Lately everyone on my track team or just people who see me run say i have a "spring in my step" when i run or they say i bounce up.I was wondering if this could be using unnecessary energy or if it could be slowing me down and was wondering how i could stop myself from doing it if it is slowing me down. my events are the mile and the 800.
Bouncing while running is less efficient.
Yes, you need to work on that. Think about maintaining a long stride, you probably do this you sprint, but not at slower paces. You just need more practice.
I too had a spring in my step. It sort of developed after years of playing basketball and bounding around like a fool. Two things helped me.
1. Running with a metronome. 185 foot strikes per minute forced me to channel my energy into a faster turnover. My legs didn't have time to "spring" because the were too busy trying to make it to the next foot strike.
2. Running in racing flats or barefoot. You won't want to spring up and land hard on your forefoot while doing a dozen barefoot strides on concrete.
Spring forward, more than upward is what is needed, this will increase both stride length and stride rate.
The same principle applies with barefoot running. You don't want to lose the natural spring, if anything, barefoot running should improve the natural movements in the foot and ankle.
Alright thanks guys for the help. So i pretty much just need to hit the ground faster and more and also need to apply more force forward and it should stop right. o and just wondering once you fixed this problem did your times improve a decent amount just curious.
DeanKarnazzhole wrote:
1. Running with a metronome.
You are a loser.
OHrunner wrote:
Alright thanks guys for the help. So i pretty much just need to hit the ground faster and more and also need to apply more force forward and it should stop right. o and just wondering once you fixed this problem did your times improve a decent amount just curious.
Your times will improve a lot when you fix this problem.
If you were to watch a video of yourself sprinting you would see how much more efficient you are at faster paces. You just need to learn how to do this when you run slowly. It will take a lot of miles to do this, but it will be worth it.