Are you stiff?
Interesting stuff this. American institute Somax’s Bob Pritchard implies in this video that the current crop of UK runners are “stiffer than the runners of 15-29 years ago”. He looks at the stride angle of the likes of Steve Cram and Steve Jones…
…and how they seemed to have better flexibility than today’s athletes. Whether or not bob is trying to sell his services or there is indeed some foundation to the studies is certainly open to debate.
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Nick Stevens Jan 4, 10:35 PM
Really interesting video. This is very similar to another video by Somax that I found really helpful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hqspH_OTzA. Now I just need to take the time to film my own running technique to see how I stack up to the pros!
Rene Borg Jan 7, 05:57 PM
Makes a lot of sense to me. My physio has worked a lot on getting flexibility in that area increased. The exercises make you feel much like Steve Cram looks in that pose and its interesting how constricted one can feel when the legs get when you pull one leg far up and let the other extend back.
If you can feel this sort of resistance lying down, it would be logical enough that you can’t generate an ideal stride on the move. I’d blame sitting personally!