How to play with marbles can make you run faster
Do not forget your feet when you reinforce your legs to run faster. Your quads, the hamstrings, the calves ...
Do not forget your feet when you reinforce your legs to run faster. Your quads, your ischesiors, your calves and your sleeves are the big muscles of power that drive the racing speed, but the muscles of your feet also propel you forward. Strengthen them can increase explosivity and help prevent injuries. Michael Yessis, Ph.D., a globally renowned expert in biomechanics and sports training (doctoryessis.com), recommend these simple strengthening exercises to do in the absence of pain.
Marble bracelet
Spread marbles on the floor and sit on a chair in front of their face. Place a coffee box or plastic bowl within reach of your toes. Using only your toes, enter as many balls as you can, lift your foot in the thigh and drop the balls in the bowl. When you have placed all the marbles in the shot, divide them again on the floor and repeat it with your other foot.
Walk
Walk naked on the balls of your feet for 10 slow steps, go back and return for 10 steps. Rest and repeat twice as much. This movement works the tendons and ligaments at the bottom of your feet.
Towel
Spread a slim bath towel on the floor and stand on the edge of it in barefoot. Extend your toes to grab the towel and bend your toes to remove the towel fabric from the towel so that it blots under your feet. Continue breaking the towel and move your feet forward until you reach the opposite edge.
Barefoot Beach Run
Go for a barefoot jogging on a flat range of beach. Your toes take place naturally on soft sand, reinforcing your muscles, explains Yessis.
