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https://athleticquickness.com/ Take the AthleticQuickness.com Speed Training Challenge! It’s simple, effective and helps athletes of all ages run faster! All you have to do is first, time yourself in the 40m dash, 60m dash, 100m or 200m sprints. Then, perform the one simple, 3-minute speed training exercise for the hip flexor muscles shown in this video three times a week for just two weeks. That’s only six speed training sessions lasting three minutes each for a grand total of just 18 minutes of exercise! When you are done with that, go back and time yourself again in the same sprints or races and see how much your faster you have gotten! That’s all there is to it! Oh, and don’t forget to report back to us with your results because we have had hundreds of athletes already take the speed training challenge and run faster in 14 days and so we are very confident you will improve your running speed, too, just like them! Therefore, we definitely want to hear from you! You can send your results, questions or comments to: Support@AthleticQuickness.com or simply post them in the comment section of this video. So, why does the speed training exercise shown in our video for the hip flexors work so well for speed and help people run faster in 14 days? There are three reasons. First, you have to understand how critical the hip flexor muscles are to your running speed. These muscles are the only ones that work in the opposite direction to all of the other muscles in the body when it comes to running and sprinting. What this means then is that your hip flexor muscles are needed to not only produce enough force to counterbalance the force produced by the leg pushing off the ground, but also, the forces caused by pumping of the arms and twisting of the torso. So, without strong hip flexors, you won’t be able to effectively push back against all of the other moving parts in your body with enough force to keep everything functioning at a high level. So, your running speed will be weaker and slower, and that’s why everyone needs strong hip flexors for speed. The second reason this hip flexor exercise will help you sprint faster in 14 days is because it specifically targets not only the psoas and iliacus, the two most popular hip flexor muscles, but also, it targets a lessor know hip flexor muscle known as the rectus femoris. The rectus femoris is probably the most important one of them all when it comes speed training but not many people know how to exercise it properly. You see, while the psoas and iliacus are very short hip flexor muscles, crossing only the hip joint, the rectus femoris is a very long one crossing two, the hip and the knee. So, not only is it a flexor of the hip, but also, it’s an extensor of the knee as well. And understanding this is one of the secrets for anyone who seriously wants to know how to run faster! Because by crossing two joints, the rectus femoris is there to not only help the psoas and iliacus flex the hip and lift your thigh upward, off the ground, but also, it’s there to quickly extend the leg outward at the same time. This makes flexing the hip a lot easier to do, almost effortless people say, and as a result, a significantly faster and stronger hip thrust can be generated. And if you can learn how to generate a faster and stronger hip thrust, your top end sprinting speed will increase dramatically. That’s why the hip flexor exercise in this video is done with both the hip flexed and knee extended because when you put both joints under resistance at the same time, you are training not only the psoas and iliacus, but also, the rectus femoris, as well, and that’s why your running speed is sure to improve! And the third reason this hip flexor exercise will help you sprint faster in 14 days is because it is done using the resistance band with an isometric training strategy. Isometric training with the resistance band is the ideal way to train for speed because while your muscles get stronger, they don’t get much bigger, or, heavier. This is important because whenever you can get stronger without adding additional weight to your body, you will become more efficient in moving around. And in the case of the hip flexors, this means running speed will increase which is the goal for every athlete. So, your hip flexors are the key to helping you run faster. The rectus femoris is the additional muscle needed to be made stronger and isometric training with the resistance band is the strategy to make it all happen. That’s what this video is about. So, take the speed training challenge and sprint faster in 14 days! All the best to everyone! Dr. Larry VanSuch Download training instructions by clicking the link at the top of this description. More about getting faster here: http://www.aqspeed.com http://www.athleticquickness.com #SpeedTraining #HowToRunFaster #SpeedTrainingChallenge