Podcast 142: Running in Circles? How your brain manipulates the body parts to get us to run straight.
The Gait Guys PodcastShow Notes
Visual targeting during running. How we manage to run in a straight line when we clearly should be running in circles. 1. How exercise reprograms the brain: https://www.the-scientist.com/features/this-is-your-brain-on-exercise-64934
2. The influence of prolonged running and footwear on lower extremity biomechanics
Gillian Weir , Carl Jewell, Hannah Wyatt , Matthieu B. Trudeau, Eric Rohr, Gert-Peter Brüggemann & show all Received 20 Aug 2018, Accepted 18 Oct 2018, Published online: 20 Nov 2018
3. New study: the thick foam midsole in Nike's Vaporfly 4% shoe stores and returns ~45 times more energy per stride than the bending of the carbon fiber plate. https://www.outsideonline.com/2367961/how-do-nikes-vaporfly-4-shoes-actually-work?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=onsiteshare
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