Nicholas Romanov > Quotes

“Simplicity itself is the key. Education in ballet, dance, martial arts, etc., is done through poses, or to be more precise, through a countless series of poses. Perfection of movement is achieved through the flow of perfectly rehearsed poses.”
― Nicholas Romanov, Pose Method of Running

“Failure to improve is rarely a physical failure; it’s almost always an entirely mental shortcoming.”
― Nicholas Romanov, The Running Revolution Deluxe: How to Run Faster, Farther, and Injury-Free--for Life

“By thinking ahead of the present position, the mind is building up a substantial fear of the future, while the physiological and biomechanical processes of the body, untended by the conscious mind here at mile six, begin to break down because of the lack of attention. When”
― Nicholas Romanov, The Running Revolution: How to Run Faster, Farther, and Injury-Free--for Life

“Why postpone a necessary element of running with a deviation like heel striking when we can land directly into our next point of action without delay?”
― Nicholas Romanov, The Running Revolution: How to Run Faster, Farther, and Injury-Free--for Life

“For example, on a long, hard run, the physiological, psychological, and mental fatigue associated with a maximum effort sends a danger signal to the body. What started out as a chosen and desired effort is interpreted as life threatening, something to be stopped. Your first response will not be a conscious sense of fear but rather physiological sensations. At this point, in fact, your conscious mind is still giving you full-steam-ahead signals, but the subconscious mind, intent on life preservation, begins sending the body an opposite set of instructions—muscle stiffness and pain, pounding heart, a struggle to breathe, sounds suggestive of dying. The message from the subconscious mind to the body is clear—shut it down.”
― Nicholas Romanov, The Running Revolution Deluxe: How to Run Faster, Farther, and Injury-Free--for Life

“Many of us like to use runs as a time to escape daily life, to think through problems, to get away from it all. In other words, when we run, we use our mental energy to deal with issues other than running. While this may be somewhat therapeutic, it won’t make you a better runner.”
― Nicholas Romanov, The Running Revolution: How to Run Faster, Farther, and Injury-Free--for Life

“In order for you to improve as a runner, a truce must be declared. In order for a truce to be declared, the conscious mind must comprehend what’s going on in the subconscious mind.”
― Nicholas Romanov, The Running Revolution: How to Run Faster, Farther, and Injury-Free--for Life