The Insane Ways Track and Field Transforms Your Body
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- čas přidán 8. 08. 2024
- Discover the jaw-dropping changes that happen to you when you're an elite track and field athlete!
Athletics isn't just a sport; it's a catalyst for unbelievable body transformations. In this video, we dive deep into what happens to athletes when they push their limits in various track and field events.
00:00 INTRO
00:55 SHOT PUT HAND
02:05 (ALMOST) UNBREAKABLE BONES
03:11 RUNNER'S BLOOD & PAIN
05:00 FASTER & SMARTER
07:07 LIVING LONGER
Find out how how sprinting increases your cognitive abilities and how the triple jump can make your leg bones almost unbreakable. Learn about the remarkable adaptations that come with shot putting, middle to long-distance running, and more. From extreme muscle development to incredible cardiovascular enhancements, see how track and field shapes the human body in ways you never imagined and uncover the science behind the astonishing transformations from one of the most demanding sports on the planet!
#TrackAndField #Athletics #Sprint #Endurance #sportsscience
References:
Triple Jump bone density: europepmc.org/article/med/115...
Cardiac output in untrained, trained runners and elite runners: www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.11...
Pain study comparing non athletes, soccer players and endurance athletes: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Sprinting study comparing muscle size and strength of untrained, sub-elite and elite sprinters pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33009...
Increased BDNF in sprint runners: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
8124 former US olympians lifespan study: bjsm.bmj.com/content/55/4/206 - Sport
This is one of the most informational videos of track I've ever seen. Its super detailed! I learned so much information from watching this.
That is great to hear! Really appreciate that, thank you.
Now this is the type of information they need to include in the Netflix sprinting series and promo spots for olympics. Amazing! Track and field is so underrated, partly because people have no idea what goes on behind the scenes and what athletes have to do to perform at these levels. Also, I threw shot put in high school and college and had no idea that happens to the hand, guess I didn't have enough power to do that. Keep these videos coming, need more of this!
Thank you, completely agree! More track videos on the way 👍
Not many people can understand the obsession needed for track & field and endurance sports. I would like to think I’m a decent marathon runner. Latest marathon being 2:40:30 at the age of 40. I have run 34 marathons and have no intention on stopping. I wake up at 4-5 am most mornings and just grind away to get my 80-100 miles in a week with 3-4 strength sessions and 3-4 flexibility/stretching along with some biking sprinkled in. People think I’m crazy and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
@@Marathon5151damn that’s solid mileage! Do you include tempos / short intervals? Avoid alcohol?
@@TirnanHealyYes, I include tempo, fartlek, intervals, strides and hill sprints. I don’t remember when’s the last time I drank alcohol and I became vegan July 2023 to increase recovery.
That is a solid marathon at ANY age!! Wow!! Keep doing the thang, man!! That is why I am getting back into competition and training at age 66. I miss it and it helps me feel better, and my athletes can see that you are never to old to have fun and compete!!
40% more blood and unbreakable bones - T&F athletes are basically superheroes.
Agree!
Watch Muay Thai. They are.
I'm not elite level, but I've done endurance sports for 30yrs. My doctor regularly has to ask me to move around so that my resting heart rate and blood pressure will register on his machine as I'm lower than it's designed for.
XDDDD
Wow, good lord. So how have you done it then?
As a community college level Distance runner, this is why we need to get more attention to track and field as a sport in the US. When the US hosted the track and Field World Championships, I was watching in the stadium, and there were empty seats (imagine if there were empty seats at the Super Bowl, NBA Finals, World Series, World Cup, etc.). Training in these events makes you live longer, and more people should be able to see it. All of this is not to mention how many people do track in high school as a sport.
Great points, track & field is the #1 sport in high school in the US, we need to figure out how to keep people excited about it.
as much as i like track and field and it has the potential to be one if not the accessible sport other than running i doubt it would be "popular" idk if its due to the viewership, or the sports within itself however it doesn't seem to attract much fans to play it or even watch it, it doesn't help that there is barely any leagues and most of these athletes are only popular during the Olympics. anyways what do you think?
@@OutperformOfficial Making a league for it would be a start.
@@jmgonzales7701There is an elite level series of events called the Diamond League
Been following the science of sprints for over 15 years and had no freaking clue it made you a little smarter too. Happier I knew, but smarter? Awesome.
I remember that workouts were so painful and agonizing that after they ended, it felt like normal life was on Easy Mode + Runners High.
