Inside Endurance: Dynamic Flexibility w/ Dathan Ritzenhein

…h you have odd arches that you can limit your injury. **Form Drills** Occasionally ever runner will get injured. Those like myself tend to get injured a bit more often when we do not do other forms of strengthening and physical therapy. The items I do about once to twice a week and are addressed really well in a video done by Dathan Ritzenhein (link to this video (*his entire video series on youtube is great to watch!*) **Core** This kind of falls into the the above category, but I cannot stress how important this is for great form and thus injury prevention. Personally I do these daily except for workout days: Squats, lunges, crunches, leg lifts to strengthen my hips, leg lifts, planks, etc.. **S…

Do you currently practice form drills and dynamic stretching? I agree that nobody is going to be able pinpoint your problem. However, if you are going to sprint anyways doing some basic drills before your workout isn't a bad idea and might improve your form. You certainly don't want to sprint cold. Dathan Ritzenhein is a distance runner but he has some good videos of stretches and drills. If you're just looking for a routine that will prepare you to do some speed work these videos might help. Dynamic Flexibility link to this video Form Drills link to this video Again I don't really know what your specific form issue is, but any sprinter should warm up and stretch as part of their workout routine.

dynamic stretching is just a moving stretch. dancing would qualify, or form drills. link to this video here's a video of some you could do. I'd suggest doing some strides (running for just enough to reach a decent speed, then slowing down) first.

Dynamic flexibility video link to this video this is a useful example of dynamic stretching that can be done before and after workouts.