Fix Your Arm Swing to Run Faster 🔥We can share your content in our page, check the link in our bio: @worlderunners to follow the process. When we think of Running, we typically think of our legs or lower body, but what if I told you that in order to RUN FAST, you actually need a strong upper body too? 🤔 How important is the movement of our arms in such a primal movement like running?🏃🏻‍♂️💨 LET’S FIND OUT! 🔍👀 ❌ In the left video, the arms are excessively crossing the midline of the body, causing a lack of bwd swing of the arms. This becomes problematic because most of the movement/weight of the arms are in front of the trunk for a prolonged amount of time, which causes the trunk to lean forward excessively, and causes a bend/fold at the hip. This is what I like to call being ‘over rotated’ ↪️ which will prevent knee lift, and optimal hip extension. Excessive arm motion IN FRONT of the body will cause excessive leg motion BEHIND the body! ⚖️ ❌ Basically, poor arm swing makes you run like you’re constantly trying to catch yourself from falling on your face! This prevents the Anterior Oblique System (AOS) to do its job in gait of helping rotate the pelvis and thoracic spine (mid-upper back) in opposite directions to help swing the free leg forwards. This also prevents the Posterior Oblique System (POS) of doing its job by lack of Lat engagement (poor bwd arm swing) and contralateral (opposite) gluteal activation (poor hip extension) to effectively push off the ground!🙅🏻‍♀️ ✅ Actively swing your arms so that your hand passes your hip on the swing back. This will cause an ‘elastic recoil’ like effect to help swing your arm forward again. Basically, balanced arm motion allows for balanced leg movement, and optimal posture...which means LESS INJURIES and RUNNING FASTER 🙋🏻‍♀️ TAG SOMEONE WHO ❤️’S TO RUN (OR SHOULD LEARN HOW)🙌🏼✌🏼🏃🏻‍♀️💨 (This is not info intended for the duration of a full long distance race, it is meant for teaching you how to run as fast as you possibly can when needed (ie. sprint or final kick in a distance run). 📽 @vinhfloresle