Running involves more than just your muscles...

Is it all about the muscles?
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[@danielcommins1285]

And it's not even all about muscle strength. Flexibility and mobility are just important.

[@JPGloria]

I agree that there are even other factors to consider! The point here was just not to get too fixated on muscles

[@tommythomasson1]

Among athletes and coaches I have heard that the more faster you go on your repetitions during strength training, the more you are incorporating your muscles and nervous system. The more slower you go, the more you are shifting the load into your tendons. That´s why strength training to gain more speed (basic speed, sprint) is more built around a low repetition number and fast or even explosive execution including medium resistance. Training to strengthen the muscle itself and the tendons connection the muscle to the skeleton is more based around medium numbers of repetitions including high resistance and a slower execution. Especially the concentric part of the exercise should be focused to strengthen the tendon. Is that really true ? Can this really be backed up by research ? Is this really done in practice by high level athletes ? Thanks for uploading such interesting content ;)

[@nickyt4391]

that is all waffle lol. so a plyometric is focusing on the muscle? how s a slower rep focusing more on the tendon when the muscle is also contracting?

[@JPGloria]

Ah I'll make this really simple. For training, there is a particular training stimulus you look for. For muscles, you need to challenge the muscles hard enough at a lower rep range. For tendons, the best stimulus backed by research at the moment would be heavy slow resistance training. We used to think there had to be an emphasis on the concentric or eccentric phase, but honestly the tendon does not note the difference. What matters is the strain on the tendon. Overall, regardless, it is not all about building up the muscles, bones, and tendon. In the context of running performance, its about using these things together to produce lots of force fast to get you from point a to point b. And if you training for race, typically the bulk of your training should involve running rather than resistance training. I hope i was able to answer your question

[@tommythomasson1]

@@JPGloria A good, short and profound answer ;)

[@alessela7119]

Great video. What software do you use to extract the joints/lines? Or do you do it by hand?

[@MrTrackman100]

Thanks, again!

[@JPGloria]

Thank you for continuing to watch my videos!

[@joaowiciuk]

Great great video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I have a slightly technical question: can we really compare the force experienced by the muscles in running with the force experienced in squatting? My two cents in this question is we can't because the duration on which those are applied are very different. Maybe the correct physical quantity to compare is impulse

[@Plug042]

running is the best

[@gothops2632]

Why lift weights if running itself produces in excess of 3-4 times body weight forces?

[@JPGloria]

To be able to handle the demands of running! The body is very good at adapting; however, running is actually not a great way to build certain connective tissue, particularly bone and tendons.

[@gothops2632]

@@JPGloria But if the body can already withstand the demands of running, why lift weights?

[@JPGloria]

@@gothops2632 I really wish it were that simple. The next question I'd ask you though is... Why do injuries happen? I honestly wish the body would always handle them.

[@Rob_Gamer_3]

Technically because muscle tendons are important is the soleus muscle most important to train because of the EMG Actovitu

[@adityarepal2122]

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[@JPGloria]

Thank you!

[@AbhishekKumar-xb5dy]

3:20

[@debasishsen9397]

👍🙏

[@JPGloria]

Thank you!!

[@pageniampol1930]

Heyy Jacob kiplimo break down please 🥺

[@nickyt4391]

No offence, but we got nothing from this video...lol. Strengthening the bones and tendons is more so done from things with impact rather than just resistance.

[@JPGloria]

The point of the video is not to get too hyper focused on muscles involved in running. And for your last point, that becomes an interesting debate. We used to think impact training/plyometrics was great for tendons years ago, but now we realized it does not really build tendon stiffness/strength. In terms of bone, it does come down to impact. However, what gets really interesting is that the forces that the bones have to handle seem to come more from the pulling of the muscles rather than the impact itself. This is why when you look at tibial forces during a jump, you'll notice more internal tibial loads when the person lands soft rather than stiff.

[@ajcheetah2431]

Yup! Impact is what the body needs to strengthen bones and tendons. Resistance is for the muscles to build strength endurance. The tendons get stronger both ways. That's why it's important to have separate days for resistance and impact. And days where you do both (these will be the hardest training days). Your bones will benefit the most from the impact and secondary is tendons. Muscles will benefit most from resistance which are connected to tendons. There's no direct way to work on tendons