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Dr. Nicholas Romanov's Pose Method of Running Companion Drill Book - Video I
$9.95
I made the mistake of buying both so had to return. Just thought somebody needed to point out that the DVD includes the companion drill book.

Dr. Nicholas Romanov's Pose Method of Running
$34.95
I have run (pun not intended) through the Chi book and watched the evolution of running DVD but I found this book very helpful in describing the Pose method in detail and in particular the diagrams do a great job demonstrating the correct posture versus the wrong. There are difference in the explanations and in Pose I had a greater impression that the lean did not have to as significant as I thought under Chi. And in Pose, the author discusses lifting the ankles under the center of the hips and letting gravity allow the legs to fall without as much need to push off. Chi emphasizes kicking the feet back, which may be the same but sounds more difficult but also discusses allowing gravity to have its effect. Both books are well worth reading particularly as they emphasize reducing impact on the joints and running more efficiently. Writer Matt Fitzgerald indicates that studies show form changes don't often help runners run faster based on bio mechanical differences and needs, but he does admit that efficiency can be improved and all agree that barefoot running, when and where you can do it, is essential in learning how to run more efficiently. In the book, the author takes a long run up to give a biographical revelation on how he discovered the Pose method in 90 plus pages but it is a quick read. Quite a lot of the book is composed of exercises that assist you in learning and training for the method as well as numerous exercises to strengthen your core muscles allowing greater ability to sustain balance and the lean. The latter part of the book has excellent examples of the right and wrong way, the simply graphic showing the right lean versus the wrong was very helpful since I found myself doing too much of a forward lean. I also have/am guilty of concentrating more on leg turn over versus the right way to land. A clinic course would be helpful but from doing the drills and practicing the components one or two at a time (doing everything right all at once is a lot to concentrate on) it appears to be doable even possibly for an old heel striker like me. The book is a little pricey (5 stars if more compact) and I think a more compact version would have been just as good but it is worth the read but consider buying on Amazon used.

Poses
$12.98
There are many wonderfully helpful reviews already posted here, but I couldn't help praising this mesmerizing CD. My brother gave it to me for a birthday present, and I hadn't even touched it (sometimes it's hard to latch on to something new). Then one bus trip "In A Graveyard" started playing on shuffle, and I had tears in my eyes in seconds. More than anything else, Rufus's voice will get under your skin and move you in spite of yourself. Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk was also an instant love affair. The other songs took more time, but that is what I want to stress most of all: this CD will get better with each listen. The songs are like those private people who you can never figure out...but when you do, they're the most worth while friends you've ever had. My favorites are "In a Graveyard," "Poses," "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk," and "California." I don't have much experience with Rufus, but no one so unfamiliar has ever entranced me so well he can.
P.S. For a music tastes match, some of my other favorite artists include Ben Folds, Simon & Garfunkel, The Decemberists, Death Cab, Coldplay, etc. If you like them or any other Rufus Wainwright, please purchase this CD!

Talento De Barrio
$7.99
Esos flows m���ltiples y ritmos pegajosos son los que le dan a Daddy Yankee otro nivel en este g���nero. No le falta mucha raz���n cuando dice "Tengo todos los estilos"... Cuando menos te lo esperas, te cambia la voz, te tira otro flow y te deja con un "wow" on the face que no se te quita lol
Los d���os mejores no pudieron ser. Randy se ranke��� como nunca antes, y Arc���ngel tir��� lo suyo como siempre, con un flow que al meos en esta canci���n no cans��� para nada.
Personalmente, yo nunca he sido fan de Daddy Yankee, ni en los tiempos de "Barrio Fino", pero en este disco me convenci��� completamente. No me lo esperaba (todo lo contrario a Arc���ngel, del que esperaba m���s con "El Fen���meno" y me ech��� una caca que no hay quien se la espante completa).
"Salgo pa' la calle" es la que m���s me llama la atenci���n, y tal vez la que m���s se presta pa' tener en el carro rumbo a una disco ;)
En fin:
Hands down, thumbs up!