They play a major role in our lives.We run with you, we go uphill and downhill or straight ahead, jump up in the air, use it as a drive when swimming - and the progress does not even cost something, apart from the effort.The whole thing still has its price - especially in sports, such as running.Because depending on the running technology, two to three times the body weight affects our joints with every step.Example: A 70 kilogram runner has to take around 9,000 steps with a 10-kilometer run and cushion 1260 tons.This roughly corresponds to the weight of two ICE trains.While runners get their thighs in shape relatively quickly with regular training, small foot muscles and joints are often neglected.They are essential, especially when the routes become longer.We therefore want to show on these pages how to keep your feet fit - or get fit.
Jan Fitschen was over 5000 meters during his career of many national champions and even became European champion over 10,000 meters in 2006.He later also ran a marathon and knows what feet have to participate in the course of training and competition time.For example, the training camps in Kenya were special, where "one gave really tastes over 35 kilometers on an uneven floor," recalls the 40-year-old today.Not only such a battered feet, but also those of Otto normal athletes need good care - preferably in the form of exercises that strengthen the foot muscles.
advises the athlete of 2006.Above all, the "mini muscles" in the foot are activated by this balancing act.The simple exercises also have a big impact on the deeper muscles.They not only accelerate the healing process if you may already have problems, but are also important for the prevention, as the running expert knows from his own experience: "I once had to struggle with inflammation in the plantar tendon and couldn't even have a yearpainless.The functional workout helped me a lot."