Here are some snippets from my video series for feeling good before you run. For more indepth direction on how to incorporate these into your life, click on the card tabs during the video or click on the links below. Tips 6 and 7 are not in the video cards. Click on links below. For any athlete or sprinter, it's important you set the right kind base for your performance. How you feel will gauge your performance. to run faster, you must act on your bad feelings and transmute them. Feel Good Tip #1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlr3GtL1Ono Feel Good Tip #2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPoLmZ7y_wg Feel Good Tip #3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BeHZ0xz_wo Feel Good Tip #4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYsb0GBm9g4 Feel Good Tip #5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5AdCm1O_UY Feel Good Tip #6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttEwklFRuJA Feel Good Tip #7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13yLT4ZeeVA And as always, follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/breatherelaxrun/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/relaxedsprinting Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/activatemindandbody/ website www.sportsmassagesoxford.co.uk ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuRW1w-qx3A

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If you're a committed #400m athlete then you know all about lactic acid. As an 400m athlete myself, I certainly do. It was never enjoyable. The problem is that we often accept lactic will arise in the home straight of a 400m race. That it should happen. And if it doesn't then you are not training properly or running the race properly. We have the view that has been driven into us that lactic acid is a good thing and we must suffer it to improve. I don't think it should occur at all in a race. And if it does, then you're hampering yourself. Why? Well, the one thing I learnt was that my fastest 400m races were always my easiest. That means that down the homes straight of my 400m PB races, my lactic levels were very low. I actually felt very little lactic acid. In fact, on my fastest 400m hurdles race, I could have carried on running for another 100m after I'd reached the finish line. I felt I was just striding throughout the race. On the other hand, the races that were the toughest were the slowest and that was when lactic was at it's highest. This had nothing to do with fitness by the way. My performances didn't correlate with that. The thing is, because we train so hard, we train to actually want lactic acid in our races. Which means, we often train ourselves slower. But I digress slightly and thats for another video. This video is all about how to handle lactic acid once it arises in a race. The problem is there's very little information on how to deal with it during a 400m race or in training. There's a lot on how to handle it after the race but surely during the race is where it's most important because if you don't handle it right, it could mean the difference between 1st and 2nd. It could mean the difference between a good time or a bad time. The difference between a good training session and a bad one. The guidance we are given in sport and fitness industry (especially in 400m training) is to try harder, grin and bear it and work through it. Additionally, if you have lactic at the end of a race, normally ccoaches will tell you the common philosophy which is to work on your endurance. It's misguided information and the philosophy of training hard has contributed to this misguided information. Come across an obstacle/ Train harder. This is such narrow minded thinking and it does nothing for our sport and it does nothing to grow our sport. It's time for new thinking. A lot of the time, you will see most 400m athletes, including world class ones, tighten up at the end of a race, you will see them swinging their shoulders and their jaw and face would be clenched in pain and effort. This is lactic acid handled badly and it's bad #sprinting and running habits. When the best in the world are doing this, we have to stop and think because this is the blind leading the blind. In this video, I give you guidance on the correct way to handle lactic acid. This can mean the difference at the end of a race between 1st or 2nd or tenths of a second. I also give you a perfect example of a world class athlete handling lactic acid well. If you are a sprinter, athlete or sportsman/woman who would like help in incorporating relaxation into your sprinting, I offer 1-1 help (either by skype or in person) which will help you. I live in Taunton, Somerset, UK To work with me, go here http://www.sportsmassagesoxford.co.uk/be-activated/ If you found the information in this video valuable then a donation of your choice would be greatly appreciated. You can do so here https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=W2VDSWSLZ43WS As you may or may not know, as well as an athletics coach and muscle activation and relaxation specialist, I m also a sports massage therapist and treat athletes with various injuries. As hamstring injuries are common problem with sprinters and 400m athletes, I invite you to join my email list and in return you'll get a FREE guide called "5 Common Mistakes Athletes Make That Cause Hamstring Injuries". To sign up, click this link below. https://andrew-kidds-weight-loss-tips.aweb.page/p/3fa2492d-43b8-47fa-a3ce-5c960caedb8c If hamstring injuries are a persistant problem or you've just picked up a Grade 1 or 2 tear, my online guide to rehab the hamstring will be of interest. click below for this. hamstring-injury-rehab-and-beyond.teachable.com/p/hamstring-injury-rehab-and-beyond ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BVtJ3_2znc

If you found that the info in this video or any of my other videos have been valuable to you in your #sprintingtechnique or #400m and you feel it's worth a donation to this channel then you can donate in the link below. This is very much appreciated. Thank you for your support regardless. https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=W2VDSWSLZ43WS Often 400m or #100m athletes fall into this trap of wanting to win too much. It comes from the pressure they put on themselves and because for sprinters, the brevity of the race and the need to get everything right overhwlems them. Also the regularity of racing is sporadic which means the need to win and make good use of all the training takes over. Unfortunately the wanting and desperation to win will make any athlete tight and tightness is a killer for general speed and performance. Your sprinting technique will suffer too For me, as a 400m / hurdler athlete never ever was my fastest races happened because I wanted it too much. It was because i was relaxed and in the moment and relieved of the pressure to run well. This happens to athletes all the time. When athletes and especially sprinters just perform well when the pressure is off. Well that pressure comes from the desperation or need to run well - to win. It happened to Justin Gatlin in the final of the WC in 2015. He was the favourite to win that final. Usain Bolt was not in shape and was by no means, running fast times. Yet 20 metres from the line, even though he was winning, Gatlin realised where he was and he started to to tighten because he wanted the finish line too much. This killed his form and he started to overreach for the line. His technique failed him and Bolt, still composed, overtook him, came through and won it. Bolt wasn't desperate to win, he knew he would and that allowed him to be calm and confident and there is a difference. to find out how to prevent yourself falling into this trap, watch the video. Please follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/injuryfreeandfaster/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/relaxedsprinting Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/activatemindandbody/ and now TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sprintingrelaxed To book a 1-1 muscle activation session with me, please go to my website www.relievepaintaunton.co.uk/Be-Activated ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lt7muPHpmQ