If you've ever been in a gym when a bunch of weight trainers are doing cardio, you've probably noticed that they tend to sound like a heard of buffalo storming across the open plains. Bodybuilders might not be the most elegant of runners, but they put their time in, even if it's only 10-20 minutes.
Yet even in that short time, injuries can strike. You can prevent a lot of those leg-day-stopping injuries just by changing how hard your feet strike the running surface.
Watch your VALR
In a recent study conducted at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, researchers found that novice runners reduced their risk of injury by 62 percent just by learning to run a little more softly.[1]
The harder you land on your feet, the bigger the value of a measurement called the "vertical average loading rate" (VALR). The higher your VALR, the greater your chance of injury. The goal of the study was to see if runners could learn to reduce their VALR.
Not injury-free running, just less injury
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Source: Reduce Running Injuries With This Simple Trick
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