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Alright, next I want to talk to you about running posture. You might wonder why it's
important to have good posture to be a good runner. In college my athletic trainer would
always talk to us about good posture and why it was so important. First, if you go to any
track and field event, cross country meet, you'll see a lot of poor posture. And that
will stay with you in your every day life. So what I want you to do is practice good
posture in your running and in your every day life so that running will become more
efficient. You'll become a better runner and you'll have less injuries and I'll tell you
why. First I want you to think about your hips, you want to start in the neutral posture,
in neutral position. And, if that word is new to you, don't worry, I'm going to tell
you what it means. What I don't want to see is an excessive strain on your lower back
by tilting your hips that way or this way. That is an anterior and posterior tilt. I
don't want to get too technical but I do want to show you why it's important not to have
those tilts. It will put excess strain on your back. It will lead to other problems
such as strained neck, you'll have neck issues, so. First and foremost you want to think of
your pelvis, you want to think of a bucket, swings forward, swings back. You want to keep
it right in the middle. So, hips should fall neutral, OK. So, none of this, no tilting
forward, neutral, OK. You are keeping your knees slightly bent. I'm talking every day
life, how you walk around. Shoulders rolled back and down, comfortable. Arms hanging at
your side. This posture that I am showing you right now is the posture that you want
to think about having in your every day life so that you will become a better runner.