Running Technique: Emil Zatopek

Here we examine Emil Zatopek's technique and particularly his forefoot landing. As you can see, as soon as he lands his thigh muscles tense for one frame. On the hand, the other competitors' thigh muscles stay contracted for more than 4 frames. This directly shows the unnecessary muscle exerscion during active landing with no benefit.

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• zatopek

[horacrux]

i love how Emil just ran,because,he liked to run.He didn't care what anyone thought about technique or style. he just ran

[Elantry]

If minimal shoes are a fad, they're the longest lasting fad ever.

[AntiSocialChannel85]

@horacrux

He ran like Forrest Gump

[thuaners]

@horacrux i agree :D

[Doofe2012]

I love these videos of runners from before the running boom. Really shows how pretty much every serious runner ran using Pose technique, or something very close to it.