Heather Milton, exercise physiologist at NYU Langone Health, reveals the biggest mistake many runners make. Following is a transcript of the video.
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An exercise physiologist reveals the mistake many runners make — and it has nothing to do with legs or feet
NYU Exercise physiologist Heather Milton explains what most runners are doing wrong — and what they should be doing instead.
To maximize the amount of energy you are using when you are walking or running on an incline or not, is to maintain good upper-body form and that includes keeping your core engaged throughout the entire exercise as well as maintaining good arm-form.
So you're moving in a hand-to-pocket position with your arms moving forward and back.
If you are swinging your arms, a lot of people tend to either keep their arms up really tight or let them go out to the side so we want to make sure that your arms are moving in the direction that you want to be going, whether or not you are on a treadmill or outside, and your hands swing down to about your hip level and come back up, so your elbow stays at a 90
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