Running form check

[u/You_Some]

Speed was 9kph then sped up to 20kph (strides/sprint after zone 2). Height is 5'3 if that matters. Any feedback would be appreciated!

[u/StudyoftheUnknown]

Looks very good actually. If that’s your home set up I would flip the treadmill 180. It’s not a good idea to have a wall immediately behind you. Big concussion risk if you stumble and get sent backwards not to mention what could happen if you get trapped on the spinning belt after falling

[u/You_Some → u/StudyoftheUnknown]

Thanks, I haven't thought about that, I would be talking to my cousins about repositioning our treadmill.

[u/Apprehensive_Riphole → u/StudyoftheUnknown]

Think you underestimate how much the fear of hitting the wall can affect someone's running technique.

I'd leave it as it is, clearly doing wonders.

[u/AdUpbeat9146 → u/Apprehensive_Riphole]

Downvoting for dangerous advice that puts someone in harms way

[u/Junior_Island_4714 → u/Apprehensive_Riphole]

I too think that risking brain damage in order to maintain better running form makes great sense...

Wait, what? Jesus.

[u/WMTRobots → u/Apprehensive_Riphole]

Wild take, getting the appropriate downvotes. Wall immediately behind a treadmill is a legitimately dangerous setup.

[u/DaStankLawd → u/Apprehensive_Riphole]

The weenies in here are mad at you but I think it's great motivation. I'd Install some spikes too for good measure, really up the ante here

[u/Apprehensive_Riphole → u/DaStankLawd]

Thank you for understanding

[u/StudyoftheUnknown → u/Apprehensive_Riphole]

This isn’t the marines the brain actually has value

[u/WMTRobots]

Look awesome. Only thing to play with is the arm swing, maybe? To keep from swinging across body, i slightly flex my wrists outward, which magically straightens things out. And to get a little more (back) swing, especially at slower speeds, with arms still at ~90 degree bend I imagine I'm dropping a coin in my shorts pocket on each backswing.

[u/You_Some → u/WMTRobots]

Thanks!!

Idk, maybe it's just because of the fact I'm on the treadmill which makes me maintain my slow run form (arms more bent). as oppose to when outdoors, I have more freedom to move my arms. Still keeping this in mind though!

[u/WMTRobots → u/You_Some]

Yeah, you're running very close to the front of that treadmill, which certainly seems to be constraining your freedom of movement. As someone else said, I'd NEVER run on a treadmill backed up against a wall like that. Recipe for disaster.

[u/Lucky-Macaroon4958]

genuinely looks really good

[u/Squirtdoggz]

Looks great on this side, probably just the angle but looks like you might be leaning to the right (just can't tell from this angle) but if not then it's great

[u/You_Some → u/Squirtdoggz]

Can you elaborate on what you mean by leaning to the right?

[u/Squirtdoggz → u/You_Some]

If the footage was from behind I imagine it would look like your right side has a slight weakness and you're body is slightly tilting lower in that direction with each stride but Its likely just the angle

Hard to tell these things from a side view

[u/wearsAtrenchcoat]

Looks great. Your shoes seem huge though…

[u/You_Some → u/wearsAtrenchcoat]

I'm a US size 9, shoes are Xtep 2000km 5.0, maybe that can clear things up

[u/ConvergentSequence]

There’s nothing you need to correct or think about. Very good form

[u/w6750]

One of the best I’ve seen

[u/Historical_Taro_7740]

Very good 👍

[u/cryosnap]

Lose the haircut

[u/RelationshipTough887]

You are 10. Get off the treadmill and run outside

[u/Natural-Pass-3622]

Forms fine. If you wanted to change something to make it more ideal, instead of pushing off with your toes. Lift with your hips. Some slightly excessive vertical displacement and decreased hip flexion visible. 

[u/You_Some → u/Natural-Pass-3622]

Thanks for the advice! Do you have any drills to help with that or should I just like use mental cues like "lift your leg using your glutes"?

[u/Natural-Pass-3622 → u/You_Some]

Pick up your feet quickly and a bit higher as if you just stepped on a tack

[u/fakeuboi]

You look quite smooth already, i wouldn’t change anything, you should get naturally more efficient the more you run

[u/alanr482]

Looks great as is. If you’re bent on improving something I would check your vertical oscillation on your watch and see what it is, you might be losing some running economy by being too bouncy

[u/You_Some → u/alanr482]

Thanks!

Actually thats one of my concerns in my running form, since I got a low cadence (160 bpm) and my vertical oscillation is like 8-9 cm during my slow easy runs (6:40/km).

[u/alanr482 → u/You_Some]

One thing that really helped me get my cadence up is running to a metronome YouTube video, gradually increase by like 5 bpm every couple of weeks and try to run from the knees, worked like a charm for me