Drop the shoulders from your ears.
Shrugged, tense shoulders creep up as fatigue sets in — sometimes hiking one side higher than the other. That tension burns energy, restricts breathing, and usually drags bad arm swing along with it.
What good looks like
Shoulders level and dropped, no shrug, symmetric left to right.
Fix it: 2 cues + 1 drill
1 · Cue
Drop shoulders from ears on exhale
2 · Cue
Thumbs brush hips, no shrug
3 · Drill
4x20s shoulder-drop check-ins
Fix the next zone
Stop Overstriding
Forward Lean for Runners
Increase Running Cadence
Arm Swing
Head Position for Runners
Hip Drop When Running