MUSCLE ELASTICITY

What is muscle elasticity? Well, if you were to cut out a muscle, put it on the table and stretch it, you would see it shrink back a bit. In plain physics, it's a natural ability of some things to recover the original form upon the removal of the force initially applied.

However, a human and his body is not all physics, it’s physics, chemistry, biology, psychology and all that good stuff, and last time you checked you probably noticed that your muscles are under your skin. Which should immediately suggest that muscles are a part of your entire structure, and as such whatever functions your muscles perform or whatever is going on, it does not happen on it's own. There is a whole chain of processes happening, while the main one is leading.

So, technically, "muscle elasticity" is an incorrect term to use when speaking of muscle elasticity in running, or any other movement for that matter.

Muscles do not work independently, nor do they work under your command. The sooner you let go of your imaginary rein of control over the “molecules” of your body, the sooner you will discover better movement.

What we should be discussing is called a muscle-tendon complex. Tendons play a very important role in this process. The concept of muscle-tendon elasticity complex is a relatively new one and deep research with the correct goals is much needed.

Muscle-tendon elasticit y complex is the natural ability of your muscular-skeletal system to “return to its original state”.

How does muscle-tendon complex work?
What is leading the hierarchy in this complex?
Why is cadence of 180 or higher in running – a magic number?
Why is it a requirement in Pose Running to keep knees slightly bent at all times?

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Article by Dr. Nicholas Romanov
Composed by L. Romanov