After listening to the great podcast with Justin Williams, I was re-motivated me to go out and work some more on my sprinting. However, trying the “pull with the opposite hand to the driving foot” technique he described felt totally counterintuitive and made me question if I was doing the right thi…

There was discussion on this in the original podcast thread: [image] Special Guest: Justin Williams – Ask a Cycling Coach 263 Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast One of the best podcasts! Did I catch this wrong or was what Justin said about sprinting technique the opposite of wha…

I just don’t think that Justin explained it correctly or quite understood the question. Physics demands that you pull up with your right hand as you drive down with your right leg.

It’s more of a circular motion than a unidirectional one from what I gather. The analogy of the stairmaster was what made it click for me. The hands are pulling dynamically so while you are pulling up at one point in time, that pull then transitions into pulling into the hip, and the resetting for t…

Missed that, thanks. That makes a lot more sense to me - it just “feels right” to pull on the same side.

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wysbf2 July 29, 2020, 8:17pm 2

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