Ran to the Masonic Cemetery and did twenty minutes of hill sprints (~0:37 up, ~1:30 down/recovery) and then ten minutes of hill bounding (~0:45 up, ~1:15 down/recovery). The high school ski team was training there too and when I started the bounding the coach was like "Looks like you're doing Lydiard bounding," and so we talked for a few minutes about Lydiard and stuff.
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From Running To The Top (Lydiard, 1997):
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To strengthen the legs generally, particularly the ankles. Use a gentle slope and, after warm-up, use a bouncing action with slow forward momentum, pushing hard off the toes to lift the centre of gravity. Land on the toes, flexing the ankles to stretch tendons and muscles. Your bodyweight actss as a form of resistance and helps to develop the fast twitch or white muscle fibres. Do only what you feel your legs can take - a little often is best.
do you have a video of hill springing?
ReplyDeleteHere is an okay video of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDN1MyUcrmw
ReplyDeleteGuy could probably be pushing harder off the toes though.
Thats what she said
ReplyDeleteDoes running stadiums do something similar?
ReplyDeleteStadiums do the same work as hill sprints, and Lydiard in fact suggests them as an alternative. Hill springing strengthens the ankles; steep hill sprints or stadiums work the upper leg muscles.
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