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runman
Does tilting your upper body forward add to your running speed
I can tilt my upper body forward and stand still or run backward.
Asked by runman - 6 answers - 40 weeks 4 days ago
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eddiecurt
The forward tilt is correct inasmuch as you will be working with gravity, then. You will need a certain amount of practical flexibility to benefit fully from the possible increase in the length of the stride. All the proper core strengthening exercises will be necessary to benefit.
Submitted 40 weeks 4 days ago by eddiecurtIt is simply a good neuromuscular habit but. old habits die hard.
AlexWolf
If you mean hinging from the hip when you talk about tilting the upper body, then no you are less likely to run faster. Hinging from the hip reduces the mechanical efficiency of running by reducing the full hip extension from the stance leg.
Depending in which philosopy of running you look at, dtermines the amount of forward lean from the whole body, not just the upper body. It also depends on the phase of running if a sprinter and the speed at which you are moving. While accelerating from blocks there is more forward lean from the whole body (allowing full triple extension of ankle, knee and hip) than during maximal velocity running.
Submitted 40 weeks 3 days ago by AlexWolfalan_ruddock
Take a look at the Pose technique
http://www.posetech.com/library/dr-02-05-007.html
Dr. Romanov advocats using gravatational pull during midstance to improve efficiency by almost 'falling' forwards during running.
Submitted 40 weeks 2 days ago by alan_ruddocklyssvchill
Personally tilting your body forward doesn't help your running speed. If you look at sprinters or just runners in general, you will see they run upright.
Submitted 37 weeks 3 days ago by lyssvchillT_Larsen
You work with gravity which will help your acceleration, but i don't think it will help your overall speed.
Submitted 37 weeks 23 hours ago by T_Larsenaccelerate308
Tilting your upper body forward by hinging at the hip has absolutly no effect on speed, it does not change your balance which produces speed. You can stand still with a forward tilted upper body and even run backward with the upper body tilted forward. You cannot run with a straight line tilt because the foot starts at the ground ahead of the body's center (approximately navel high), and takes off behind the body's center. The slant of the leg keeps changing in relation to the slant of the upper body.
Submitted 36 weeks 4 days ago by accelerate308