If running downhill messes with running tech, but running uphill and on flat’s correct technique (assuming the athlete is fresh etc…),
Assuming there is more muscle damage running downhill/ DOWN steps
(= more eccentric work = more muscle size?), Is there any place in ANY sprinters program for downhill running?
Downhill gets more eccentric action on quads and calves but I’m not sure about hammies.
The idea is that the athlete corrects any bad tech from downhill runs or down steps, by doing various flat sprints, a few uphill runs and good sprint tech work at the track.
Maybe, its like the law of averages! Like, one foot in a bucket of ice and one foot in a bucket of boiling hot water? average = warm? So, maybe its alright?
is running downhill really bad?
i read someonewhere it was good bc makes u run faster bc its downhill and then when ur running normally it will make u faster.
Kinda like what charlie said in another thread that people who have run faster times wind-aided can run those same times unaided afterwards because they’ve already run at that frequency and speed.
I only notice soreness during downill sprints when I try to control the speed of my descent. If I just let myself fly down the hill at a crazily fast pace, I usually don’t have any problems.
