If you have longer legs, do they help with a better time in the mile, for instance? They would probably cover more ground, and i would think if you put a person of equal fitness of shorter legs the person with longer legs would win. (other than finishing kick and stuff...)
Anyway just curious
Also, can I improve stride length and strength?
Seems like a lot of the sprinters have a massive 3rd leg.
Yeah it's pretty vital to have long legs for everything between 400 and 5000. After that, it's not as important. There are exceptions of course (Nick Symmonds)
Longer lower legs are proven to help, yes. See this study:
Ectomorphs have a better build for distance running. Longer narrow limbs, shorter torsos, years of consistent endurance training.
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cctimer wrote:
Longer lower legs are proven to help, yes. See this study:
Lower Leg Length is Associated with Running Economy in High Level Caucasian Distance Runners
There would be both a lower and upper limit to leg length
hmmmmmmmmmm wrote:
If you have longer legs, do they help with a better time in the mile, for instance? They would probably cover more ground, and i would think if you put a person of equal fitness of shorter legs the person with longer legs would win. (other than finishing kick and stuff...)
Anyway just curious
Haile Geb was 5’5
eliud is 5’6
Bekele 5’5
I’m pretty sure all 3 of these guys have shorter legs than the average man.
