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[quote=Anonymous]This thread has already improved my lunge form.  I too have tight hips and the tightness encourages my legs to be to close together.

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I care about lunges because I need them to strengthen parts of my legs that sitting in my office and day in an day out slowish running neglects.

My suggestion to the poster who just can't improve their running is to come up with a guess as to how fast you think you can run a mile with a full effort.  Let's say you guess 6:40.  That is 25 seconds for each 100 because there are sixteen 100s in a mile and 6:40 is 400 seconds.  You don't have to be perfectly accurate.

Instead of going out for a steady run, go to a track and run one lap starting at the beginning of a straight in 3:00.  As you approach the start line, accelerate so you run the straight part of the track in 25 seconds then walk the curve, do this twice to cover a lap.  Alternate steady 3:00 laps with laps in which you run the straights in 25 seconds and walk the curves.  I would start with 7 total and you can build up as you want to but you may want to increase the length of the faster running if you get past say 15 laps.  Feel free to walk as fast as you can or even jog between the straights but don't add jogging until you stop adding more laps.

I would also practice running backward on the grass in the middle of the track for 30 or 40 meters at a time.  Doing three 30-40 meter runs to start and building up to three times 100 as the days go by.  Be careful!  Running backwards can be dangerous.  You may also want to look up the warmup exercise carioca.  Do these warmup exerises between the first jogging lap and the first pickup lap.  These exercises will build up hips and ankles, as will repeated faster running.

The point is that all slow running isn't always fun or effective for building endurance for everyone.  Good luck.[/quote]

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