How do Tarahumara Indians Develop Speed and Strength in Order to Live Race Great Distances and Live a Healthy Life?

 

Rare Video Footage of Eric sharing his wisdom in New York City at the "Born to Run" Conference in November 2010

What Eric covers in this video is the following topics:

  • Structural Issues – Body and biomechanics was failing. Failure of traditional methods that always lead to injury
  • Biomechanics
  • Training Focused on Speed and Economy
  • Training Short Hard Fast Sprinting to recruit new muscle in the legs to fire versus tradition LSD (long slow distance)
  • Speed First then Endurance
  • Short and fast Hill repeats and sprints to fire and strengthen muscles (speed, strength, and power)
  • Anaerobic training boosts in performance
  • 7:35 Starts the Section: How do Tarahumara Indians Develop Speed and Strength in Order to Live Race Great Distances and Live a Healthy Life?
  • Tarahumara ball playing game starts as a kid
  • Tarahumara hip muscle strength
  • Eccentric strength training with downhills and bounding
  • Concentric strength – uphill
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