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Proper Running Technique
Fix Your Running Form
Follow these four simple tips to perfect your stride, run faster and avoid injury
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Use Your Arms
Image: Michael Muller
The fourth key to a successful stride, Salazar says, is arm carriage. "Your shoulders need to be relaxed and sloping down, and your elbows should be slightly bent," he says. "If you tighten your shoulders and let them point up instead, your arms start to flail and you lose that circular, forward-flowing drive."
Do this: As fatigue sets in, your shoulders tend to lift and tighten. When this happens, briefly drop your hands and shake out your arms to relax your muscles. For more ways to head off aches and pains, check out The Top 5 Running Injuries—and How to Treat Them.
Do this: As fatigue sets in, your shoulders tend to lift and tighten. When this happens, briefly drop your hands and shake out your arms to relax your muscles. For more ways to head off aches and pains, check out The Top 5 Running Injuries—and How to Treat Them.
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