I wish to introduce a new concept for you to consider. This merely consists of balancing on one foot. Performance and injury prevention can be enhanced. This exercise can help your legs become stronger, thus better resisting fatigue and injury. It is an exercise very specific to walking or running. As you try it, I suspect that you initially will feel some fatigue. Your weak links will be discovered. With time the fatigue diminishes.

Your sense of balance will also improve. Walking and running consists of a series of balancing acts on one foot. The better we are able to transfer weight from one leg to the other the more efficient a walker or runner we become.

Try this. Stand on one foot for 30 seconds while touch something very lightly with your index finger. Next, do it while touching nothing. Was it more difficult the second way? Get into the daily habit of doing this at home or elsewhere. Be creative. The opportunities are numerous. Strive to initially have a goal of balancing on each foot for 1:00. Touch something if that is necessary. Eventually I would like to see you able to do this for 5:00 without touching anything. We may be talking weeks or months before you get there, but once there you will notice a difference.

After you get to that point I would like to make it more interesting. Begin building up to 5:00 on each foot with your eyes closed. Now this will really help develop balance and body awareness.