Great Running Technique tip: Run like a dead octopus

In basically all sports with dynamic movements where you have to create power, the majority of the power comes from the centre of the body, the core and the hip. In addition, relaxation is very important. This is true in golf, boxing, weightlifting, swimming, tennis, football, baseball, cross-country skiing, discus, javelin throwing, shot put and so on.
The power comes from the centre of the body, the core and the hip. It is the hip that creates the drive in the arms when hitting a baseball or a golf ball or throwing a discus. The arms are mostly relaxed. If you tense your arms instead of letting the power come from your hip, you won’t do so well. Same thing in running. You should not try to work hard with your legs. It’s the hip that drives them and the legs are mostly relaxed.
To get this movement in both running and the other sports I mentioned here, you can use the instruction: “Run like a dead octopus”.

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Fredrik Zillén is an running technique specialist that has over the years helped thousands of runners to a more efficient running technique – from the slowest beginners to members of the Swedish national team in running and triathlon who have participated in the World Championships and the Olympics. Fredrik also writes articles on effective running technique for Runner’s World magazine.

Following the success of Fredrik Zilléns online course in Swedish, he has also produced an updated and improved version in English. You can find it here: https://www.fredrikzillen.com
You find the Swedish version at: https://www.fredrikzillenonline.se

Fredrik Zillén is an running technique specialist that has over the years helped thousands of runners to a more efficient running technique – from the slowest beginners to members of the Swedish national team in running and triathlon who have participated in the World Championships and the Olympics. Fredrik also writes articles on effective running technique for Runner’s World magazine.

Following the success of Fredrik Zilléns online course in Swedish, he has also produced an updated and improved version in English. You can find it here: https://www.fredrikzillen.com
You find the Swedish version at: https://www.fredrikzillenonline.se

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hello and welcome my name is Fredick zillan and I’m your running technique specialist and this episode is all about the great running technique tip run like a dead octopus in basically all sports with Dynamic movements where you have to create power the majority of the power comes from the center of the body the core and the hip in addition relaxation is very very important if you know an elite Runner or a sprinter at really high level ask them if relaxation is important they will say yes relaxation is very important or ask a golfer if they should tense up their arm to maximize the power when they stand at tea with their driver and or if the drive in the swing comes from the hip which in turns pulls the arms and relaxation is is very important or for my American friends when hitting a baseball should you stand still with your hip and create all the power in your arms driving the bat like this no no way it’s all in the hip I can’t play baseball but you get the general idea and this is also very true for running the power comes from the center and that’s where the movement starts and then propagate out to the arms and legs just listen to what jusan bolt has to say on the matter what should you work on the most as a track athlete core and yeah abs and back speed comfor I think that’s a key to helping everyone cuz when you’re running if your core is not strong your legs your knees does they don’t come up and you tend to get injured more when you’re don’t have a strong core so if I would say anything if you’re going to work on anything constantly definitely your core all core exercise I hatte it but I had to do it so yeah Simon machai has the fastest known time for running unassisted to the top of kayaru and back down again and he said the same thing when I was at his house on the hills of kilaru and when he raided one of the his hives so we could try what he has as a SP drink homegrown honey and he said it’s all about the core and the center of the body and that’s why I do a lot of Joga because that focuses on my strength and the power here so the hip should have a threedimensional movement like this this is also injury prevention in a study looking at injury risk it was found that those who had this movement in the hip like the picture on the left which is taken from the study it was associated with a lower risk of running related injuries compared to Runners who kept their hips still like the picture on the right and the shoulders have a little slide back and forth like this but without turning the body as good gas so nicely shows here it is this combination of movements in the shoulders and the hip that makes the hands swings in small circles in front of the body of eliud Kip shogi and they did so also on Kelvin kiptum and the same is also true for the legs they should also just be thrown around completely relaxed to make this happen I like to say to Ron’s imate you should run like a dead octopus yes normally in that voice as well because if you think that I’m now holding a dead octopus in front of me and now I do this then the Octopus arms move down here but it’s not the arms that creates the movement it is the body the arms just follow along running works in the same way it’s this part in the middle this kind of Twisted movement that in turn creates the power po poof in the stride and it’s the same dead octopus idea in many sports again baseball it’s not the Octopus arms that is moving the bat I’m just twisting my body my hip and the octopus arm follow or a disco throw or tennis octopus arm Javelin hip octopus arm karate hip po octopus leg and if you do this well as you will learn 100% in my online course the running like that off octopus instruction helps to counteract the fact that many recreational Runners have a little seated position when they run and that you get the help to get the hip in a better position and with more knee drive without trying to push the hip forward or trying to put more energy to lift your knees higher that will just happen automatically with the dead octopus mindset and the hip and shoulders that moves like I showed you so now just try it yourself be a dead octopus when you run good luck and see you in the next video [Music] oh