A teammate of mine recently pointed out that I swing my left arm a little wider than my right when running. I almost always wear a stopwatch on my left wrist, but now I only wear it when absolutely necessary (basically any time I don't have my coach around yelling splits). Will simply wearing the watch less often correct the arm swing over time, or will I probably have to start wearing it on my right arm?
It's not about the watch man. it's about the combo. Never wear watch at same side as your wiener. Running101 man.
Bill Rodgers ran with one of his arms flapping a bit more than the other, to compensate for how his legs were of slightly different lengths.
So I doubt it's the watch. It's just not enough weight. I suspect something like different leg lengths or a long history of running with a weight in one hand (such as a waterbottle). Geb also flapped one arm because he grew up running to and from school with his books in one arm.
Piano_Man87 wrote:
Bill Rodgers ran with one of his arms flapping a bit more than the other, to compensate for how his legs were of slightly different lengths.
So I doubt it's the watch. It's just not enough weight. I suspect something like different leg lengths or a long history of running with a weight in one hand (such as a waterbottle). Geb also flapped one arm because he grew up running to and from school with his books in one arm.
Now that I think of it, it might be because my left foot is slightly larger than my right. That said, I didn't used to have this problem judging by 1+year old race videos, and it still doesn't happen when in running faster than about 800m pace.
Wear two watches or a bracelet of equal weight.
wow talk about overthinking it.
classic case of a runner thinking way too much about stuff that doesn't matter at all.
How about alternating tieing your car key in your left shoelace vs your right so that your legs don't get disproportionately SWOLE?
what about tucking your sack to the left or right?
100% of people have an asymmetry somewhere on their body. Doesn't prevent you from running faster.
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lopsided wrote:
A teammate of mine recently pointed out that I swing my left arm a little wider than my right when running. I almost always wear a stopwatch on my left wrist, but now I only wear it when absolutely necessary (basically any time I don't have my coach around yelling splits). Will simply wearing the watch less often correct the arm swing over time, or will I probably have to start wearing it on my right arm?
Maybe hit the weight room once in a while and the watch won't be such a burden for you.
lopsided wrote:
A teammate of mine recently pointed out that I swing my left arm a little wider than my right when running. I almost always wear a stopwatch on my left wrist, but now I only wear it when absolutely necessary (basically any time I don't have my coach around yelling splits). Will simply wearing the watch less often correct the arm swing over time, or will I probably have to start wearing it on my right arm?
Holy sh*t, you haven't been alternating wrists?? You're f*cked, dude. Time to hang 'em up.
Frankfurter wrote:
It's not about the watch man. it's about the combo. Never wear watch at same side as your wiener. Running101 man.
Nah, I don't think that's the issue - sounds like the OP has a small weiner.
Your watch is too heavy for your skinny stick weak arm. Get a lighter watch, or wear an identical watch on your other arm to compensate. That will make both your arms the same strength and then when you race, take the watches off and your arms will be stronger and you'll go faster.
