ultimate runner's test...... (Read 4097 times)

Ok, so here’s my post: In doing a lot of research in running biomechanics, I’m truly puzzled by why nobody questions why they run the way they do. So to play this game, I’m posting the following to find out how you think about some basic questions that I asked myself. 70% of runners will injure themselves in any given year as well as female athletes are far more likely to tear their Anterior Cruciate Ligaments than male athletes are. Yet no “expert” can explain why. And to running, the reality is the domination of Kenyan and African athletes to the sport of distance running. Yet there are a lot of “experts” who can tell you why these runners are so great, but my reality is that none of the experts have ever trained a runner to beat them. To me, that’s like telling me you know the cure for cancer, yet have never cured anyone. So what do you really think you understand about running? And these are just the $100 Jeopardy questions… ================================================================ 1)Why are track events held counterclockwise in running? 2)How can you tell if someone is right or left handed by the way they walk? 3)Why do treadmills become expensive clothes hangers in six months after purchase? 4)Why does strength training actually slow an athlete down? 5)As every shoe company knows, the more money you spend on a pair of shoes, why is it true the slower you run and the more likely you are to injure yourself? 5)How do orthotic inserts promote injury? 6)Why is the phrase, “Likes to take walks on the beach” the most common line used in singles ads? 7)If injuries to athletes are “known,” then what mathematical formula defines the perfect runner? 8)If a 100 meter sprint is 100 meters, then how far does an elite athlete travel? How far do amateur athletes travel? Can you explain why every runner will physically travel further than the linear distance of a race? What measurements prove that fact? 9)As humans are naturally stronger on one side of their body than the other, then at peak running speed, if the strongest leg determines our quickest pace, how does the weaker leg keep up? 10)If a human swings their arms as we walk and run, commonly referred to as a counterbalance arm swing, then what’s so out of balance biomechanically that we need arm swing to counter it with? Wouldn’t the perfectly balanced runner not need to swing their arms at all? ========================================================================================== The above questions are all based upon what limits human speed, endurance, and agility in their most simple of biomechanic form. The $200 dollar questions are as follows ========================================================================================== 1)Why does the sports training environment preach core stability, when athletics demands optimum maneuverability? 2)How does core stability training slow down an athlete and promote injury? 3)What principle of balance defines optimum maneuverability? ========================================================================================== The above questions are really about strength training and how little is known about combining strength and speed in athletes. In the quest to becoming a better runner and having a better understanding of how we run, and what makes us vulnurable to injury, which is my primary goal.

Hefty?

A complete dissertation? Just a guess.

Meat!

Shit, I gotta get to work. I want this: Turbaconucken A chicken inside a duck inside a turkey, all wrapped in bacon.

I'm in love...

Can you imagine the gravy a person could make with the drippings from that?! *faints*

Can you imagine the gravy a person could make with the drippings from that?! *faints*

Defibrillator, stat! (I feel so doctory)

Defibrillator, stat! (I feel so doctory)

Screw that, just give me some statins before dinner.