W. G. George And His 100-Up Exercise

A new Chris McDougall article hit the New York Times yesterday and It’s all the buzz in minimalist running land today. In it, McDougall discusses an article he ran accross written by Walter Goodall George in 1908 titled “W. G. George’s Own Account From the 100-Up Exercise.” Read that Wikipedia article I linked above, this dude was the real deal running a 30 year standing world record mile in 4:12.75!

So I HIGHLY suggest you read the article and watch the video that illustrates the exercise.

I like that shot from the video above…I totally used to run like that…it’s funny looking back at it now.

So take on W.G.’s challenge. Give 100 of the ‘minors’ a shot and once you’ve mastered that, try 100 ‘majors’. It’s tough as hell, but something I’m looking forward to incorporating into my strength conditioning going forward.