Like oh, I got to do an essay now, that's not as painful as the workout I just did :)
That is a fantastic insight! Great example of how athletics carry over into other parts of life.
As a track coach I have never seen this topic addressed in such an entertaining way. Very well done
Thank you, really appreciate it.
Being a 45 year old sprinter who can reach a top speed of 18-20 mph and ran 100m in 13sec. That is some good stuff in the video. And I definitely need to focus on stride length.
That's cap.
@@jackdaniels2905 13 sec at 45 is do-able. very athletic but if you train yeah
@@jackdaniels2905 13 is not crazy
#Jackdaniels2905 it's not crap. 13 seconds for a 45 year old sprinter with no spikes or blocks is almost world class speed at the Master/senior levels. Go so some research on official 100m track times in my age group before you type.
@billybussey 13 is crazy. I'm world class fast and I'm faster than 98% of the world population in my age group. Do some research before you reply incorrectness.
This is gold. As a track athlete losng motivation because of summer break, this really pumped me with motivation to workout! Really enjoyed this type of video, please keep this up.😍
Heck yeah, that is great to hear! Keep after it 👊
Lock in! Go get em💪
The most excellent yet the most underrated sport on the planet.
Totally agree!
I really wish I stuck with track & field growing up. I was an excellent short distance sprinter. Always wondered why certain muscles were bigger than others, but it all makes sense.
as much as i like track and field and it has the potential to be one if not the accessible sport other than running i doubt it would be "popular" idk if its due to the viewership, or the sports within itself however it doesn't seem to attract much fans to play it or even watch it, it doesn't help that there is barely any leagues and most of these athletes are only popular during the Olympics.
Saying that elite sprinters dont have greater stride frequency than normal runners is misleading. Maybe this is true towards the top end, but the ability that sprinters have to rapidly exchange their legs in the first ~30 meters cant ever be replicated by normal runners.
Interesting hypothesis, would be very interested to see the data on that.
this is called content. underrated content. but that's the best part because it takes time to spread the word. good going guys.
Much appreciated!
These are insane how fast the body adapts🔥😮
It was a really great idea to show scientific litterature in the video
It could be even more fantastique if you could put them in the bio
Thanks, absolutely, just added links to all scientific literature in the description.
@@OutperformOfficial Thank you very much, you do an amazing job to promote and explain track and field!
and that's the reason me being an endurance runner, i strength train with some compound lifts where i can lift double my BW and whenever i do hill training, I SPRINT, my max at hill was 24.1kmph for 3 sec out of 15 sec of uphill.
Great motivations to keep training into the Masters ages.
Love this video! I did track for 4 years (in high school) and I learned quite a bit from this video. This needs to be more well known information because then more people would probably be interested in the sport.
Thank you, absolutely agree!
Having tried everything from HS X-C to the LJ, TJ and the 400m hurdles in college, I can honestly say that T&F has had a profound impact on my life and my career. I’m a white collar professional, but T&F taught me how to deal with stress and also how to get back up off the ground after losing. It has given me earned confidence. Something you cannot fake. At the most basic level, being able to run fast or far and jump-and knowing that you can do this-is like a security blanket as you walk through the world. Someday when I’m retired, I’d like to augment this by training in BJJ. I think that’s the missing piece of the puzzle for me. I rolled briefly with some SOF dudes and realized quickly that MMA is the challenge I’ve been missing!
Great write up. I'm right there with you on BJJ, it's something I've had on my list to take up for a few years now, continue to hear great things about it from friends that have started. I also feel like it's the missing piece to my training.
Gave me motivation to try all these sports. Nice vid
Great video, happy I found it in my recommended 👍
This is exactly what we asked for.
This is such a great, informative video that gives info without being preachy. I've always told my tracksters that track is for smart athletes; I didn't know it helped them get smart!! LOL!!😊 Excellent video, keep them coming. The influence of systematic training on the human body is AMAZING. 😊
Thank you, really appreciate that! That is a great thing to tell your athletes, completely agree.
Okay. This is one of the coolest videos I have watched on CZcams. Period.
Heck yeah, really appreciate that! 🙏
Thank you for posting high quality content like this
You're very welcome, glad you enjoyed it!
I took up sprinting in my early 30s and even though I’m not super fast, my body is on another level (jacked and maintaining 8-10% BF for years).
Nice! Same here, getting back into sprinting many years after college and it is an incredible workout. Fantastic for growth hormone energy and fills in the gaps of traditional weight lifting. Also, it's a lot more fun than squats and deadlifts.
