Posts Tagged ‘sprinting’
Sprints and Splits
26Feb13
Question: I am a sprinter, and I know that stretching can be detrimental to running speed, but I would still like to learn to do splits. Is there a way of learning splits that would not be detrimental to my sprinting, or even improve it? Answer: If, to increase flexibility, one does only the type […]
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Tags: elastic energy, explosive power, Flexibility, running speed, splits, sports training, sprinting, stiffness of muscle-tendon unit, stretching, Thomas Kurz, weightlifters
Here is info I forgot to post two weeks ago: Two “I told you so….” in recent articles from The Journal of Strength and Conditioning: 1. Effects of Static Stretching on Energy Cost and Running Endurance Performance Static stretching before an endurance event may lower endurance performance and increase the energy cost of running. Abstract […]
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Tags: dynamic warm-up, endurance performance, sprinting, static stretching
