Best Exercises for Running - Improve Your Explosiveness, Running Form, and Prevent Injuries!
Best Exercises for Running - Improve Your Explosiveness, Running Form, and Prevent Injuries!
Incorporate the skips to your warm-up routine before more intensive training or races. These 3 exercises are simple yet effective. They are used by track stars around the world. The main purpose of the skips is to strengthen your fast twitch muscles and improve your running technique. All 3 of these drills can be done in place or by moving forward 20 to 40 meters and then resting as you walk back to your starting position. Pair TraxcionSox with these drills and improve your explosiveness!
A-skip:
The A-skip enhances running technique by teaching you to raise your knees and maintain a proper posture and foot placement.
Benefits:
- Neuromuscular efficiency
- Arm to leg coordination
- Strengthens and stretched hip flexors
- Improves running technique
- Strengthens feet muscles
The muscles that it targets:
- Quadriceps
- Glutes
- Hip flexors
- Hamstring
- Calf muscles
- Tibialis anterior
- Core muscles
B-skip:
The B-skip helps to improve coordination, flexibility of hamstrings and widens the range of hip and ankle movements.
Benefits:
- Neuromuscular efficiency
- Strengthens and stretched leg, hip flexors, and core muscles
- Improves running technique
- Strengthens feet muscles
The muscles that it targets:
- Hamstring
- Glutes
- Hip flexors
- Quadriceps
- Calf muscles
- Tibialis anterior
- Core muscles
C-skip
The C-skip incorporates the A-skip and opening up your hip flexors.
Benefits:
- Neuromuscular efficiency
- Arm to leg coordination
- Strengthens and stretched hip flexors
- Improves running technique
- Strengthens feet muscles
The muscles that it targets:
- Quadriceps
- Glutes
- Hip flexors
- Hamstring
- Calf muscles
- Tibialis anterior
- Core muscles
Tip:
Explode up off of each skip and focus on the form. It is important to utilize adequate arm movements when doing these skips. This helps to improve your running form.