Hurdle Mobility: "Plyo Style"

Hi Gary - good to hear from you.

I simply don't want her to lean forward. When teaching an athlete to go over hurdles I'll often walk beside them and put a finger on their shoulder, pushing back a little to get them to go over the hurdles with tall, erect posture as most athletes tend to lean forward. To the athlete it feels like they're leaning back, so "stay back" is just a cue for her to try to stay up tall.
...but easier said than done and if you watch this 2-3 times you'll see how the posture degrades near the end, yet that's part of the point this early...just an indication of how well she can stay up tall when getting tired. Again, another Shalane video, but look at her posture in the last 2k of her AR in the 10k...she looks robotic and her posture and mechanics never degrade. Impressive and maybe HM is one way to teach/reinforce that skill.
Thanks Gary.

This is not steeple specific, but rather think of this as a running specific exercise that will strengthen the hip flexors while also encouraging good posture (assuming you do it correctly).

If you have time check out the video below and you'll see a 5k/10k runner using hurdles as part of her workout day.

Jay,

When you are telling her to "stay back" what do you mean by that?

would this help people training for the steeplechase?

thanks...more to come

good stuff