The Struggle Continues......
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[quote name='MN5' timestamp='1358113285' post='337118']I'm finding that when I do anything involving legs ( ie Walking up hills/burpees etc ) the lactic acid builds up and craps out sooner than my lungs. Any advice on this fellas ?[/quote]<br />
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How far are you running each week? -
[quote name='NTA' timestamp='1358114560' post='337124']<br />
How far are you running each week?<br />
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Not running at all but lots of burpees/walking.<br />
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TR......get fucked <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/knuppel2.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':knuppel:' /> <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/good.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':good1:' /> -
I have had similar "issues" in the past mate especially playing tighthead when you're under the cosh at scrum time it can be really difficult to walk quickly let alone run around the track.<br />
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I've also had difficulty increasing my running speed when the mind is willing but legs feel like lead.<br />
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I don't have that problem on the treadmill. I just crank up the speed and run faster or fall off. -
The threat of landing on your face and looking like a tool is a big motivator when you're on the treadmill.<br />
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BUT when you're out on the park, road, or foot path, the only thing is really, as TR implied - push through.<br />
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Have a look at what you're doing in terms of leg weights, and consider cutting that down while building a better running profile. <br />
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When you're doing distance, just tune out after you get past that first anaerobic hump - the point where your system is saturated with oxygen and working efficiently and you'll really be able to clock up some km.<br />
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If it helps, just think of your warlike ancestors (we all have them) who had to run to protect their homes or vanquish their enemies. Or even being shit scared from predators.<br />
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Try a session of sprintervals once per week which in my opinion is just as good as a legs session in the gym. Feel the earth flow beneath you when you're at top speed and you can heart nothing but your breathing or the pounding of blood in your ears - it's quite liberating really:<br />
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Set up cones at zero, 10m, 22m, 50m, 100m. Local footy oval good for this like down the sideline.<br />
Sprint from zero to ten, walk back and [I] immediately [/I]<br />
Sprint from zero to 22, repeat for 50 and then 100.<br />
After 100, walk back, take a two minute break at zero and repeat.<br />
Do that three times. I'm yet to master it, having almost exploded after the second set.<br />
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When you get comfortable with that, add in a marker at 75m. -
Yep - when I was playing I never understood why I couldn't run as fast as other blokes and never seemed to get better. It comes down to two things at a basic level that I was doing wrong. The corrections are:<br />
<br />- drive your opposite knee forward as soon as the other foot hits the ground - like you're kneeing some bloke who just groped your missus <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
<br /> - this puts you in a position, once you extend your foot out, to land on your forefoot (ball and toe) and then use your hammy and glute to pull you forward. All the muscles in the back of your leg take the impact like a spring, as it should be. NOT YOUR KNEE! Which is what shoe manufacturers try to sell their product on - bad running technique.<br />
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I'll bet when you look at your running style, you rarely bring your legs right out in front of you. Very common to chunky blokes because our philosophy is to push things with our legs - especially front rowers because it's how we roll <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /><br />
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Watch that video " running with Eric" that I linked. Start small - understand how his advice works with your sprinting over short distances, then apply it to longer distances at slightly lower pace. You'll feel it in your calves I'm here to tell you, but you will definitely notice the difference in your distance running.<br />
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It will make you understand how wingers can run so fast - stretching out those skinny little legs to grip the earth with their poncy "blades" instead of rearranging it with studs like men.<br />
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They have found foot prints fossilised in the Australian outback that have an estimated running speed equal to Usain Bolt [I]at his top speed[/I] - as a race we used to be a lot more physically capable, even without shoes. Fore foot striking, of course
- drive your opposite knee forward as soon as the other foot hits the ground - like you're kneeing some bloke who just groped your missus <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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No, but I have toyed with the idea of becoming a personal trainer, using my own chunky history as a basis for inspiration <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />
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[quote name='NTA' timestamp='1358191742' post='337301']<br />
No, but I have toyed with the idea of becoming a personal trainer, using my own chunky history as a basis for inspiration <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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In now rueing lost opportunities due to technique which could have been corrected! -
[quote name='NTA' timestamp='1358191742' post='337301']<br />
No, but I have toyed with the idea of becoming a personal trainer, using my own chunky history as a basis for inspiration <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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In now rueing lost opportunities due to technique which could have been corrected! -
[quote name='NTA' timestamp='1358155755' post='337256']<br />
Yep - when I was playing I never understood why I couldn't run as fast as other blokes and never seemed to get better. It comes down to two things at a basic level that I was doing wrong. The corrections are:<br />
<br />- drive your opposite knee forward as soon as the other foot hits the ground - like you're kneeing some bloke who just groped your missus <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
<br /> - this puts you in a position, once you extend your foot out, to land on your forefoot (ball and toe) and then use your hammy and glute to pull you forward. All the muscles in the back of your leg take the impact like a spring, as it should be. NOT YOUR KNEE! Which is what shoe manufacturers try to sell their product on - bad running technique.<br />
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I'll bet when you look at your running style, you rarely bring your legs right out in front of you. Very common to chunky blokes because our philosophy is to push things with our legs - especially front rowers because it's how we roll <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /><br />
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Watch that video " running with Eric" that I linked. Start small - understand how his advice works with your sprinting over short distances, then apply it to longer distances at slightly lower pace. You'll feel it in your calves I'm here to tell you, but you will definitely notice the difference in your distance running.<br />
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It will make you understand how wingers can run so fast - stretching out those skinny little legs to grip the earth with their poncy "blades" instead of rearranging it with studs like men.<br />
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[b]They have found foot prints fossilised in the Australian outback that have an estimated running speed equal to Usain Bolt [i]at his top speed[/i][/b] - as a race we used to be a lot more physically capable, even without shoes. Fore foot striking, of course<br />
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Yeah dude, running from Mammoths would give me a hundred metre time close to his I reckon.
- drive your opposite knee forward as soon as the other foot hits the ground - like you're kneeing some bloke who just groped your missus <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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[quote name='NTA' timestamp='1358197924' post='337328']<br />
Running from some of the mega-marsupials we had here would make Bolt look like grandma...<br />
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Must have been the wearing of shackles for several generations that later slowed your lot down. -
[quote name='Red Beard' timestamp='1358451598' post='337928']<br />
Holy Guacomole!!!! Double Digits.<br />
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99.8kg<br />
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Set myself the goal a few months back of weighing under the tonne by my 39th birthday which is tomorrow!!!<br />
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Waif !<br />
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You know there's quite a few backs in rugby who weigh more than that, I don't know how you're gonna live with yourself. I'm gonna start calling you Bart the 2nd.
