What does it mean if I can't keep my upper back straight ?

Pioneer · October 27, 2009, 8:53pm

Something that’s driving me crazy -
What does it mean if I can’t keep my upper back straight when accelerating ?
No matter how much I think STRAIGHT, no matter how much time people tell me about my back etc, I ALWAYS end up doing the same thing- It’s kinda upsetting, because I am really thinking “BACK” every rep.

It sure feels great, and I don’t feel like I have trouble shifting to a higher gear and get up to my running, but everybody keep saying it’s the worst thing I can do and it’s taking away 0.1’s of secs of my race.

Videos will come tomorrow, meanwhile, what do you think of a rounded back start, if it is totally natural feeling ? I see it does happen in elites sometimes (Gatlin, Dix, sometimes Greene)

Is that a 100% bad thing ? I never “learned” to start this way, it just happens.

edit: here is the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTB0vVdZm6o

any help would be appreciated !

Without raising the shoulders up, try to stick out your chest in order to keep the back straight.