My Running Tips And
The Four Foundations
For the beginner or seasoned runner, My Running Tips and the Four Foundations gives you a place to come to for advice and information - somewhere you will find new ideas and approaches to your running which you may not have come accross before ;-)
Here at My Running Tips we know that running is the best way to get fit, lose weight and build your stamina and what I really like about running is that you can do it just about anywhere – in the city, the countryside, along the canal or even in your own front room on a treadmil
– running is such a simple and natural exercise
After all we have all ran at some stage in our lives, often when we were kids with that boundless energy..! Do you remember chasing down the street with your mates? … red faced, sweaty, puffing and panting at the end? (Great, eh?)
Well, you can feel that way again… experienced runners often talk about the “runners high” which is a similar to that feeling you had as a kid, only more intense
As a beginner then, running can seem the most natural thing to do to get fit or train for a particular goal – but from my own experience I know it helps to be well organised and know you have all bases covered
Within the My Running Tips Four Foundations you will find all the information you need to develop your running from beginner level to seasoned runner –then, combining the Four Foundations with our Brainwave Entrainment Program you can totally optimise your mind and body to perform at the highest level
Four Foundations
Why should you use the Four Foundations of,
- Injury Prevention,
- Training,
- Motivation
- and Nutrition…
as the base for your running activities?
Well it’s simple, within these four topics you will find all you need to get you moving, keep healthy from the inside out, help with prevention and recovery from injury and give progressive assistance with training to keep you interested and motivated
As a beginner runner or if you are coming back to running after a long break you can use the Foundations to build yourself a firm knowledge base as your running takes shape and gradually build your confidence
As an experienced runner with a good knowledge base already, you can use the Four Foundations to improve and build on specific areas of your running. Maybe you need a new training program and a fresh target or you would like to run faster times?
… or maybe now is the time to train for your first marathon?
(did someone mention the M-word?) – more about that later ;-)
Brainwave Entrainment
Brainwave Entrainment uses the brains response to rhythmic impulses of sound and light to induce a relaxed and suggestible state, similar to a meditative state. Recorded suggestions can then be used to “train” your brain to react in a more favourable way to a given situation (e.g. induce a positive mental attitude for the beginning of a long run or event)
The light and sound impulses are generated through your PC (mp3 or CD player if you prefer just sound impulses) and this is a scientifically proven process with a lot of history behind it - and it is safe to use – you won’t be strapped to your chair with electrodes hanging from your scalp waiting for the white coats to come in!
Don’t look so worried :-)
This process is similar to the hypnotherapy techniques used by sports psychologists to enhance an athlete’s performance. The good news for us runners is that this same technique can be reproduced with PC software or, if you don’t have your own PC, can be used on an mp3 player or Smart Phone
In A Nutshell...
Brainwave Entrainment is a powerful tool to help you build the Four Foundations of your running, but this technology is not essential, you can run without it
A useful thing to have in your locker certainly - especially when faced with some of the challenges running throws at us…
“use it” or “don’t use it” I think is what I’m trying to say :-)
In the meantime, My Running Tips is a good resource for everything else to do with your running – if you are looking for running shoes and other gear we have running tips and guides to help you there
and there’s a whole bunch of other stuff for you to explore as well…
so, have a look around!
Andy Greenhalgh
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