Hi everyone, just published my first digital product designed to help runners with upper body pain. Would love for you to check it out and any feedback on it would be greatly appreciated.

https://whop.com/checkout/plan_rNEcX5a3iZ7kb

-Syd

If you're over 40 and running anything longer than 10K, there's a good chance you're finishing with a stiff neck, tight traps, or that familiar ache between your shoulder blades.

Most runners blame it on "just getting older." It's not age — it's mechanics.

Here's what's actually happening:

1. You're gripping. When fatigue sets in around mile 4-5, your hands clench, your forearms tense up, and that tension climbs straight into your shoulders and neck. You don't notice it until you stop.

2. Your arms are too high. A lot of runners carry their elbows at 80-90 degrees as they tire. This forces your traps to work overtime as stabilisers instead of letting gravity do the job.

3. You're breathing into your chest, not your diaphragm. Shallow breathing recruits your neck and shoulder muscles as accessory breathing muscles. Over 60-90 minutes, that adds up to thousands of unnecessary contractions.

The fix isn't stretching after your run. It's retraining these patterns during your run so the tension never builds up in the first place.

I put together a 14-day reset that targets all three — takes about 10 minutes a day on top of your normal training. No yoga mats, no foam rollers, just practical drills you do before and during your runs.

If your upper body feels like it ran a separate race from your legs, this is for you.