I noticed when Bekele ran the 10,000 his feet would come up and almost kick him in the butt as he ran. Supposedly very efficient. Can that be learned or accomplished through weight training?
I noticed when Bekele ran the 10,000 his feet would come up and almost kick him in the butt as he ran. Supposedly very efficient. Can that be learned or accomplished through weight training?
try form drills
so i guess everyone who has ever done form drills should have the stride of bekelee if that's all it takes, no?
heyyo wrote:
so i guess everyone who has ever done form drills should have the stride of bekelee if that's all it takes, no?
No one ever came close to implying that.
Dibaba kicks her butt too.
The old line of thinking is that he overstrides. I remember learning that your foot should kick up much higher, if at all, above your knee
All the Ethiopians run with a high kick. They must learn it.
When you are running at 62 second lap pace, your feet will be kicking up high too. It's not a technique which works at slower paces.
The reason Bekele's feet kick up behind like a sprinter is because he is nearly sprinting.
Thanks for the feedback.
Edgini wrote:
When you are running at 62 second lap pace, your feet will be kicking up high too. It's not a technique which works at slower paces.
The reason Bekele's feet kick up behind like a sprinter is because he is nearly sprinting.
No, many of the Africans have a very high leg lift even while they are running slower paces. Not as high, but still very high for the pace they are running. It is not something that is learned, it is something that is natural and it has nothing to do with their genetics or drills that they do.
POSE!!!!
truth. wrote:
No, many of the Africans have a very high leg lift even while they are running slower paces....it is something that is natural and it has nothing to do with their genetics...
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If it has nothing to do with their genetics, then how is it natural?
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it is something that is natural and it has nothing to do with their genetics...
Statements like that are why you are supposed to re-read BEFORE you hit "post".
Edgini wrote:
When you are running at 62 second lap pace, your feet will be kicking up high too. It's not a technique which works at slower paces.
The reason Bekele's feet kick up behind like a sprinter is because he is nearly sprinting.
No. Watch the video of the race. Look at Tadesse's back kick when he is running at the same speed as Bekele. Tadesse does not get the heel nearly as high as Bekele. This is not a matter of 'speed'. It is a matter of mechanics and learned neuro-muscular behaviors.
Prescott Dandelion wrote:
heyyo wrote:so i guess everyone who has ever done form drills should have the stride of bekelee if that's all it takes, no?
No one ever came close to implying that.
Yes and I was implying that if the answer were so obvious and simple as form drills than everyone would have his stride. Swoosh, right over your head.
truth. wrote:
...It is not something that is learned, it is something that is natural and it has nothing to do with their genetics...
This seems to contradict.
heyyo wrote:
I was implying that if the answer were so obvious and simple as form drills than everyone would have his stride. Swoosh, right over your head.
Actually, it's still over your head.
The dude said that nobody implied form drills = bekele stride. Which is correct; nobody said that.
"Try form drills" is nowhere close to "form drills and form drills alone are the simple and obvious answer."
Bekele shrugged wrote:
I noticed when Bekele ran the 10,000 his feet would come up and almost kick him in the butt as he ran. Supposedly very efficient. Can that be learned or accomplished through weight training?
I noticed that too. The Ethiopian runners do a lot of drills and stretching constantly. Having my heels come close to my butt is something I've never been able to do regardless of the speed.
Ethiopian runners warming up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU_1uApC7kw&feature=PlayList&p=F097762E8BA6986AIs his even the most efficient running form? His leg goes really high in the back. Seems like alot of wasted movement. His leg goes higher than most sprinters. Look at video of Asafa Powell running. He is supposed to have some of the best running form out there and his lower leg stays about parallel to the ground.
Video of Bolt and Powell. There is some good slow motion footage in the latter half.
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