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The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

Susan Orlean

4.2 on Amazon

3 HN comments

Alone on the Wall

Alex Honnold and David Roberts

4.7 on Amazon

3 HN comments

What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World

Jon Young

4.5 on Amazon

3 HN comments

Deskbound: Standing Up to a Sitting World

Kelly Starrett

4.7 on Amazon

3 HN comments

Primitive Technology: A Survivalist's Guide to Building Tools, Shelters, and More in the Wild (CLARKSON POTTER)

John Plant

4.7 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance

Simone Biles, Michelle Burford , et al.

4.8 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Running Rewired: Reinvent Your Run for Stability, Strength, and Speed

Jay Dicharry

4.7 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Move Your DNA: Restore Your Health Through Natural Movement, 2nd Edition

Katy Bowman

4.7 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth

Michio Kaku, Feodor Chin, et al.

4.7 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Summer: A Cookbook: Inspired Recipes for Lazy Days and Magical Nights

Marnie Hanel and Jen Stevenson

5 on Amazon

2 HN comments

A Sense of Where You Are

John McPhee

4.4 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns

4.7 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training for Climbers

Arno Ilgner , Jeff Achey, et al.

4.8 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Total Immersion: The Revolutionary Way To Swim Better, Faster, and Easier

Terry Laughlin and John Delves

4.6 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface

Donald Maass

4.7 on Amazon

2 HN comments

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igouyonSep 18, 2019

> … someone who wants to improve his capacity as a runner/athlete…

"Running Rewired: Reinvent Your Run for Stability, Strength, and Speed"

https://books.google.com/books?id=epZUDwAAQBAJ

larveonDec 24, 2019

I have recently got into running. I had a massive ankle injury (road accident) a decade back, so knew that there would be some imbalances to take care off that would make me more prone to injury. I trawled literature and books, looking for more holistic approaches to running, and found the following books to be quite informative, providing links to scientific literature for most of their points:

* Running Rewired, by Jay Dicharry: https://www.amazon.com/Running-Rewired-Reinvent-Stability-St...

* Anatomy for Runners, by Jay Dicharry: https://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Runners-Unlocking-Potential-P...

* Run for your life, by Mark Cucuzzella: https://www.amazon.com/Run-Your-Life-Without-Well-Being/dp/1...

* Running Science, by Owen Anderson: https://www.amazon.com/Running-Science-Sport-Owen-Anderson/d...

The podcast "Science of Ultra" is also great and strongly rooted in a scientific approach to claims about running and training.

I started to feel some tightness in my left hip after running longer distances (25+ km), and went to PT. I basically now have a strong program of cross strength training that closely mimics the exercises in the Dicharry books, and I am know using muscles that were neglected before (glutes, mostly). I haven't felt any pain / tightness since.

While I don't have much of a background in sports, I do play bass and piano, and of course sit at a keyboard all day, which are also highly "injurious" activities. If something hurts or feels wrong, it is wrong, and you should address it. This is absolutely true for playing and typing, which should feel effortless at all times. I don't have enough experience with running to know how well that applies, since adaptation and training stimulus doesn't feel the most comfortable.

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