hey what's up everyone morey croson here and today we're going to be going over
how to use your arms to increase ground force and we'll start the video right now
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all right so as always i'm trying to find out ways to be able to help you guys in terms of sprinting
and help my clients in terms of sprinting and also be able to improve my own speed and so
what we're going to be going over today is going to be how we can improve our speed by and really
force into the ground horizontal force into the ground by better utilizing our arms and really
you know when it comes to running when it comes to sprinting it's all about the timing it's all
about how we're going to be able to integrate all the parts of our body in order to make it so we
could run as fast as possible and so what i pop i commonly see when you know people are running
and i blurt out the faces here to try to protect privacy uh is that you know when
you're there the the athletes are hitting the ground right there's gonna be a synchronization
between the left arm here and the right leg right and the better and sooner we're able to create a
pull within that left arm to make it so then we're able to get more action in extension within that
leg because you know really the leg is in flexion here right right the the right leg is in flexion
but we're pulling down into extension right the athlete's getting into extension okay and so at
or or you know pulling the leg back so you know this is really from a scientific standpoint it is
where you're going to get the most activation from the hamstrings right the most activation from the
glute and a lot of the posterior chain in general and there's a whole chain of muscles that go from
you know that back line all the way into the other side shoulder that left shoulder and so the better
we can utilize that left hand in this case or our arm to be able to pull down into the ground before
right and that's the key thing here that's the point of making this video is really being able to
understand this is supposed to be before the foot hits the ground right so we want to be pulling
back with that left arm and we can see here on the right or sorry on the left better how it's done
so so you can see the pull right so see the amount of time that there's that pull okay so that entire
time we're shortening from now it's going to be the right shoulder all the way through from into
the left glute and you know through that left leg and you can even see a lot of the activation here
within this left leg right so so that left arm is really pulling and you can see how the
timing mechanism is there right and and you know i try to tell people to really lead with that arm
to be able to get faster with that arm because the faster you can get your hand to be able to pull
all the way back behind here and then come right back forward the faster you're going to be overall
right so that that full pullback within the arms within the the upper body and then driving the the
hand back through right and then we're going to pull back down you can see how that timing
ends up happening so the more you can get time in pulling that arm back the better we're going to be
able to generate force into the ground with the leg with the you know really entire um you know
left foot okay and so we can see the difference here right we're not able to get the same type of
action from the arms right because we're not getting the same action from the arms
we're also not getting the same type of you know strike into the ground right we're not able to
generate as much force here on the right into the ground right and you can see how the the hand
is moving downward here right so that and at that same time see how the foot is doing that
okay that ends up being something that your brain has learned right this is a learned skill
just like this is a learned skill right so see how he's pulling back he is going down but he's also
pulling back right now i really try to go you know straight back with my my elbow i try not
to get as much in you know basically no arm down action okay but the more we can work on extension
of that shoulder and you know timing that out and you can see what that ends up doing right makes
it so when he lands he's landing here all right so that's important it's important to understand
how to be able to use your arms to be able to make it so you can create more force in the ground to
be able to make it so you can run faster make it so you can have a faster turnover because
you know the faster you can move your arms the faster you're going to be able to move your legs
right there ends up being a relationship there and so you know don't take that relationship for
granted and don't think that you know anything that you're doing with the the hands with the
elbows you know with how you're moving the body is you know not having an impact right even your
head your head your shoulders everything you know that all ends up being really important and the
more you know about this the more you're going to be able to make improvements and so that's why
you know i'm big on the breakdowns this is why i'm big on the video that's why i'm big on the
coaching that's why i'm big on the mechanics you know because i think that makes a big difference
it's not only about the you know programming when it comes to the amount of sprints that you're
doing or the program that you're doing in in terms of the uh you know what you're doing in the gym
right i think there's a lot of great things that you could do in the gym
um and and i'm sure there's some some things that you could do that are going to differentiate
yourself but at the end of the day you know you're not going to win a race you're not going to make
substantial changes in your speed you're not going to make it so you can you know improve your start
you know do any of that unless you fix the mechanics right get through injuries right i mean
if you're having repetitive hamstring injuries or hip flexor injuries or anything like that you know
it has to do with how you're moving it has to do with what the the habitual actions are within the
body and or the ability to achieve certain ranges right to be able to control certain movements
if you're not able to control you know like a a single leg squat properly you don't have the
right ankle range of motion for instance so you don't have the ability to you know move through
the full ranges of you know a certain leg in terms of hip flexion and hip extension or hip rotation
internal rotation hip external rotation then the likelihood of you getting injured increases
okay another thing that's going to increase your in your chance of getting injured is having a pass
injury right so as soon as you get an injury uh any type of substantial injury right a hamstring
strain an ankle sprain a you know groin injury the likelihood of you having that injury again
goes up by you know like 5 000 or 500 percent right you're like five more times more likely
if that not even more um more likely to be able to get another injury just like that
right and it's a very similar thing when it comes to um you know your overall activity rate
right so if you're working out five times a week or you're competing in you know track
and field or you're competing in football you're competing in soccer your likelihood to get injured
goes up substantial you're right it's like the same thing like if you drive right if you're
driving you know 100 miles a day compared to somebody that's driving five miles a day
a person that's driving 100 miles a day is going to be significantly more uh potentially at risk
for injury okay so you want to understand what is your body doing right how can you get the most
out of each day how do you get the most out of your mechanics how do you make sure
that you're optimizing yourself to be able to perform at the highest level
you got to get a breakdown you got to understand you know what are the specifics and and you know
get a program right get one of the programs i'll do a breakdown for you get a breakdown
i obviously will do a breakdown if you get the breakdown programs um and you know see yourself
completely transform within two weeks four weeks right it's just gonna be a matter of commitment
okay so it's not as long as you have the time and you have the willingness and you decide that it's
something that you want you're going to be able to get the results it's just going to be you know
a matter of how badly do you want to improve right because i'm in a place right now where it's like i
will do anything to help somebody get faster right anything to help anybody throw the ball further
because i know that that is going to end up being what is a main part of my business as it continues
to grow is continued success and and huge amounts of success so my number one priority right now
is helping athletes improve their throw and improve their speed online because that's what
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