Damn this is dope! I just made a similar video about how running changes your body and brain - but so cooo to see event specific adaptations
Helping this vid on the algorithm :)
Great video thank you
Should also mention how the psoas is much much larger in faster sprinters like asafa powell than even 10.2 runners. Love the video!
Thanks, great point about the psoas.
Best CZcams Chanel 🙌
Really appreciate that! 🙏
This is awesome!!!💛
👊
This had some seriously good information, might have even convinced me to do more long distance running
Heck yeah, endurance training is definitely a life changer!
This is an excellent piece... almost it's own genre: the short-format documentary!
Thanks man, that is what we were going for.
Amazing video. Very detailed
Thank you!
My gosh this video is so cool ..... it makes me excited to start watching and appreciating all this different sports. Well done.
Thanks so much!!
As a climber who has been very consistent for a couple years, my shoulders and fingers are atleast "above average" in term of strenght, power and durability, ive done some crazy "dynos" to really nasty holds, one handed with literally no fear of shoulder dislocation.
This is INCREDIBLE. Really appreciate this as a former mid-D runner
Much appreciated!
loved this video keep it up🔥🔥🔥
Great to hear 👊, will do.
Very interesting, thank you! And as a mid-long distance (amateur) runner, I subscribe to the pain 🤣
Make more of these videos please they inspire
Great video. A Larger muscle can produce more force, so they are stronger.
Wow wow, that's a VIDEO!!!
Thank you! 🙏
Thank you for this very interesting video! Would like a more detailed and longer version as well.
Noted! Thank you.
They need to make it team oriented to bring in more popularity
That is a good idea.
Now I now why I felt good when I did sprinting till college. I did just for fun.
Super interesting video!
Thank you, glad you think so!
Nice vid!
Thank you!
I didn’t do any sports as a kid and just got into sprinting 100-200m alongside doing Olympic lifts and plyos to supplement. It has been awesome! I absolutely love it, although I’ve been out for a couple weeks due to an eversion ankle sprain playing flag football.
Good stuff
Very interesting video, particularly about the way sprinting affects your cognitive functioning. But about the last part, to get to olympic level as an athlete you have to have a significant physical advantage over most other humans, therefore it could also be that they live longer because of their exceptional health. It doesn't necessarily have to be directly linked with practicing an extreme sport.
Another brilliant video! I just have a question regarding sprinting technique. Does actively driving your legs straight down into the track make you faster? would love to know. :)
Thanks for the positive feedback! Regarding your question, actively driving your legs straight down into the track does contribute to speed when done properly. It’s essential to combine this with proper rhythm, posture and arm action for the best results. Keep practicing and refining your form to see significant improvements!
Pole vaulters and Decathletes are the only all-around athletes in T&F.
Pole vaulting is the most fun event, too.
We're working on a Decathlon video right now. It's unbelievably underrated and even though people don't watch videos on it we're spending the time and doing it anyway. Keep an eye out for it in 2 weeks.
W video
Track and field athletes are just better than NBA, NFL, Hockey and Baseball athletes. I just love the way they train and all the events are exciting to watch. I especially love the women hammer, discus and shot-put and can’t wait until til the Olympics!
hmm it depends, if you put them together i would agree but they don't have maxed out attributes, like some are specialized in running, some in power, some in endurance. but not all of the above at the same time. so in general yes but i think the NFL are just normally the better athlete. unless ur a kicker.
What are the impacts of track and field training/competition at the elite level on testosterone levels in males?
Elite track and field training can significantly impact testosterone levels and growth hormone levels. Intense workouts cause a spike in testosterone as the body responds to physical stress, promoting muscle recovery and adaptation. However to maximize the hormonal response you have to get great sleep. During slow wave or deep sleep is where the body does its magic and releases the most testosterone and GH. You also need to get enough protein. 30+ grams per meal x 4 meals a day (at least 120 grams per day) is a good starting point. Studies suggest that it takes ~30 gram dose to get the body to maximize protein synthesis. We're planning on doing a video on this in the future with a lot more detail so stay tuned!
Can you do a video on high jumpers?
Yes, we've got a lot more track and field 'mini documentaries' on the way, stay tuned!
Funny video dude. I currently have a stress reaction in my tibia from high jump, when do I get unbreakable bones!
Bummer man, not sure about high jump adaptations. Best of luck with your recovery.
Strange… i feel this urge to run
If you feel goosebumps watching this, we should be friends.
Yes and No
@@user-gf1zs6dx9w 🥲
The video misrepresents some adaptions of elite athletes as a "transformation" of their body, ignoring the fact that individuals who naturally have better stats are more likely to become elite.
