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Running by miker2 (4.00 / 1) #5 Wed Mar 22, 2006 at 12:25:51 PM EST

I've ran less than 10 miles total using the chirunning technique and I haven't had problems yet. The form is pretty close to what I was doing back up in NJ when I ran on the flats. Running on the hills down here made me fun on my toes to power up them, which gave me the shin pain. Running downhill also gave me problems since I used my shins/calves to slow myself. I also have a pretty strong back and core from swimming and lifting, so that could be part of why I haven't experienced the pain.

I lift legs once per week, doing two sets of calf eccentrics with quite a bit of weight on them along with lunges, squats, dead lifts and cleans. I haven't seen a machine or device meant to strengthen the anterior tibialis, what should I be looking for?

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In our gym by sasquatchan (4.00 / 1) #7 Wed Mar 22, 2006 at 12:36:09 PM EST

it's a very odd looking, and small, contraption. Two parallel bars (connected) with a shaft coming out of the middle of the connection. You put weights on the shaft. You sit (on a bench, feet out, toes extended) and put your feet inbetween the bars. So the bottom bar is against your heel, and the top bar is on top of your toes. You then 'lift' your toes up/towards your body. The bottom bar slides/pivots (but don't lift off the ground), and the weights will pull down against the lift of your toes.

Here's something similar. MUCH bigger than at my gym, but looks like you stack weights on the end, put your heel on the square rectangle, and toes go underneath the round padded parts, and lift with your toes. Good stuff, and it'll hurt the first few times you do it.

For your calf stuff, are you standing or seated ? (I've found calf workouts with my legs fully extended are much better than some of the seated calf raises).

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: Sounds familiar by miker2 (4.00 / 1) #8 Wed Mar 22, 2006 at 12:49:39 PM EST

There was something like that at my old gym that some of the strictly runners used. It sounds like I can get a similar workout doing single-leg drills in a huge gear on my bike, making sure to pull up and keep the ankle locked. I'll definitely look for that device tonight/tomorrow at the gym.
I do the calf work with straight legs. I use a machine that puts the weights on your hips so you don't hurt your back and I do the other stuff standing with a belt attached to the low pulley on the cable crossover machine. I've never been a big fan of seated calf raises either, although I was forced to after hurting my low back when doing calf raises at my last gym using the shoulder supported calf raise machine.
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