I saw this video on youtube in which at 0:45 seconds Alberto Salazar is explaining how your leg should come straight up to your but and not swing back. How correct this advice is? Can someone elaborate this? And how I can implement this?
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I saw this video on youtube in which at 0:45 seconds Alberto Salazar is explaining how your leg should come straight up to your but and not swing back. How correct this advice is? Can someone elaborate this? And how I can implement this?
Not a coach by any means, but assuming he is just trying to prevent unnecessary movement when it comes to backside mechanics. I recommend watching Yared Nuguse and his leg movement.
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Not a coach by any means, but assuming he is just trying to prevent unnecessary movement when it comes to backside mechanics. I recommend watching Yared Nuguse and his leg movement.
I think you are correct, the back lag can be excessive in some cases. But shortening it can threaten stride length & elasticity. Non coach opinion.
could have done without the background music
What he's actually demonstrating is different than what's he's saying. His foot is not coming "straight up to his butt" in his demonstration.
Different people have different descriptions of the same thing. If somebody says "put maximum force in a minimum ground contact time", is that essentially what he is saying? Or "pop off the foot quickly and drive the knee up and forward". Learning to run like a sprinter to improve your distance run efficiency and speed is good advice.
Speedwalker Alberto vs waddler Elizabeth Cole