Sasquatch Walks for Speed, Psoas & Hamstring Health

Tarps off. Belt buckles on. Part 1/4
It’s a CrossFit thing you wouldn’t understand

After a decade long experiment of no sprinting and training for stronger hammys and glutes in the gym. I can officially say I got slower and fatter.
Timing gates and fat calipers don’t lie.

But how could all the research & hearsay on Nordic curls and reverse hypers lead me astray?

Recently i heard about research out of Japan. The hear say on this study is that they’ve looked at the psoas size of the the worlds fastest sprinters and distance runners. They compare sizes to not the fastest.
The fastest had large psoas. The slower had smaller psoas, larger bums, lrg hamstrings and large calves.
WHAT🤯🤯

Then you think why do defensive players in football have fewer hamstring issues than offensive. And defensive players are usually faster. Coincidentally Backwards running requires strong hip flexors(psoas).

So maybe the speed and hamstring issue really isn’t a hamstring and bum issue. It’s a psoas issue

Personally over the last 6-9months I’ve done more sprint & acceleration training.
Less gym based hamstring and bum exercises.
And I’ve gotten faster & leaner.
Added bonus my hip and back mobility has also improved.

Long story to the exercise you see is that I’m now playing with “psoas” driven warm up exercises like this one “Sasquatch Walk”. I still empathize glute min & med. And less glute max exercises like hip bridges that no one can do right anyways.

If your want to get faster.
Look better naked.
And have more mobility with less pain.
Add in psoas driven exercise like sprinting.

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