Thanks Ted, that kind of makes sense ;-).Hi Chris,
The vivo workshop may well be useful, if you can manage to get it as and when it starts up again.
Only comment I’d add (quite possibly not that helpful) is that I don’t believe there is a truly ‘right’ answer to how you lift your feet. So don’t worry too much about being unsure.
Putting it simply –we are all different and some descriptive imagery that works perfectly well for one individual may seem totally incomprehensible to someone else. That doesn’t mean you are necessarily ‘wrong’. You just have to find an analogy that works for you.
I’ve heard a variety of suggestions over time -from lifting as though you have stepped on that bee, to imagining that the ground is white hot, to visualising yourself running out of the house in the middle of the night looking across the street for someone in a crowd (honestly!). Personally, I find sometimes picturing a small log in front of each step that I then have to step over seems to work for me. I also generally focus more on lifting knees than worrying about my feet –they just follow where my knees and legs go!
Possibly more importantly however - I think it is very easy to end up over-thinking all of this and then fretting that you’re never going to get the hang of anything (I know I’ve had that feeling a number of times!).
The answer very often is to just relax. When you truly relax and listen to your body it can very quickly all fall into place almost without you realising it, or even particularly trying. This is probably why people might suggest losing the shoes completely is a useful first stage, so that you can feel clearly what your feet are telling you, as opposed to the somewhat ‘muffled’ feedback you’d get through a rubber shoe sole. –All easier said than done though, I know!...
Keep going anyway… And if you do manage to get to the Vivo workshop it would be interesting to hear how you get on…
Good luck...
I’m still resting the old Achilles at the moment but today the wife made me do the jo wicks work out but we did 15 minutes on the cross trainer and 15 minutes on the running machine either end of it. I was going to power walk but decided to do a slow jog, I had on nike free run 3.0 and at a slow 5 mile an hour pace on my forefoot I didn’t get any pain.... Lol I’m waiting for all the comments on the Nike’s now !!!
I contacted vivo and they are hoping to be open late June so I will keep you all posted as to how I get on.
Thanks for all the advice.
Chris