1. Finding your ideal stride length and cadence isn’t just about gaining speed.
2. It will also improve your efficiency.
3. At your ideal stride length and cadence, you’ll be able to run at the same pace with reduced heart rate...

1. Whether you’re a new runner or an experienced one, the stride length you naturally choose is likely your most efficient.
2. The body is remarkably adept at remembering movement patterns, and this includes your stride length and steps per minute.
3. Sometimes it’s counterproductive...

On the flip side, if your stride length is too short, you can’t store enough energy in the swing phase of your gait, and you won’t be able to use as much force when you hit the push-off phase of your g...

1. Your stride length can change during a run.
2. As you go uphill, your steps tend to get shorter, and you take more of them.
3. On the downhill, your steps will open up, and you’ll take fewer of them.
4. When you generate more power, like during a sprint to the finish, your ...

Well, you do. Some people naturally prefer a longer stride, and others fall into a shorter stride.

While many people think stride length has to do with height or leg length, it’s not just runners with long legs who have a long stride and vice versa.

1. Increasing your cadence by 5 and 10 percent over your preferred cadence can decrease overstriding, reduce impact and bracing forces to potentially avoid running related injuries.
2. If tend to overstride (constantly suffering from hamstring issues could be a clue), you may want to get a...

Stride length goes hand in hand with cadence and pace.

To run faster, a runner needs to either :

• cover more ground with each step length,
• increase cadence, or
• a combination of both.

1. It also helps protect you from injury.
2. One of the most common injuries in runners is patellofemoral pain, or Runner’s Knee. And that’s very common when you have just a slight tendency to overstride - even if it’s not very obvious.
3. Your knee is more extende...

Stride length is the distance covered between the spot where one foot hits the ground and the next time that same foot hits the ground again.

• That’s two steps - one with your right foot, one with your left.
• The number...

The short answer: It depends. You’ve probably heard that an average of 180 steps per minute is the “magic number” for cadence.

This is based on observations by the famous running coach Jack Daniels, who wrote that the majority of elite distance runners at the 1984 Olympic ...