I always hated distance running bc its just pain tolerance.
This is a sub
Incredibly well done. Keep this coming 👏🏿👏🏿
(also shout out to my almost unbreakable bones from 20 years of triple jump 🫡)
Thank you, will do! 👊
Heh. Based!
My favorite sport(s?)!
how about pole vault
It would be great when sport commentators would bring up some of these factoids during a race.
Absolutely agree!
Decathlon athelete does all 😮
You're absolutely right! We are actually working on a decathlon video right now highlighting how incredibly difficult it is so stay tuned.
Hello sir
I am 20 years old
I usually practice short events 100 m to 400 m
Current i am going to semi elite or advance level ( before elite level )
My glute muscle and size is good in underweight type body
But i do intense walking in offseason for my recovery and healing injury due to long time of sprint session
My walk speed ( 9 to 11 km /h pace ) is 80 to 85 percent to like as race walker , but not techniques as race walking
I have no training in 800 m and 1500 m , i gave jog time 2 min 50 in 800 m
And without no training 6 min 10 second in 1609 metres one mile and 5 min 45 second in 1500 m with relax and jogging mode with full of bad air quality pm 2.5 250
Even i was not good in middle distance or long distance i usually easily tired in my teens
Even my sprint time is better within one years
100 m - 17 sec to 12 sec
200 m -40 sec to 25 sec
400m - 100 sec to 56 sec
Tell me , which type of muscles fibres i have and what should do , i am focus on sprint events
Because i have not coach , i am doing without coach
My body looks like underweight
Does training for 3k race have the same blood and pain tolerance benefits mentioned in the video?
Absolutely!
@@OutperformOfficial i wnt to combine weight lifting and running, at what running distance does it affect muscle mass?
@@ciw868811km
POV Swimming: Hold my beer
7:22 - five years longer than the general population, but not 5 years longer than those who a 'moderate' amount of regular exercise!
Even looking at the variety between athletes in the same event in crazy. Look at the difference in build and running technique betweeen sha'carri Richardson and Usain Bolt 2 dominate atheletes with completely different builds
That's true. Or look at Usain Bolt vs Christian Coleman. However, we are currently working on a video about the decathlon and looked at the average height and weight of medal winners from the last 5 Olympics in same 10 individual events. We were surprised to find how similar athletes are. Especially in the throwing and jumping events.
As a former track athlete I can say I'm in pain every single day so it didn't make me any stronger I'll tell you that
Wolff's Law
You got it!
6:32 Noah Lyles would say otherwise
The good thing about solo sport is, you don't need to carry your mates. In team sports, if your mates are useless, ALL YOUR TRAINING CAN GO DOWN THE DRAIN
Now i feel guilty of skipping my runs
Are there any triple jumpers like me ?))
Pourquoi le titre est en français et l'audio en anglais enfait...
Great vid, but very hard to take longevity study at face value-too many confounding variables, a large one being socioeconomic status.
Thanks, fair point. Here is a really interesting study that touches on socioeconomic status that shows that silver medalists live longer than gold. "Contrary to conventional wisdom, winners die over one year earlier than losers. I find strong evidence of differences in earnings and occupational choices as a mechanism" www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167629618303370#:~:text=In%20roughly%20half%20of%20cases,year%20earlier%20than%20Silver%20medalists.
Very interesting!
Sprint make you smarter? Wait so thats why Mr.Noah realize Nba isn't world championship series
Mostly it transforms me into a bundle of small lingering injuries.
haha, I've been there.
Takeaway of the video: sprinters are thicc
Found my new favorite channel. Track & Field needs a Netflix series like F1.
Heck yeah, completely agree!
as much as i like track and field and it has the potential to be one if not the accessible sport other than running i doubt it would be "popular" idk if its due to the viewership, or the sports within itself however it doesn't seem to attract much fans to play it or even watch it, it doesn't help that there is barely any leagues and most of these athletes are only popular during the Olympics.
왜 제목이 한국어지?
I guess those five years you live longer compensate all the time you've spend training if you add it all up
I used to be a beast in the 800m... but quit because men were editing their birth certificate to seem younger and compete in lower divisions with us........
😖
printers are cool
And people wanna tell me it isn’t the best sport in the world, haha okay 🙄🤣🤣
Not professional soccer players having the same pain tolerance as a normal person
I thought that was very interesting/surprising as well.
