Ready to Run Unlocking Your Potential to Run Naturally

In a direct answer to the modern runner’s needs, Dr. Kelly Starrett, author of the bestseller Becoming a Supple Leopard: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance, has focused his revolutionary movement and mobility philosophy on the injury-plagued world of running. Despite the promises of the growing minimalist shoe industry and a rush of new ideas on how to transform running technique, more than three out of four runners suffer at least one injury per year. Although we may indeed be “born to run,” life in the modern world has trashed and undercut dedicated runners wishing to transform their running. The harsh effects of too much sitting and too much time wearing the wrong shoes has left us shackled to lower back problems, chronic knee injuries, and debilitating foot pain. In this book, you will learn the 12 standards that will prepare your body for a lifetime of top-performance running. You won’t just be prepared to run in a minimalist shoe—you’ll be ready to run, period. You will learn:

• The 12 performance standards you must work toward and develop on an ongoing basis

• How to tap into all of your running potential and access a fountain of youth for lifelong running

• How to turn your weaknesses into strengths

• How to prevent chronic overuse injuries by building powerful injury prevention habits into your day

• How to prepare your body for the demands of changing your running shoes and running technique

• How to treat pain and swelling with cutting-edge modalities and accelerate your recovery

• How to equip your home mobility gym

• A set of mobility exercises for restoring optimal function and range of motion to your joints and tissues

• How to run faster, run farther, and run better

Dr. Kelly Starrett is the author of the national bestseller Becoming a Supple Leopard, which has revolutionized how coaches, athletes, and everyday humans approach performance as it relates to movement, mechanics, and the actualization of human and athletic potential. Dr. Starrett is also the cofounder of San Francisco CrossFit and MobilityWOD.com, where he shares his innovative approach to movement, mechanics, and mobility with coaches and athletes around the world. He travels the world teaching his wildly popular CrossFit Movement & Mobility Course and works with elite Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard forces; athletes from the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB; and national and world-ranked strength and power athletes. He consults with Olympic teams and universities and is a featured speaker at strength and conditioning conferences nationwide. Dr. Starrett’s work is not limited to coaches and athletes; his methods apply equally well to children, desk jockeys, and anyone dealing with injury and chronic pain. He believes that every human being should know how to move and be able to perform basic maintenance on themselves.
 
A five-time Ironman finisher and 2:38 marathoner, T.J. Murphy is an award-winning writer and editor and is the author of the book Inside the Box. His work has appeared in Outside, Runner's World, The CrossFit Journal, Competitor, and Women's Running, and he has served as editor-in-chief for both Triathlete Magazine and Inside Triathlon.