is forward lean hard on the back???

go raptors! said:

have altered my running style recently.... please bear in mind i don't
know that much about running...

anyhow, noticed that i seem to expend alot of energy on pushing my
body upwards with every step when running

Increase your cadence (number of footfalls per minute) to 180. That
reduces your airborne time.

Run with good posture - vertical
You can increase speed by leaning forward from the ankles - but your
body is still vertical.

Dot

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go raptors! said:

have altered my running style recently.... please bear in mind i don't
know that much about running...

anyhow, noticed that i seem to expend alot of energy on pushing my
body upwards with every step when running

Increase your cadence (number of footfalls per minute) to 180. That
reduces your airborne time.

Run with good posture - vertical
You can increase speed by leaning forward from the ankles - but your
body is still vertical.

Dot

Well stated by Dot. The image of leaning from the ankles in an erect
posture, is a broom balanced in the palm of your hand. As it falls
forward you can keep up with it by moving at the same speed it is
falling.

The lean from the ankle would be the lean of the broom from where it
touches the palm of your hand.

In health and on the run,

Ozzie Gontang
Maintainer - rec.running FAQ
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Director, San Diego Marathon Clinic, est. 1975

Mindful Running http://www.mindfulness.com/mr.asp

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have altered my running style recently.... please bear in mind i don't
know that much about running...

anyhow, noticed that i seem to expend alot of energy on pushing my
body upwards with every step when running... i just realized one day,
"why don't you push your body forward more with each step", basically
for same energy, i put more of it into the horizontal vector.........
and this worked really well, i'm much faster for basically any
exertion level and i seem to have good endurance.

i've run this way probably 4 times now, but the other night i felt a
pretty good muscle pull or sprain in my back... made me notice that
the horizontal pushoff necessitates that you lean forward more... does
that forward lean put alot more pressure on the back muscles?? makes
sense that it does.

Yes, this stresses your back and can make you susceptible to sacroiliac dysfunction.