I almost did not get to writing this post today. Mainly because the topic has been done to death and I would really like something more interesting to blog about. I have litigated the footwear and running economy issue many times: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. So why did I decide to […]
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Bending Stiffness of Running Shoes and Running Energetics
Hot on the heels of my last post on the running shoes for the sub-2hr marathon we now have a study that looks at running energetics and the bending stiffness of the shoe. I don’t want to re-litigate all the issues surrounding running shoes and running economy, so they can be read here for background. […]
Running Economy and Foot Strike Pattern
When I first caught the title of this ‘study’ my initial reaction was add it to the massive pile of backlogged articles that I need to comment on! I have litigated the running economy and foot strike and shoe type enough times: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here). However, this ‘study’ was different as it […]
Relevant Gems from the 2016 ACSM Meeting
The American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting in Boston has just come to a close and as I bemoaned about a year ago, I did not get to it, yet again. One day I will go. I do, however devour the abstract books each year as there are always some gems. Here is my […]
The effect of ‘energy boost’ footwear on running economy
The energy boost running shoes from Adidas came to the market a few years ago to mixed commentary. Adidas were cautious what they claimed about the shoe, but bench testing did show the the material did provide a better ‘energy return’ than a typical running shoe material. Did that translate to better running economy? At […]
Transition to Minimalist Running Shoes With or Without Gait Retraining?
This is an interesting one… A number of previous studies have looked at the mechanical and economy parameters with minimal running shoes compared to traditional running shoes. Some of these studies were cross-sectional and some were prospective and followed a period of adaptation or transition. One of the concerns expressed about some of these studies, […]
The Effect of Footwear on Running Performance
I have to be honest and say I getting a little bored with the running economy stuff as I have covered the studies on it so many times and its gets harder to rewrite about the same thing again and re-litigate the same issues again. Some previous posts on running economy have ligated all the […]
Genetics and Running Economy
The cause of an overuse injury in running is that the cumulative load on the tissues is beyond what the current state of the tissues can tolerate, so it breaks. Historically the focus has always been on the cumulative load and its only been more recently that the focus has been on the state of […]
The importance of joint moments in running injury risk and running economy
Back from a holiday and was planning on getting in back into the routine of posting and was planning on writing something totally different today and then the study below turned up. It was not a study on runners and was not on running (it was on walking), so my title for this post is […]
Better running economy with softer shoes
There have been an explosion of running economy papers in the last few years. I have reviewed many of them (and there are a few more to come when time allows). The results are somewhat mixed and the data is not as clear as the rhetoric and propaganda would have had you believe. To add […]
Metabolic comparison of running shod and barefoot in mid-forefoot runners
The running economy issue again: been there, done that: here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. Short and sweat post today as on the road and have to be somewhat careful what I say about this one as I do not yet have access to the full publication, so posting it more as an FYI than a detailed appraisal: Metabolic […]
Effect of Pose/Chi type running instruction on running economy
I do get a little tired of the running economy issue and foot strike pattern for a couple of reasons: Its been done to death (I have covered it here, here, here, here, here, here and here) and the fan boys get upset with me because the research which was not even done by me does not agree with what they have […]
Effect of barefoot running on economy and muscle action
There has been a flurry of studies on the effects of foot strike pattern or shoe condition on running economy this year. They are all pretty much showing the same thing. I have blogged about them here, here, here, here, here and here, so there is no point litigating old ground again. Two more related studies recently appeared. I can’t say a lot […]
Yet another study shows heel striking is more efficient than midfoot striking
The running economy studies on rearfoot vs midfoot/forefoot and barefoot/minimalism vs shoes have been coming thick and fast this year and they pretty much all showing the same thing. I should not need to relitigate the issues I have bloged about here, here, here, here, here and here! So straight to it: This one was […]
Enhancing Running Performance by Coupling Cadence with the Right Beats
This is another one of those ‘getting a bit outside my area of expertise‘ topics, so I not going to say a lot about it. It did catch my eye, especially in the context of all the recent research on running cadence and all the commentary on the role of changing the cadence to manage […]