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How to Sprint Better & Faster | Stuart McMillan & Dr. Andrew Huberman

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Stuart McMillan guides Andrew Huberman through sprinting warm-ups, skipping drills, and proper posture to optimize running performance.

Stuart McMillan, a renowned track and field coach, leads Dr. Andrew Huberman through proper sprinting techniques, highlighting the importance of posture, body coordination, and expressive movements over traditional jogging methods to optimize sprinting performance. Learn more about Stu and his work at ALTIS: altis.world Watch the full episode: youtu.be/U3cSnzdyyXU Timestamps Introduction to Sprinting with Stu McMillan Warm-Up Techniques: Skipping & Striding Posture & Body Mechanics in Sprinting Dynamic Mobility & Coordination Drills Spinal Movement & Shoulder Blade Exercises Advanced Warm-Up: Combining Hip & Spine Movements Dynamic Mobility: Skipping & Lunging Expressive Sprinting vs. Jogging Backwards Walk Technique Skipping with Big Arms Dribble Steps & Wide Feet Karaoke Exercise Tips Backwards Skipping Leg Swing Exercises Eagle & Scorpion Exercises Combining Techniques for Strides Foot & Hip Connection Final Strides & Expressiveness Conclusion #hubermanlab #sprinting #trackworkout Disclaimer & Disclosures: hubermanlab.com/disclaimer

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What commenters say. Recommended for its insights on ankle positioning, hip mobility, and warm-up drills like skipping to improve sprinting mechanics.

@YRCoachin r/Sprinting • Recommends

On “How does a 50yo get back into sprinting?”

(44y master athlete as well) Indeed best advice is to ease into it, also do proper warmpup. Altis has 2 recent videos, start skipping in all its variations and run hills: [video [video
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@NickCageMatchin r/Sprinting • Recommends

On “Slo-mo form check (13.7, 5’9”, 148 lbs) – My form looks solid, but I feel like I should be running much faster. Any ideas?”

Not sure if watching this whole video is in your best interest, but start watching that at 50 sec in. This guy is definitely an authority on sprinting, and his description of how you should think about your ankles while sprinting has been kinda eye opening for me. link to this video
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@bottomhousevirginin r/Sprinting • Recommends

On “Any advice? (Im the white guy)”

You definitely look more relaxed in practice. Arm swing is smoother and the trail leg recovery is way less pronounced. For leg recovery, I’d work on dribbles to cue recovery from the hip. Les Spellman has some pretty good material on this: link to this video For arms, I’d work on scapular mobility with variations of exercises like these: link to this video Make sure to include spinal mobility exercises in your warmups as well. This video with Stu McMillan has some good activation exercises: link to this video
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@bottomhousevirginin r/Sprinting • Recommends

On “Max v form”

Staying on your toes is not the same as striking with forefoot. Start with some basic drilling from a standing position: hip flexion + ankle dorsiflexion -> strike underneath you -> quick recovery bringing heels to butt *underneath* you -> hip flexion. Basically a standing B-skip with focus on efficient recovery as well. Then progress into variations of skips / switches. These mostly train the hip flexion pattern / knee drive. You also want to focus on hip extension and really optimizing ground contact. Here’s a video with Stuart McMillan (Altis coach) discussing this latter point throughout the route: link to this video Pretty insightful stuff.
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@abcdefghijklnmopqrtsin r/Sprinting • Recommends

On “Advices to be faster”

I'm no running coach but think of running as more 'jumping continuously' than 'walking very fast'. It looks like you're essentially just walking with very long steps at a high frequency. I think a good exercise for you might be what they show here : [video
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@bottomhousevirginin r/Sprinting • Recommends

On “Struggling with shapes and force application”

…these are indicators that you’re not recruiting hip flexors very well. When you’re pushing off the ground, you’re not getting good hip extension either. Build some hip mobility into your routine. Hip CARs, 90-90 holds, ATG split squats, hip flexor iso holds, pigeon stretch. Roll out with a lacrosse ball. This video has a pretty good hop routine: link to this video Hip flexion is pretty easy to drill with A skips, A switches, dribbles. Hip extension is often neglected. For example, getting good extension on the stabilizing leg during an A-skip, or really making sure you get strong ground contact with straight leg bounds. Video with StuartMcMillan from Altis with some drills and some discussion on hip…
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@Kriz-Angelin r/Sprinting • Mentions

On “How would you rate his teaching skills?”

Here is the video link where the podcast is: link to this video And this one is where he shares his knowledge: link to this video
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