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Evolution Running (DVD) | 
 enlarge | Brand: VAS
Category: Sports
Buy New: $24.00
New (9) Used (1) from $19.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 3312
Media: DVD
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 45
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 978193138278
EAN: 0978193138278
ASIN: B000A7GEGW
Publication Date: 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Athletes in every sport except running devote enormous attention to perfecting even minute details of the movements they will be required to produce in competition. Running coaches just tell their athletes to run longer and harder. Runners, and their coaches, have basically ignored technique for years, assuming that their natural stride will give them efficiency and injury resistance. We have found that this simply is not the case. For the past decade, African runners have dominated distance running at its highest levels. Research on what makes these runners faster consistently demonstrates normal VO2 Max and lactate threshold levels for elite runners. Their height, weight, and limb-length ratios all fall into the normal category. Clearly and consistently, what sets the great African runners apart is that they are more efficient than their competitors, running faster without expending more energy. Experts in running economy agree that running barefoot through childhood contributes sig
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 BEWARE - Causes plantars faciitis!!! August 28, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I give this DVD 1 star because Zero is not an option. I have been a runner for 15 years running an average of 70 miles per week. This may sound like overtraining but I have only had one injury until now. Within 2 weeks of trying this running method I developed severe plantars faciitis in both feet. I have had it for 2 months now despite returning to my previous running form. The podiatrist has informed me that running on your forefoot is absolutly not for any distance running. He said it strains the plantar facicia and achilles tendon These tendons are inelastic - yet in the video they say you use elastic recoil. Purchasing this video is one of the stupdist purchased I have ever made in my life!!! Steer clear from this DVD. Even if you increase your speed, you highly increase your chances of injuries to your plantars and achilles. It is not worth it!!!
 Great for all runners. July 5, 2008
I've been running for years. I will run one day and then have to rest a day because of knee pain or ankle pain. This dvd shows the right way to run. A must have for anyone starting out or just wanting to improve their time.
Abosuletly Five Stars April 23, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I got this DVD because of all the good reviews, and I am glad I did. My very first run after watching this DVD was like night and day. And I thought-- because I've read similar books-- that I had pretty good form as it was. Seeing proper technique on video has really made a difference, and I now realize that I was over striding even though I was already striking with the mid part of my foot. Running has become so easy now that I've started doing it twice a day. I have no hamstring or quad fatigue. My obliques have become more involved and seem to be working in conjunction with my gluts which have become the main muscles propelling me forward-- I can feel my gluts doing most of the work now, but these muscles are so big and so powerful that it feels easy to use them to drive me.
In my opinion this is simply a must have video for any class of runner who wants to become much more efficient or enjoy their runs more. I can't testify to the fact that this technique will really also reduce injury since I haven't been running this way long enough, but it sure does make running just feel effortless.
 Mostly excellent--but downhill advice is wrong March 17, 2008
You don't have to be an elite runner to learn to run like the elite runners! All runners, especially those who are just starting on a new running goal, would benefit from this video.
I bought this DVD 3 years ago, when I first started running barefoot, and the ideas in this DVD are based on barefoot running techniques. Almost all of the advice in this video is spot-on, and the vast majority of runners would benefit from using this DVD to improve their running form.
I coach track (distance and middle distance events) at the high school level, and I pass this DVD around to my athletes, especially ones that are prone to overstriding and heel striking. I was a heel-striker for 25 years, and this resulted in repeated injuries, including 5 cases of plantar fasciitis. Using the techniques from this video (and applying them to barefoot running) I have been injury free for the past 3 years.
The advice in this video isn't really new--Jack Daniels and many other coaches have taught these techniques for years--but this DVD brings a lot of great ideas on running form together in one place, and does what no book can do--show you clearly the difference between proper running form, and the way most amateurs run (overstriding with slow cadence).
My only gripe is the advice given about running downhill. He claims that you can land with your foot slightly behind the spot directly below your center of mass, when running downhill, and this is plain wrong. Besides coaching, I also teach physics at my high school, and I know that landing behind your center of mass produces a net torque on the body, which can only be counteracted if you are *accelerating* downhill.
Still, the advice about downhill running isn't bad, in that most runners will land too far in front of their body when running downhill, and will slow their cadence below their normal pace. The idea of landing closer to the spot right below the center of mass is a good goal--a wrong idea can still lead to a different way of thinking about running, and lead to a better downhill run, with a faster and smoother cadence.
Evolution Running February 15, 2008
Evolution Running is a must for every runner who either wants to improve their running form and thus their times and who also would enjoy running injury free. This DVD shows a very simplified approach to running. Believe me and also this video, shorter strides and proper foot strike will make you a faster and more efficient runner. I view this DVD often to check on my running form. Since purchasing this video a few weeks ago, I have lowered my running times!
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