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(3/2/08 8:45 pm)
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Cycling Your Way To Full Running Speed
You want run fast? Pay attention to what you do when you walk, walk up and down stairs and when cycling on a stationary bike (mirror). Look at the peddles on your bike. The peddles are perpendicular to each other when the peddle is in the drive phase or when pressed straight down. Notice! The other foot is directly on top ready to step down. As you are walking and you want to pick up speed...just simply lift the knee higher and you will notice a longer stride. Speed consist of stride length and stride frequency. That length of stride does not involve the front leg; it involves the drive leg which passes under the hip and backward which push the body forward. The same is true when moving backward. The same leg now passes under the hip and forward which push the body backward. It's just that simple. The key! Transfer your walking mechanics into running mechanics. Notice! When walking forward the hands do not rotate above the
shoulders just as when walking backward. I recommend that coaches in all sports train their athletes like basketball players. Basketball players utilize the performance paradigm: force production (acceleration), force reduction (deceleration) and prepriorception (learned movement). World Famous and former Track Coach Great Tom Tellez (University of Houston [Carl Lewis]) is said that 64% of our effort is attributed to acceleration; full speed is 18% and deceleration is 12%. When involved in full speed the length of stride and frequency of stride turnover is even. The problem is we spend more time accelerating (stride grows in length to full speed length) and decelerating (stride reduces in length to low speed length).
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