Now THIS is science wrote:
I tested your theory and have come to a different conclusion.
I tried moving my legs fast without swinging my arms, and it felt wierd, but I still moved pretty fast. Then I tried swinging my arms as fast as I could without moving my legs and I barely moved at all, though I did eventually lose my balance and fall over.
If this guy actually did this, this is too funny!
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oh sweet mercy wrote:
Now THIS is science wrote:I tested your theory and have come to a different conclusion.
I tried moving my legs fast without swinging my arms, and it felt wierd, but I still moved pretty fast. Then I tried swinging my arms as fast as I could without moving my legs and I barely moved at all, though I did eventually lose my balance and fall over.
If this guy actually did this, this is too funny!
It's a brilliant post. Let's leave it at that.
Your arms are for balance, play no role in moving you across the ground faster. Your HS coach must also be the football coach, macho man.
Apply more force to the ground to run faster.
johnny holmes wrote:
I can move my right arm faster than my left arm.
I wonder why? ?
If you body didn’t move faster when your arms moved faster, your arms would get ripped off of your body.
BergLaufer wrote:
johnny holmes wrote:
I can move my right arm faster than my left arm.
I wonder why? ?
buahaha
It is not even true for the statement "the faster your legs move the faster you run".
To run fast, you have to run fast (move the whole body fast). You don't move your legs to move the body. The legs follow. The arms follow.
More a case that not letting your arms move fast will prevent you from running faster.
Your arms need to synchronise with the legs. As your cadence increases, your arms will also move faster. Some people don't let their arms move freely, which puts the brakes on any increase in turnover.
So generally, let the legs dictate the arms, just don't let the arms get in the way.
Often when people try and drive their arms they just go longer with the arm swing, which increases ground contact time and takes an athlete away from sprint mechanics. A notable exception would be in the start, when you'll perhaps want an elongated arm swing to allow a longer period of time to get extension out of the blocks.