Running is HORIZONTAL force rather than Vertical force as a training priority. 

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​@@theslingmethodso what exercises in the gym help with horizontal movement on the track

@@samserwadda253 have a look at The Sling Method, you could do it in the gym 👍

Endurance runners aren’t in the slightest bit concerned with maximal speed. I’m guessing you didn’t watch the video, where all of what you mentioned was explained in great detail. Vertical force is not the concern at all due to the powers of levers. 👍

@@theslingmethod yea sprinting is different than distance my bad🤝👍

@@theslingmethod but the slower you run the more vertical force becomes the main component and horizontal forces become less of a factor, there are countless scientific studies that show this. Maximal speed requires more forceful push which requires more horizontal force, jogging does not.

@@DMGC529 “less of a factor”…sure. Less of a big factor is still a big factor. Focusing on horizontal force production via internal rotation negates lateral forces and improves the entire running biomechanics.

@@theslingmethod Fair but then why would you say horizontal force is MORE of a training priority than vertical if vertical is a bigger factor (as you just confirmed)? That doesn't make sense. If you had to choose one, you'd get more bang for your buck if you focused on your vertical force production.

Congratulations on completely misunderstanding literally everything! (clapping hands)

@@theslingmethod I guess Mo Farah completely misunderstood everything when he won the 2018 Chicago Marathon and broke the European Marathon Record … twice. Maybe he would have run sub 2-hours with the sling method. (Clapping hands).

@@michealGRuns 26.2 miles is a horizontal measurement. Again, completely misunderstood literally everything…(extremely slow clapping hands) research agrees with everything in saying! 🤷‍♂️

@@theslingmethod the ability to produce horizontal force relies on the ability to first produce vertical force. Think about a pogo stick - It produces a vertical force. Now give that pogo stick a knee & an ankle and tip it forwards a few degrees -> congratulations. Your pogo stick now applies a vertical force to a horizontal plane. But even if we agree that running is indeed a horizontal force, vertical force production per unit body weight is the single best predictor of any given sprinting or running athletes potential speed. Ryan Flaherty has proven it hundreds or even thousands of times by now and the results are clearly backed by force plate treadmill research. You could *possibly* argue that your method could produce a very competitive speed walker? Your method is strengthening the phase of the gait cycle from terminal-swing-to-ground contact.. think about that - you’d be super strong driving your foot from mid-air down towards the ground, but once ground contact is made then what? Sling method doesn’t help after that point.. because you need to then extend the hip of the stance leg.. you know.. kind of like a squat? (Impossibly slow clapping hands)

@@michealGRuns you’ve literally seen ONE exercise from The Sling Method…one single exercise of one part of it, and made massive assumptions. Again as I said initially, completely misunderstood everything about what was being said. The more you argue the more it just shows that you’ve misunderstood it and continue to do so. Now you don’t even get a slow clap, the hands are missing each other almost as poorly as you’ve missed the point! 🤣🤣🤣