That last bit was misleading. Certainly elite athletes live longer than gen pop, but if the claim to refute is that it doesn't shorten the life, it should be compared with other health-conscious groups. Afaik, the consensus is that peak athletic performance does curtail longevity.
Looked at a lot of research on this, it's difficult as there are many confounding variables. The data on endurance athletes is pretty clear cut, VO2 max is one of the best predictors of longevity and although there are diminishing returns towards the very top it doesn't plateau. Strength and power athletes are another story, difficult to parse out athletes that used PED's, if they continued to exercise into later years of life etc.
Some studies show high jumpers have longest life expectancy (with a relatively small sample size) bmcsportsscimedrehabil.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13102-017-0067-z
Would be curious to see the data you found that supports the consensus is that peak athletic performance does curtail longevity.
@@OutperformOfficial Thanks for this enlightening reply. I will comply with your request, even if not right away. I'm very open to being wrong.
But, off the top of my head, I think my understanding comes from listening to podcasts from longevity researchers. I have names in mind, but I don't want to attribute to others possible falsehoods out of carelessness.
@@OutperformOfficial pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27540872/
This is one study (only one) substantiating what I said. It does, however align well with what Prof. David Sinclair says about longevity being a function of low energy expenditure and low body mass.
@@OutperformOfficial Here's one study on the matter
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27540872/
It aligns well with what Prof David Sinclair stipulates on longevity, that it is a function of low energy expenditure and low body mass.
I don't know about that last part on longevity. I didn't see the study and I know controlling for covariates is the norm, but the way they phrase it seems like they are just comparing the longevities directly. It should be obvious why this is super flawed. Olympic athletes are extremely disproportionately likely to be from privileged backgrounds, and they often (but not always) just get more of that privilege after a successful career. This is really just a correlate of wealth in disguise (though not a very good disguise...)
Also, just because endurance events might confer longevity benefits doesn't mean all of "track and field" does. I think this is a general problem with the video, kind of referring to this all as one sport but also not one sport. Really, though they are associated by history and stuff, they're absolutely not one sport. You realize this, obviously, but you still lump them together many times. The throwing sports really emphasize big physiques, no doubt with the help of, uh, pharmaceutical substances. That can't be good for longevity. In general, actually, probably all of these athletes are juicing, so that has to be taken into account too (though some are on less dangerous cycles than others)
Thanks for the comment! Would be very interested to see your data behind the statement that "Olympic athletes are extremely disproportionately likely to be from privileged backgrounds." Also, the idea that longevity differences are merely a correlate of wealth is tenuous and dismisses the impact of physical fitness and healthy lifestyles (not to mention the fact that very few track and field athletes gain significant wealth after they are in the olympics).
The assertion that "probably all of these athletes are juicing" is a sweeping and unfounded generalization, without data difficult to really comment on it.
Absolutely agree that track and field is many different sports with different changes to the body. It's the primary theme of the video 🙂.
@@OutperformOfficial I genuinely think it is extremely self-evident that Olympic athletes would be from disproportionately privileged backgrounds, for a litany of reasons, and that any understanding of how the world operates socioeconomically just makes it trivially obvious that this is the case. It's like saying "I'm not sure if doctors and lawyers are likelier to be from privileged backgrounds". People who make a career of competing in equestrian or sailing aren't usually Joe from the corner.
But if this needed to be substantiated empirically (it really doesn't), it has been, thoroughly. For one study, look up "Sociodemographic profile of an Olympic team". Far, far likelier to be white and privately-educated than the general public. There are other studies as well. It's no secret, and even less of a surprise.
It may be sweeping, but to call it unfounded just shows a lack of familiarity with the subject (unless you're saying I specifically didn't back it up in my comment, which is fair). This stuff isn't discussed very openly for obvious reasons, but as it happens, Insider released an amazing interview with Victor Conte just days ago, called "How Olympic Sports Doping Actually Works"; he is most famous for having been convicted in an Olympic doping scheme.
Seeing what he has to say just makes it very obvious that this still goes on, as a matter of course. In general, though, the arguments are (necessarily) circumstantial. Like seeing world experts on PEDs consistently being part of athlete teams, or seeing people be busted for drug use while supposedly "natural" competitors outperform them (ridiculously unlikely). This goes beyond just the Olympics; people have no idea what people are naturally capable of anymore and to what extent these extreme feats and constant new records are being enabled by pharmaceuticals (not to dismiss everything else, but the records would be nowhere close to what they are now otherwise).
7:11 extreme exercise often leads to lifelong injuries so yea
Great break down