Creating The Perfect Running Form - Shane Benzie

Shane Benzie is a running coach, movement specialist, researcher and the founder of Running Reborn. Shane has travelled around the world to observe and analyse African tribes, Nepalese sherpas and Arctic Inuits in an effort to uncover the fundamentals of elite movement. He's now applying what he learned to correct and enhance the form of the world's best runners. Expect to learn how sherpas can be so strong, why changing your running cadence isn't a solution, whether minimalist running shoes help or hinder, what Shane learned about ancestral running patterns, plus his breakdown of the optimal head position, foot strike, hand and arm relationship, breathing pattern, stride length and much more... Sponsors: Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://bit.ly/cbdwisdom (use code: MW20) Get perfect teeth 70% cheaper than other invisible aligners from DW Aligners at http://dwaligners.co.uk/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Buy The Lost Art Of Running - https://amzn.to/36wiQuu Follow Shane on Twitter - https://twitter.com/RunningReborn Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #running #fitness #form - 00:00 Intro 00:28 Training Extreme Surfers 07:53 Running is a Lost Art 14:45 Mimicking Movement & Form 18:48 Sherpa Strength 31:50 Ancestral Performance Comparisons 36:38 Modern Shoe Technology 43:29 Most Common Landing Mechanisms 47:44 Head Positions & Stride Form 1:01:45 Rewriting Running Movement 1:06:19 Where to Find Shane - Join the Modern Wisdom Community on Locals - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Listen to all episodes on audio: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Shane BenzieguestChris Williamsonhost

Feb 26, 20221h 6mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: February 26, 2022
Duration: 1h 6m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Shane Benzie is a running coach, movement specialist, researcher and the founder of Running Reborn. Shane has travelled around the world to observe and analyse African tribes, Nepalese sherpas and Arctic Inuits in an effort to uncover the fundamentals of elite movement. He's now applying what he learned to correct and enhance the form of the world's best runners. Expect to learn how sherpas can be so strong, why changing your running cadence isn't a solution, whether minimalist running shoes help or hinder, what Shane learned about ancestral running patterns, plus his breakdown of the optimal head position, foot strike, hand and arm relationship, breathing pattern, stride length and much more... Sponsors: Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://bit.ly/cbdwisdom (use code: MW20) Get perfect teeth 70% cheaper than other invisible aligners from DW Aligners at http://dwaligners.co.uk/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Buy The Lost Art Of Running - https://amzn.to/36wiQuu Follow Shane on Twitter - https://twitter.com/RunningReborn Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #running #fitness #form - 00:00 Intro 00:28 Training Extreme Surfers 07:53 Running is a Lost Art 14:45 Mimicking Movement & Form 18:48 Sherpa Strength 31:50 Ancestral Performance Comparisons 36:38 Modern Shoe Technology 43:29 Most Common Landing Mechanisms 47:44 Head Positions & Stride Form 1:01:45 Rewriting Running Movement 1:06:19 Where to Find Shane - Join the Modern Wisdom Community on Locals - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Listen to all episodes on audio: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

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Shane Benzie
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Chris Williamson
host
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Shane Benzie and Chris Williamson, Creating The Perfect Running Form - Shane Benzie explores unlocking Efficient Running: Foot Mechanics, Posture, and Natural Movement Shane Benzie, a movement and running coach, explains that modern humans have lost much of their natural movement efficiency due to sedentary lifestyles, technology, and misconceptions about biomechanics. He argues that elite performance comes from exploiting our evolutionary design—an elastic, tensegrity-based body and a highly sophisticated foot—rather than from gear, gyms, or clever shoes. Drawing lessons from East African runners, Sherpas, surfers, and indigenous tribes, he shows how posture, tripod foot landings, arm mechanics, cadence, and group dynamics transform running economy. Benzie maintains that improving form can boost running economy by up to 30%, often eclipsing gains from VO2 max or lactate threshold training.

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