Reverse (Backwards) Running
BrianSharpe
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Saw this in my newsfeed today........while it is a serious article (and probably does merit consideration) the mental image it created was pretty funny.
"But it has drawbacks, Cavagna says — chiefly that you can’t see where you’re going. “It should be done on a track,” he says, “or by a couple of runners, side by side,” one facing forward."
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/running-in-reverse/
"But it has drawbacks, Cavagna says — chiefly that you can’t see where you’re going. “It should be done on a track,” he says, “or by a couple of runners, side by side,” one facing forward."
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/running-in-reverse/
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A couple years ago they did a challenge on the Biggest Loser show where they had to go backwards on a treadmill. They raised the incline until all but one fell off. I tried it and DO NOT recommend it!!!
I do do some sidsteps, skips, and tiny bit of backwards running at the beginning of a run for a warm up.0 -
You can kinda do this on an ellipitical machine. I do it every now and then...
Good idea in theory but I'd hate to think of all the injuries people will sustain from going this!0
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