if that looks different.
Want it to be the same. Here we go.
Feels the same to me. A little quieter. Seven miles an hour.
Rhythmic, the right rhythm. Look for, feel for, the right rhythm.
Feels right. Sounds right. Even quieter. More efficient. Ooh, I'm looking forward to
eight miles an hour. I deeply believe that faster is easier. Every time I run by
somebody slower, they look like they're working harder. Here we go.
That felt good. All right, nine miles an hour. Efficiency, efficiency. The feet are
right underneath you. Here we go. I could run like this all day long. I could run
like this all day long. I could run like this all day long. Woo. I could run like
this all day long. Woohoo. Running is the highest form of human movement. We're
happy to include it in our show today. Hope you enjoyed it.
