YUKI KAWAUCHI ARM SWING: 2018 BOSTON MARATHON CHAMPION! | Sage Running Form Technique Analysis 

Awesome comment, my friend.

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Well, he's definitely one of a kind but you gotta know something, many of elite runners drop out Boston due to the ineligible world record attempt. The course was downhill and the weather was terrible. Still, kawauchi has the heart of fighter. His legs a bit too bulky for an elite runner and his unorthodox method to run more than 3 marathons each year and his training method deserve a spotlight. He could be the game changer of east African runners domination. I believe the Japanese and their persistence will have some other athletes like kawauchi, he's the blueprint of unorthodox

hard work is prominent in Japanese culture

I am interested in that topic, as well.

I'd also enjoy seeing a video on that topic!

Yeah that would be an interesting video.

Yes please!

the speed is the important part, at

how did you record yourself?

Maybe his desk job helps him recover and not overtrain :)

just from a phyiscs idea: if you train your upperbody/core to be able to twist more, you can generate torque from other muscles in your body than your running ones,torque which adds to your overall forward momentum.

he was smiling after this one.

Also it’s hilarious when you cut off your own narration at the end of the video. Seriously, I laughed out loud.

Word of the day: explensive- an expensive explanation. -no need to explain.

seems like he was doing fine without it, might actually remove some his drive.

@@wokewatch8508 totally agree !!! Will affect his drive & his charm. Sorry this is 4 years late. I never followed marathons before hearing about Yuki. Just found about him yesterday bc of the Brooklyn half marathon where 1 runner died & 16 others hospitalized. Yuki's was a follow up video.

The elite women started earlier I think

i've seen it this way too and was quick to correct the "women can do anything" mindset. Yes women can win Boston and beat men, but lets face facts, if there was any day to do it, it would have been this year. The weather eliminated half the mens field and slowed to the times down. Think about this though, even the "slow" men's time was right at the women's(aided) world record.

exactly what i was thinking. his upper body looks kinda unstable to me, not too good a base for a powerful leg strike. anyway, obviously it works for him - no one was able to perform any better in this race

Exactly as I noticed. He uses shoulder rotation to keep the momentum rather than arm swing. I tried to rotate my shoulder like he does when I’m super tired to get loosen up a bit then I’d go back to my normal posture because I know I have tight shoulder problem. His posture is probably more relaxing to him then it looks to us, and does not require engaging too much abs so it might be helpful for aggressive breathing.

during the race he put in a few surges and clearly you could see him shake out his arms and relax, but the armswing was very noticeable. He seems to use core rotation to his advantage.

The upper arms end up moving a bit, but it is incidental, he doesn’t seem to be pulling the elbows back or swinging the arms as much as others do. It’s the rotating square shoulders that drive everything. Our ability to rotate our shoulders counter to our pelvis is what separates us from other primates, and makes us efficient bipedal walkers and runners.

But I think he’d do better if he tried clutching a tuber higher up against his body like our ancestors. I realize I sound insane

Look at thumbnail of video of billy mills in the Olympic 10k. Square shoulders in mid rotation, similar forearm thing happening

One more thing: his forearms don’t swing back and forth in the synchronized manner you did. Think a more eggbeater kind of motion. Prisca jeptoo, or whatever her name was, she’s another good example

priscah had to have an upper body like an egg beater to counter balance the lower body that was like an egg beater.

you will always push off on your toes regardless of if you heelstrike or not. You might also have weak quads and your calves arr overcompensating.

For resistance, yes. But if you're looking for speed, you had to train fortlek, increasing your velocity by the time.. sorry for my English, its bad

Yuki is taller than the second place Kirui from Kenya.

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Woke Watch I may agree, I thought about it as I watched him running London.

1. yuki was offered sponsorship and rejected it 2. physical attributes are variable, some simply aren't going to run 2:0x marathons 3. weather conditions affect everyone differently, in this case even seasoned marathoners like Shalane were part of the carnage.

"That Japanese guy" isn't making these top quality videos you're enjoying. I think they have a great brand ambassador.

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