You Have A Runner's Body
"You have a runner's body’. What exactly does this mean? Do runners have certain physical characteristics that are seen throughout various runners? I want to see whether there really is a so-called runner's body, yet I am faced with a challenge. What exactly defines a runner? Someone that occasionally runs around the neighbourhood? Or someone that runs repeats or trains for a marathon on a daily basis? I decided to narrow it down to my teammates on the
(track and field team. I have split the top three distance runners (5k) and the top three short distance runners (100 meters and 200 meters) into two groups.
The 100 and 200-meter sprints are brief and explosive events while the 5, 000 meters is a prolonged and endurance event. It only makes sense …show more content…
It is not very difficult to distinguish between the two of them since sprinters usually appear muscular and built while the distance runners seem very lean and thin.
There are various reasons that these two runners have different body types. Starting with the sprinter one can see that they are muscular all around. Since the sprinter will be running for a short amount of time at a very high speed, larger muscles help the sprinter produce force. I
Sprinters are known to have powerful arms, quads, calves, backs, and chests in order to come out of the blocks with as much explosive force as possible. 2 A sprinter also has strong core muscles since it allows him or her to maintain stability and control trunk rotation while moving straight towards the finish line. 3 It is important to prevent inefficient side-to-side movement and therefore core muscle strength is essential. 4 In order for the legs to keep moving quickly towards t! e finish powerful arms can help the sprinters maintain their proper stride and rhythm as fatigue sets in. 6
As a result of these large muscles throughout the whole body, which allow the sprinter to run with more power they carry more muscle than long distance runners. 7 Compared to
(track and field team. I have split the top three distance runners (5k) and the top three short distance runners (100 meters and 200 meters) into two groups.
The 100 and 200-meter sprints are brief and explosive events while the 5, 000 meters is a prolonged and endurance event. It only makes sense …show more content…
It is not very difficult to distinguish between the two of them since sprinters usually appear muscular and built while the distance runners seem very lean and thin.
There are various reasons that these two runners have different body types. Starting with the sprinter one can see that they are muscular all around. Since the sprinter will be running for a short amount of time at a very high speed, larger muscles help the sprinter produce force. I
Sprinters are known to have powerful arms, quads, calves, backs, and chests in order to come out of the blocks with as much explosive force as possible. 2 A sprinter also has strong core muscles since it allows him or her to maintain stability and control trunk rotation while moving straight towards the finish line. 3 It is important to prevent inefficient side-to-side movement and therefore core muscle strength is essential. 4 In order for the legs to keep moving quickly towards t! e finish powerful arms can help the sprinters maintain their proper stride and rhythm as fatigue sets in. 6
As a result of these large muscles throughout the whole body, which allow the sprinter to run with more power they carry more muscle than long distance runners. 7 Compared to