CompleteMartialArts.com - ChiRunning DVD: A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless, Injury-free Running
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Manufacturer: FireLight Films
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Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: DVD EAN: 0855973001000 Feature: run with less injury Label: FireLight Films Manufacturer: FireLight Films Model: 3002 Number Of Items: 1 Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: FireLight Films Region Code: 0 Running Time: 56 Studio: FireLight Films
Practiced by thousands of runners, the ChiRunning technique is easy to learn and takes the benefits of running beyond cardiovascular and aerobic by addressing the needs of the whole person; joints and ligaments, body and soul. You'll learn to run using your highly efficient core muscles while relaxing the rest of your body, allowing gravity to do the work instead of your legs. Using principles of T'ai Chi, ChiRunning combines ancient wisdom with modern physics to transform your running experience.
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Customer Rating: Summary: Not for everyone Comment: I totally subscribe to the ~concepts~ promoted by Danny with his ChiRunning method. I even worked with a local ChiRunning coach to make sure I was doing everything right...yet, a year later, I'm being treated for leg and ankle pain resulting from a pinched nerve in the lumbar area, directly attributable to using a "leaning" running form, as described in the ChiRunning method. And yes, according to multiple sessions with the ChiRunning coach, I was using the correct form per the method.
I'm now starting Jeff Galloway's run-walk program (see Running: Getting Started and Galloway's Book on Running 2 Ed), which promotes a traditional upright running form, and it's actually helping me heal this low back overuse injury from ChiRunning.
My point of this review is twofold: (1) Not every "method" works for everyone, regardless of how much sense it makes on paper, and (2) to really learn the ChiRunning method, face-to-face instruction is absolutely essential. Alternatively, have someone videotape you as you run, and seriously examine your own form. Customer Rating: Summary: Wow !!! Comment: First got ChiWalking for myself and it really works... I can move effortlessly now during my walks when I tap into the right posture... and that's good for someone who has not been athletic for very long !!! Then got ChiRunning for my daughter who is training for a marathon... she loves it. She's in her 20's and I am in mid-life and these books have helped us both get into better shape. I'll be starting ChiRunning next !!! Customer Rating: Summary: Superb + energising Comment: This DVD is absolutely excellent. The DVD medium provides a succinct and visual explanation of the ChiRunning method. Since using its principles, it has transformed my running to become much more enjoyable and increase the distance and comfort of my running. After lots of knee and foot weaknesses, I found this revolutionary approach extremely enabling. I also like the philosophical grounding. I was so impressed that ordered both the book and the ChiWalking book, too. Danny's zest for life is the opposite of how one might normally feel after a run so it a good indication of the method's success. Customer Rating: Summary: Great Gift Comment: My husband really enjoyed this book and found the information very useful. Improved his speed.
