Okay, first let’s get a little background in. This is my first year training to sprint, and unfortunately, I haven’t even gotten to run too often. I live in Alaska and have sprinted 5-6 times over the last 7 months due to the weather. I’ve been doing a lot of strength work and plyos and am quite powerful, yet my sprinting leaves something to be desired.
Here’s a video of me doing a 60M in 7.30 seconds without blocks. This is my first time sprinting in a couple of months, so I’m relatively out of practice. I would appreciate any feedback on what you see and any suggestions on how to fix it. Thank you very much for your time.
its hard to tell with the angle and with the baggy shorts, but I think you could relax and keep ur head level and drive out a little more. Its hard to tell but it look like your lower leg is collapsing. Was that time ht or fat?
lol where did you film this, it sounds like your running on marble. quite hard to say anything from this angle but I’d say work on hamstring/hip flexibility. B drills might help you as well.
I filmed this in a carpeted hallway, as there’s still snow on the ground here. I assume the flooring undereath the carpet is comprised of those concrete-esque boards. It’s not optimal, but it’s what I’ve got.
Thanks for the suggestions, helps to confirm my beliefs.
You have to work on piriformis/glutes in primis, then on TFL and check with a doctor for orthotics.
Do much flexibility work on lower body and try to contact a sport/massage therapist for fascial restriction.
I’d like to do Rolfing, but I don’t know if it’ll be covered by insurance. I’ll have to go look it up, but does anyone know if US government employee insurance will cover Rolfing?
Not unless the person is also a certified chiro or something of that nature. In fact, you’ll have a hard time getting ART covered in the US if it isn’t a chiro doing the therapy.
Keep in mind rolfing is by far the most blunt of those therapy options and may affect training a bit.
From what I can see the shoulders/traps seem really tight/tense. Need to work on letting that area relax and not raise up while your sprinting, you seem a little tense in the upper limb/face region.
It appears that as you get up and running the follow through of the left elbow passed the hip is greater than the right. The angle and quality of the footage may be a little skewed, however if what I see is correct I might assume that you are tighter in the left hip flexors and less activated in the right glute possibling tightening that hamstring also as you would block slighty.
Another area these symptoms may be impacted from is the lower back. A Chiro or someone that can align the imbalance somewhere near the Sacroiliac Joint could also help.
Might I add that your an inspiration to other athletes that don’t have everything at their disposal. Are there any underground carparks or bridges to do some sheltered running at?
Wow, good call, and all from that grainy video too. My right hamstring is tighter than my left and I do have a hip flexor flexibility discrepancy. Also, I was having problems with my right SI joint only a few months ago, but I have cleared that up on my own.
As for glute activation, I am currently working with some Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT) along with a few other things to get everything squared away.
Also, thank you for your help as well as your compliment. There are underground car parks, but they would be well below freezing. Next winter I’m going to buy a pass to use the indoor soccer fields I just found out about to run on. We don’t have an indoor track up here, so I’ll have to make do with the field.
