Good, deep, nasal breathing is a sign of a well trained aerobic system and a healthy parasympathetic response. Stress, lifestyle postures, too much high intensity exercise, poor diet, sleep etc are all involved in problems with breathing, in ad

Light energised runners find it easier! Hormones not calories for fat loss.

Jun 3rd, 2020 8m 20s

Many runners start running to lose weight and it certainly can help a lot. But for maximum results and better health, pay attention to what you eat and when, rather than how much.

Bodyweight strength and mobility routines for runners

Jun 2nd, 2020 6m 37s

Why separate your non-running training into strength and mobility sessions, since they are inter-reliant in movement and not separate at all?

Balancing Running and Recovery

Jun 1st, 2020 5m 25s

How to integrate running, walking and other varied mindful movement practice for great active recovery and better running consistency.

So you want a longer running stride?

May 31st, 2020 5m 52s

Many runners are looking to increase their stride length, but few understand the biomechanics involved or how to improve them.

Feet, free energy and footwear

May 30th, 2020 11m 47s

How to optimise your footwear to get the best out of your anatomy, whilst staying out of pain.

Increasing stride length

May 28th, 2020 5m 40s

Momentum, bodyweight, gravity combining to load elastic energy from the ground and people us forwards with a stride that lengthens behind us.

Running as effortlessly falling and pulling, led by the arms.

May 27th, 2020 5m 11s

Moving from working on cadence with short steps as we progress forwards, to effortlessly falling into our first step.

Taking cadence forward into running.

May 26th, 2020 10m 29s

Faster cadence does not mean you are going faster. You might just be running up and down on the spot. But it does improve a lot of the key elements of running form that will enable you to eventually run faster with less effort, because it takes

Cadence matters

May 25th, 2020 6m 21s

Most elite runners achieve a cadence of around 180 or more. There are good biomechanical reasons for this and we can take full advantage of the 'free energy' from the ground to gain more speed with less muscular effort. Here are some simple dri

Runners need balance and stability

May 14th, 2020 5m 52s

Balance and stability in life, but also in our structure, are vital for runners. A skeleton that is unbalanced in structure in standing posture will be equally so walking and will present a real problem in running, leading to loss of performanc

What is aerobic fitness and how do you achieve it?

May 13th, 2020 56m 40s

One of the essential keys to running faster more easily is to train at LOWER intensity, not higher. This is how elite runners train typically.How does this system work and how do you go about improving it through training?

Running is a learned skill and begins with mindset

May 11th, 2020 1h 20m

Is your running mindless? Does your training have a purpose? Can you visualise success? What does it FEEL like? Is this motivating to you? How do you create the HABIT of success? Beware your self-talk and deep-rooted beliefs about yourself.Mot

From standing to walking to running; a very simple, structured, progressive approach to mastering effortless running.

May 8th, 2020 15m 34s

The basis for the Roads to Freedom movement approach. If you can't stand without effort, you certainly can't walk without effort and it inevitably cost you enormous muscular energy to run. My approach revolves around the idea that muscles, fasc

The Run with Freedom method explained.

Aug 27th, 2019 16m 26s

Introduction to the 8 keys to fast, efficient, effortless distance running for mature runners.David from Roads to Freedom explains how to run faster or longer with less effort with the Run with Freedom programme.

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