Running is a Vertical Jump

This is one of the best explanatory videos of running I’ve ever seen on YouTube, thank you! 🙂

Finally, I understand why weight lifting and fast paced HIIT workouts shaved a minute a mile off for me, with less running. I guess it's time to add some of that back into my routine.

So many techniques and books I’ve read but this is the best video on improving running in general. Awesome video.

Wow! This is unbelievable! Out of all the videos I've watched, this one has completely transformed everything for me. I salute you for that!

I doubted this video at first then everything really started making sense. Really helps quantify running.

That’s is so helpful, I even read a book on Pace and it definitely confirms what you said! Thanks!!!! I’m going to do that next run !

I've watched 100s of videos on running technique. This is by far the best explanation. Watch it to save yourself from injury and enjoy running success.

Feel yourself in the air, a glider, at each jump. No hurrying to the landing in your mind. No trying to feel forward push. Feel the feeling that, "I am jumping, I am flying." By accident you will also be running forward, but not be heel striking; you will be floating up in your jumps for enough time for your other foot to land mid foot. Jump higher than needed for each step, and with time, after getting used to the feeling of becoming airborne with each step, you will fine tune your jumps up to just the right height needed for the stride length that day. Your arm swings will help gain altitude with each jump. Pushing is for walking; jumping is for running.

Thank you for this video and explanation! The best description of what running actually is!! I can’t wait to apply this to my future runs!🎉

Love this , you earned my follow I appreciate your content.

I have been avoiding the "toe push off" for about 15 years. Had to do this as I got older. Kept me going until now, at least, age is 72.

Excellent video.

I've been thinking about this for a few days. To jump, you need toe off. So to run, you lean forward, lift your leg, and toe off. Ryan Flagtery, coach of NFL players, and Olympians says he can calculate your 40 to 10k time with 99% accuracy based on your "Force Number.". He initially calculated this with a force measuring treadmill & weight, but found the trap bar lift correlates exactly. The person with the highest ever recorded Force Number is Husain Bolt. This is all about how strongly you can push off and your weight ... strength to weight ratio. Jumping is toe off, not levitation.

This video helps me a lot in my running! Thanks

Thank you.thorough explaination.

Good stuff and all makes sense. I have seen some Kneesovertoes videos where they highly recommend nordics and have several athletes whose sprint times improved significantly when they added nordics into their weight lifting in addition to squats, calf raises, and Romanian dead lifts. Thoughts?

Thanks for that explanation. Never thought about it like that.

Excellent explanation, well done. But why is also the gluteus maximus often mentioned as a very important muscle group for running? Also involved in vertical jump?

How do you know the surplus of strength required to train for power without getting injured? Great video by the way!

Great video that I’ve ever watched. Some Youtube coaches say that we have to push off or push back horizontally to move forward. I did try the push-back in my 10k race yesterday, and the result was terrible. I was exhausted very early and I ran a whole race like a zombie, pace 4’:15”, very slow for 10k. Thank you very much for a great video!