In yesterday’s post we discussed ways to help prevent cardio workout injuries, which you can read more about here. One sure fire way to prevent running injuries is to perfect your running form.

If your stride and foot placement when running is off it can cause unnecessary pressure on your joints, leading to injuries. So it’s important to learn how to run properly to help prevent these injuries

Below we have a video of Dr. Daniel Lieberman, a Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, giving what he believes are the five key elements to good running form.  Here is the layout of his thoughts and five key elements: [Read more…]