Comments on: Increase Your Stride Rate http://faster-running.com/technique/increase-your-stride-rate/ Tips for improving your running Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:31:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://faster-running.com/technique/increase-your-stride-rate/comment-page-1/#comment-487 Ryan Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:27:27 +0000 http://faster-running.com/technique/increase-your-stride-rate/#comment-487 Move faster and take bigger steps, it's a miracle breakthrough! Honestly, the article is helpful, in that it shows drills on how to improve the stride rate. My 2 cents...it's a matter of how much are you willing to push yourself during runs, and how consistent are you about training? Both are mental questions, yes technic is important, but it's the ability mentally to consistently push yourself beyond what you've been capable of doing each time that makes progress possible. That is an all-inclusive mantra...exercise, diet, sleep, attitude, life... Set yourself a truely challanging goal, and don't settle for anything less than obtaining it. Move faster and take bigger steps, it’s a miracle breakthrough! Honestly, the article is helpful, in that it shows drills on how to improve the stride rate. My 2 cents…it’s a matter of how much are you willing to push yourself during runs, and how consistent are you about training? Both are mental questions, yes technic is important, but it’s the ability mentally to consistently push yourself beyond what you’ve been capable of doing each time that makes progress possible. That is an all-inclusive mantra…exercise, diet, sleep, attitude, life… Set yourself a truely challanging goal, and don’t settle for anything less than obtaining it.

]]> By: kch http://faster-running.com/technique/increase-your-stride-rate/comment-page-1/#comment-41 kch Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:22:43 +0000 http://faster-running.com/technique/increase-your-stride-rate/#comment-41 Increasing your stride rate means that you are taking more steps in a given period of time which should increase your total speed unless your stride length gets significantly shorter. Most people probably naturally decrease their stride length a bit as they increase their stride length, but on balance, your speed should tend to increase. I don't think you have to be in better shape to work on increasing your stride rate; I think working on it helps you get into better shape. In other words, when you're just starting to work on this, you probably won't be able to maintain a stride rate that's faster than normal for you for the entire length of your run. But as you work on this, you'll be getting more fit, and you'll be able to maintain a faster stride length for longer and longer periods. Hope that answers your question, Josh. Increasing your stride rate means that you are taking more steps in a given period of time which should increase your total speed unless your stride length gets significantly shorter. Most people probably naturally decrease their stride length a bit as they increase their stride length, but on balance, your speed should tend to increase.

I don’t think you have to be in better shape to work on increasing your stride rate; I think working on it helps you get into better shape. In other words, when you’re just starting to work on this, you probably won’t be able to maintain a stride rate that’s faster than normal for you for the entire length of your run. But as you work on this, you’ll be getting more fit, and you’ll be able to maintain a faster stride length for longer and longer periods.

Hope that answers your question, Josh.

]]> By: Josh Dockery http://faster-running.com/technique/increase-your-stride-rate/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Josh Dockery Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:35:12 +0000 http://faster-running.com/technique/increase-your-stride-rate/#comment-40 When you increase your stride rate, that just means you are running faster, correct? So essentially, to increase your stride rate you need to be in better shape. Is that wrong? When you increase your stride rate, that just means you are running faster, correct? So essentially, to increase your stride rate you need to be in better shape. Is that wrong?

]]> By: Ladida http://faster-running.com/technique/increase-your-stride-rate/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Ladida Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:44:18 +0000 http://faster-running.com/technique/increase-your-stride-rate/#comment-31 Just ignore Harry. He's an archetype troll. I found it interesting and will probably try it out at some point. Just ignore Harry. He’s an archetype troll.

I found it interesting and will probably try it out at some point.

]]> By: bloggingzoom.com http://faster-running.com/technique/increase-your-stride-rate/comment-page-1/#comment-26 bloggingzoom.com Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:13:42 +0000 http://faster-running.com/technique/increase-your-stride-rate/#comment-26 <strong>Increase Your Stride Rate | Run Faster | Tips for improving your running...</strong> There are only 2 ways to increase your speed: increasing your stride length, or increasing your stride rate. Because increasing your stride length is more likely to lead to injury than increasing your stride rate, it is better for most people to focus ... Increase Your Stride Rate | Run Faster | Tips for improving your running…

There are only 2 ways to increase your speed: increasing your stride length, or increasing your stride rate. Because increasing your stride length is more likely to lead to injury than increasing your stride rate, it is better for most people to focus …

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