Effortless, injury-free, smooth, natural ..... these are the words that should be associated with running.

Instead, we often hear the opposites! Despite decades of advanced shoe technology, injury rates aren't falling and many people interested in trying running to improve their health and fitness, find themselves frustrated by a lack of progress. And with the recent surge in minimalist shoe offerings, many people jump into a minimalist shoe and find themselves dealing with sudden achilles or calf injuries. It doesn't have to be this way. Running efficiently is as much an inborn skill as swimming efficiently, accurately shooting with a bow and arrow or striking a golf ball with a club.

While there are gifted outliers who have the skills naturally and don't have to work at it, most people have adopted bad habits that make running much harder than it has to be.

In this full day workshop you will learn and practice techniques to run with more efficiency and less risk of injury. You will learn the Pose Method® of running, with a supporting set of Coach Jeff's drills and exercises tailor-made and tested through 2 years of running technique instruction in Switzerland and field-tested through ultra marathons in the Sahara Desert and mountains of Switzerland, Italy and France. In addition to technique training, you will also receive mindset training, in using body scans, breathing exercises and visualisation to continually improve your technique and to address the normal issues that athletes encounter in distance running and endurance races.

Key Takeways:

• How to use gravity as a friend instead of fighting it. In other words, how to take the brakes off (which you may be applying without knowing it!).
• Transitioning to natural/forefoot running while avoiding the major mistakes that most people make when doing so.
• The theory behind the Pose Method® as well as practical and tailor-made drills to help you start your journey in learning and refining the technique. Note: it often takes significant time to transition your running mechanics and muscles/muscle memory to a different style. It requires patience and practice and shouldn't be viewed as a 1-time fix. Coach Jeff will teach you a model for recalling and practicing the technique in the days and weeks after leaving the workshop.

The session includes frame-by-frame video analysis before and after instruction.

Cost: 225 CHF per person.

The course has a minimum of 6 participants and maximum of 10. All courses completed so far in 2012 have sold out, so please book your space early. To confirm and hold a space in a workshop, please issue full payment in advance to Post Finance, Konto 85-37072-2, IBAN CH81 0900 0000 8503 7072 2. The BIC is POFICHBEXXX. Beneficiary Name: Hillseeker Fitness GmbH. Cancellations less than 10 days in advance are not eligible for a refund; however, you may send someone else in your place if you are unable to make it at the last minute.

Dates & Times:

June 23rd, 9:00-16:00 (Richterswil - Hillseeker CrossFit)

July 22nd, 9:00-16:00 (Richterswil - Hillseeker CrossFit)

August 18th, 9:00-16:00 (Richterswil - Hillseeker CrossFit)

Includes lunch break. Please bring a lunch and any snacks/beverages you would like.