I think being able to do one will make me a better athlete and maybe even a better runner. I think the hotties will like it as well.
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I think being able to do one will make me a better athlete and maybe even a better runner. I think the hotties will like it as well.
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You can participate in the Paralympics if you survive a broken neck
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You can participate in the Paralympics if you survive a broken neck
I should add that I have access to a diving board and can practice my backflips in there. I think the ladies admire those blatant displays of athleticism.
You may have more success by practicing weighted pelvic thrusts.
I would recommend practicing a cartwheel first.
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I don't think there's necessarily a correlation between being able to do a backflip and running well. BUT, there's totally a correlation between being explosive and coordinated enough to potentially do a backflip, with a bit of training and practice, and being a good sprinter. It's the same skills really, exert a large amount of power in a short time and finely control your body during said explosion.
I remember many sprinters on my team could do a backflip. They just practiced a bit on trampolines and then on turf.
Follow me to pound town baby wrote: I want to do a backflip, will this help me be a better athlete?
I think being able to do one will make me a better athlete and maybe even a better runner. I think the hotties will like it as well.
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Only if you can score a touchdown on a nationally televised game.
Yes it will. There's a litany of uncoordinated running nerds who could use some practice playing another sport or two. The best runners are usually good all-around athletes though. I'm sure Rupp and Farah could hold their own in soccer and basketball.
Follow me to pound town baby wrote:
I think being able to do one will make me a better athlete and maybe even a better runner. I think the hotties will like it as well.
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Only if you can do it with your tongue nailed to the diving board.
Your mileage may vary, i keep twisting my knees during cartwheels which is bound to tear the meniscus / ligaments eventually
I think it's smarter to use zero torsion methods to gain the proprioception needed, and you might need to find a way to cross train for cartwheels, too
Steve The Addict OFFICIAL -----^^^^^ wrote:
Yes it will. There's a litany of uncoordinated running nerds who could use some practice playing another sport or two. The best runners are usually good all-around athletes though. I'm sure Rupp and Farah could hold their own in soccer and basketball.
Good thoughts! I think sprinters would be far better at ball sports than distance runners. Requires more coordination, nervous system acuity.
I want to do the Paula Abdul tap number with jazz hands.
There are definitely some muscles that are important for both backflips and running.
A big part of a back tuck is pulling your lower body up and over your head and shoulders by using your abdominals and hip flexors. The other big part (other than mentally not psyching yourself out) is using your quads and glutes to explode into the air high enough that you have time to get the flip around.
Training explosiveness in your legs and glutes would probably help your speed. The biggest boon to your running, though, would likely be in reducing your injury risk. Putting the time into strengthening your hip flexors and glutes would help to stave off many of the common overuse and compensatory injuries that distance runners face.
source: runner who learned a backflip in young adulthood wrote:
There are definitely some muscles that are important for both backflips and running.
A big part of a back tuck is pulling your lower body up and over your head and shoulders by using your abdominals and hip flexors. The other big part (other than mentally not psyching yourself out) is using your quads and glutes to explode into the air high enough that you have time to get the flip around.
Training explosiveness in your legs and glutes would probably help your speed. The biggest boon to your running, though, would likely be in reducing your injury risk. Putting the time into strengthening your hip flexors and glutes would help to stave off many of the common overuse and compensatory injuries that distance runners face.
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