Just wondering
http://www.easyvigour.net.nz/fitness/pBushman.jpg
this guy got GIANT glutes, and almost non-existing quads and hams. His tribe is known to hunt kudu antilopes by running them to death.
Anyone ever found out about bushmen running times? It was ever measured?
shameless self bump
measuring his running speed / endurance would tell us a lot about role of glutes.
Bump once again - no one was curious about running results of guy who got almost no muscles except glutes?
i doubt it would make for any great advantage in terms of speed, but from what i've read it sounds like a natural (unshod) footstrike leads to much greater gluteal recruitment and that a large part of the reason for a high rate of lower-extremity and back injuries in modern western populations can be linked to underdeveloped glutes resulting from unnatural walking/running posture, which in turn stems from our elevated/cushioned footwear.
