Run Ready is your DIY guide to running stronger, longer and with less injury. This resource is designed for runners and triathletes of all levels who are eager to refine their technique, boost performance, and prevent injuries. Whether you’re a seasoned athlete or a weekend warrior, Run Ready offers personalized guidance to help you reach your goals.
In this video we'll start our RunReady journey by exploring the leading causes of injury and how we can use that knowledge to become better, healthier runners. We'll also introduce the 5 fundamentals of run readiness before exploring each one on its own.
In this video we define and explore mobility as it relates to running and introduce some of the concepts we will use in part two to assess and address our mobility needs.
In this video we will explore strength training and why it is such an important and foundational aspect of being run ready.
In this section we'll explore why run form is a fundamental part of run readiness and how we can use cues and drills to create quick and beneficial changes to how we run.
In this section we talk all about the importance of recovery as a fundamental of run readiness and offer suggestions on how to recover as effectively as possible.
In this section we'll discuss experience and why it matters for you as a runner.
In this video we summarize what we learned in part one and focus on what it means for how we plan and structure our training.
Awesome work so far! Now that we've done some of the foundational learning, let's dive into how to assess ourselves as runners so we can begin to make powerful changes to how we run and how we take care of our body as runners. This lesson will discuss how to use the information in all of the different 'Assess' sections so we can then move onto addressing the things that matter most.
If you rated yourself unable on the toe touch and single leg raise assessments, this section will help you improve your mobility and strength in the posterior chain.
If you rated yourself unable on the toe touch and child's pose assessments, this section will help you improve your mobility and strength in your spine.
If you rated yourself unable on the back bend assessment and either of the breakouts, this section will help you improve your mobility and strength in your both your hip extension and lumbar (low back) extension.
If you rated yourself unable on the rotation and quadruped rotation assessments, this section will help you improve your mobility and strength in your spine/trunk.
If you rated yourself unable on the rotation and hip IR/ER assessments, this section will help you improve your mobility and strength in your hips/glutes.
If you rated yourself unable on the squat and knees to chest assessments, this section will help you improve your mobility and strength at the hip.
If you rated yourself unable on the squat and knee to wall assessments, this section will help you improve your mobility and strength at the ankle.
If you rated yourself unable on the single leg balance, but were okay on the half kneeling balance, this section will help you improve your balance at the foot/ankle.
If you rated yourself unable on the single leg balance and half kneeling balance assessments, this section will help you improve your balance at the hip and core.
If you rated yourself unable on the foot assessments, this section will help you improve your strength and function at the foot.
If you rated yourself unable on the single leg sit to stand assessment, this section will help you improve mobility, strength and motor control for this movement.
If you rated yourself unable on the side plank assessment, this section will help you improve mobility, strength and motor control for this movement.
If you rated yourself unable on the single leg bridge assessment, this section will help you improve mobility, strength and motor control for this movement.
If you rated yourself unable on the single leg calf raise assessment, this section will help you improve mobility, strength and motor control for this movement.
This section covers the cues and drills that will help you improve your overstriding gait pattern.
This section covers the cues and drills that will help you improve your collapser gait pattern.
This section covers the cues and drills that will help you improve your weaver gait pattern.
This section covers the cues and drills that will help you improve your bouncer gait pattern.
This section covers the cues and drills that will help you improve your glute amnesiac gait pattern.