How should you warm up for a 400 meter sprint, I don't know if I am doing it correctly because my main warmup focuses are the quads, the hamstrings, and the calves. I know that those are good muscle focuses but are there more muscles that you should work?
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No warmup. Warmups are to help slow runners masquerade as being better and more equipped than they really are. All the stud muffins - like myself - run off nervous energy. Determine which you are and proceed accordingly.
Wouldn't you hurt yourself and also be at a disadvantage because your body is not ready to preform at max? and that also is determined by what you run.
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Wouldn't you hurt yourself and also be at a disadvantage because your body is not ready to preform at max? and that also is determined by what you run.
Man I would love that but I don't want to waste my life on some stupid game and watch life fly by me when I can give it my all and do my best on something I love.
Yes. You should definitely warm up for a 400. 10-12 minutes of slow jogging, then 15-20 minutes of activating drills dynamic stretches and a couple of 80-120m strides. Your warm up could take 45-60 minutes.
How should you warm up for a 400 meter sprint, I don't know if I am doing it correctly because my main warmup focuses are the quads, the hamstrings, and the calves. I know that those are good muscle focuses but are there more muscles that you should work?
Jog 3 minutes and then run 4 x 20 to 30m very quick (400m speed), using walk back recoveries.
How should you warm up for a 400 meter sprint, I don't know if I am doing it correctly because my main warmup focuses are the quads, the hamstrings, and the calves. I know that those are good muscle focuses but are there more muscles that you should work?
Not how your average middle distance runner does when they get drafted into the 4x4 on short notice at the end of a meet. One stride out and one quad stretch per leg
How should you warm up for a 400 meter sprint, I don't know if I am doing it correctly because my main warmup focuses are the quads, the hamstrings, and the calves. I know that those are good muscle focuses but are there more muscles that you should work?
Your stretch for the 400 should be the same as all of the other sprints out there.
You need something closer to what @Trolls are idiots described. The higher intensity of the race/workout, the more warmup you need. If you're doing fast repeats, like 200s or 400s, how do you feel during the first one? How do you feel during the second one? If the first one is challenging, and the second one is usually better, then you needed more warmup
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Yes. You should definitely warm up for a 400. 10-12 minutes of slow jogging, then 15-20 minutes of activating drills dynamic stretches and a couple of 80-120m strides. Your warm up could take 45-60 minutes.
This is good but incomplete IMO.
Your warmup for any race should include, at least once or twice, touching the highest speed you expect to run in the race itself. Your warmup for the 400 should include touching 95% speed or better (because you're likely to hit that at some point in a well-run 400) a couple of times, usually through accelerations rather than blasting off from a standstill. As a result you may end up with a half-dozen or more "strides," though not all might be as long as 80-120m.
In addition, several practice starts can be important. You want to get up to speed in the 400 immediately--the sooner you get to your cruising speed, the sooner you can relax with it--and a high-quality efficient start will help.