Run On Muscle - Blog
On the good foot - Improving foot function and strength for greater speed
Our feet, as we have indicated in previous posts, are a complex structure. There are 29 muscles and 26 bones in each and over 100 ligaments and 19 tendons. The Achilles tendon, for example, acts very much like a spring which deforms and recoils on every impact from walking to sprinting. Our arch does a very similar job and works in conjunction with the toes to also absorb, produce and transfer power.
Feets of Engineering
Toe-ing the Line - Improving Foot Strength for Optimised Antepes Training
Greater Achilles stiffness can boost sprint speed in particular. As can a stiff, high, yet flexible arch. And so too can the tendons that control our toes – those that open and close them rather like those in our hands which ball and then open our fingers when making a fist.
POWER BASE - MUSCLE RUNNERS STRENGTHEN FEET & LOWER LEGS
A short review of the ANTEPES Muscle Runner
Injury Prevention
Tips on Getting Started with the Muscle Runners
I found that once I had gotten going that the shoes were promoting a good foot strike position below my center of gravity and encouraging me to keep my torso in an upright position which led me to feel quite efficient in the shoe. After my very short easy run in these I feel like they actually done a good job of stretching out my calves and Achilles.
