This is probably 100x’s more important when it comes to sprints.
Think of your body as a race car.
If you want that race car to be FAST you need to feed that engine race fuel.
-Dorsiflexion (Toes are pointed upwards, flexing the calf muscle)
•Allows you to apply the maximum force into the ground by landing on the balls of your feet. (When you hear people say “run on your toes”
•Prevents “over striding”
- A-Skips
•Promotes practice of proper knee lift and proper foot strike into the ground.
- B-Skips
•Develops foot placement in the proper location.
You always want to land your feet directly under you.
-High Knees: Enforces knee lift, engages glutes and accentuates hamstring power.
-Bounds: Develops calf, foot and hamstring power.
-Lunges: Active involves muscle & tendons
I recommed you make a check list and run through everything that you need for warm-ups and errors you need to fix in your running phases.
What separates an average sprinter from an elite sprinter?
The amount of force applied to the ground in the most efficient way possible.
( Remember sprint on your TOES the from 1/3 area of your foot. NEVER HEELS. )
-They’re more important than you think...many tendons, ligaments & small muscles reside here.
Exercises:
•Bare-foot walling, jogging, running.
•Sand workouts (beach, volleyball pit, etc).
•Below the knee weight training.
Also stretch & massage feet.
*SHOCKER*
The body tends follow the direction that your head is turned.
Go to an open area and try jogging/running while looking to the side.
You’ll be running all over the damn place.
Just like the race car you are... you can’t achieve top speed by turning!
No matter how tired, hurt or stressed out you are...
Mind telling you to give up...
KEEP THE MF BALL ROLLING.
This was the biggest & most important lesson I’ve learned from training & competing in sprints.
Feel IMMORTAL to life now.
DM me with any questions or concerns...
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Also, don’t just train this...
“TRAIN EVERYTHING” -@ellobosalvaje
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