Product Description

NEW EDITION! Practiced by thousands of runners, the ChiRunning technique is easy to learn and takes the benefits of running beyond cardiovascular and aerobic by addressing the needs of the whole person; joints and ligaments, body and soul. You'll learn to run using your highly efficient core muscles while relaxing the rest of your body, allowing gravity to do the work instead of your legs. Using principles of T'ai Chi, ChiRunning combines ancient wisdom with modern physics to transform your running experience.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14989 in DVD
• Model: 3002
• Published on: 2004
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 56 minutes

Features

• run with less injury
• step-by-step instructions

Customer Reviews

Not for everyone
I totally subscribe to the ~concepts~ promoted by Danny with his ChiRunning method. I even worked with a local ChiRunning coach to make sure I was doing everything right...yet, a year later, I'm being treated for leg and ankle pain resulting from a pinched nerve in the lumbar area, directly attributable to using a "leaning" running form, as described in the ChiRunning method. And yes, according to multiple sessions with the ChiRunning coach, I was using the correct form per the method.

I'm now starting Jeff Galloway's run-walk program (see Running: Getting Started and Galloway's Book on Running 2 Ed), which promotes a traditional upright running form, and it's actually helping me heal this low back overuse injury from ChiRunning.

My point of this review is twofold: (1) Not every "method" works for everyone, regardless of how much sense it makes on paper, and (2) to really learn the ChiRunning method, face-to-face instruction is absolutely essential. Alternatively, have someone videotape you as you run, and seriously examine your own form.

Superb + energising
This DVD is absolutely excellent. The DVD medium provides a succinct and visual explanation of the ChiRunning method. Since using its principles, it has transformed my running to become much more enjoyable and increase the distance and comfort of my running. After lots of knee and foot weaknesses, I found this revolutionary approach extremely enabling. I also like the philosophical grounding. I was so impressed that ordered both the book and the ChiWalking book, too. Danny's zest for life is the opposite of how one might normally feel after a run so it a good indication of the method's success.

Changed my life
I loved running but hated the pain. This book and the method have completely changed my perception. Now running feels good again; like when you were a kid and would run with wild abandon and no effort. Fantastic. I'm 45 and loving it.