Hi everybody
can somebody give me some advice (maybe workouts) on how to improve stride length. I read already a few articles about it, but I need and want to get as much info on it as possible. Getting stronger and improvement of flexibility helped, as well as the incorporation of plyos, but I am still looking for the right answer.
Thank you very much
Best regards Andreas
u have the answer and could add tech in there. how tall r u?
6’3"
I know a bit about it, but what is maybe the best way to get a bigger stride length.
Thank you
u already list them, ur stride shouldnt be a problem at 6’3 if so u have issues
Improve speed and stride length will follow… what is first: chicken or egg?
I have a good length - but i guess i need to work with a professional coach on it.
but thanks for the help
Get stronger. It boils back to that, whatever way you look at it. Look, a ballet dancer, martial arts black belt or a circus contortionist is not going to have as long a stride as 100m sprinter. Why do you think that is? strength is the key. I know male ballet dancers are strong, but not the same strength leval as sub 10second 100m sprinter. The most flexable humans don’t have the longest strides.
lol. umm ok.
do u know what ur stride length is at the moment?
how many stride’s 4 the 100m?
and what ur 100m pb?
I’m gonna go ahead and guess its a problem with your posture. Strength and flexibility are all well and good, but if you’re mechanics suck, they don’t matter a damn.
If you’re leaning back while your running your stride length will suffer. In addition, your foot strike will be further ahead then you want it to be and will force you into a “braking” motion, which will slow you down. This means that if you’re posture sucks when you’re running, you’re gonna be slow due to A) reduced stride length and B)a braking force when your foot strikes the ground.
Next time you’re doing something and thinking about stride length, try adjusting your posture forward a hair or two, see if you can feel a difference. I’ve found that the optimal posture isn’t 90 degrees, but rather maybe 2-3 degrees of forward tilt, which in all actuality is a very very small amount. However, trying to just barely lean forward even the slightest amount (and I mean slight) will result in better knee drive, better heel recovery and height, which would translate into an improved stride.
Be careful about leaning too far forward though, as 2-3 degrees is a barely perceptible lean. Mentally, its not so much as feeling that you’re leaning forward as that you knwo that you’re not quite vertical.
