🧠 Before You Search For Another Workout…
If you’re serious about getting faster…
you’ve probably heard the same advice over and over again.
👉 Train your glutes.
👉 Strengthen your hamstrings.
👉 Build your quadriceps.
👉 Develop your calves.
There’s a good reason for that.
Those muscle groups play a major role in helping athletes run faster.
💥 AQ agrees.
They deserve to be trained.
But before you go searching for another workout…
or another exercise…
or another way to train those same muscle groups…
take a moment to ask yourself something.
Could there be other muscle groups that deserve my attention, too?
The answer is yes.
And the four muscle groups below are a great place to start.
🦵 1. Could The Muscles That Bring Your Leg Forward Be Limiting Your Speed?
Most athletes spend almost all of their time thinking about pushing.
Very few stop to think about what has to happen before the next step can even begin.
Your leg doesn’t magically swing back in front of you.
Muscles have to bring it there.
💥 If those muscles aren’t contributing as well as they could…
your next step may never be as quick or as powerful as it could be.
If you’ve never really thought about the muscles responsible for bringing your leg forward, Hip Flexors for Running Speed explains why they may deserve far more attention than most athletes realize.
💪 2. Could The Muscles That Drive Your Arms Forward Help You Run Faster?
Most athletes know their arms move during sprinting.
Far fewer have ever thought about the muscles responsible for moving them forward.
Yet every stride depends on your upper body contributing to the movement happening below it.
Driving your arms forward isn’t the same job as driving them backward.
Different muscles perform different jobs.
💥 If you’ve only been thinking about your legs…
you may be overlooking a muscle group that helps support the entire sprint system.
If you’re curious about the muscles responsible for driving your arms forward, continue with Shoulder Flexors for Running Speed.
💪 3. Could The Muscles That Drive Your Arms Backward Matter Just As Much?
Driving your arms backward isn’t simply the return trip.
It’s its own movement.
And it depends on a different muscle group.
Most athletes never separate these two jobs.
AQ does.
Because different muscle groups contribute to different parts of every stride.
💥 Once you begin looking at your body this way…
you stop seeing “arms.”
You begin seeing different muscles performing different responsibilities.
To learn why this movement deserves its own discussion, continue with Shoulder Extensors for Running Speed.
🧠 4. Could Your Torso Be Doing More Than Just Holding You Upright?
Most athletes think about their torso as something they train for posture or core strength.
But your torso does much more than simply hold your body upright.
During sprinting, your torso helps your upper body and lower body work together.
That means the muscles responsible for rotating and stabilizing your torso play a much bigger role than many athletes realize.
💥 Running faster isn’t simply about stronger legs.
It’s about your entire body working together during every stride.
If you’ve never considered the muscles responsible for rotating your torso while you run, Spine Rotators for Running Speed is the perfect place to continue.
🧠 Final Thoughts
Most athletes spend years improving the muscle groups everyone already knows.
👉 glutes
👉 hamstrings
👉 quadriceps
👉 calves
Keep training them.
They’re important.
But don’t let the conversation end there.
💥 Most athletes never intentionally ignore the other muscle groups that contribute to speed.
They simply never hear about them.
The muscles that bring your leg forward…
The muscles that drive your arms forward…
The muscles that drive your arms backward…
The muscles that help rotate and connect your body during every stride…
…all deserve a place in the speed conversation.
The more complete your understanding of the muscles contributing to running speed becomes…
the more complete your understanding of speed itself becomes.
And sometimes…
the biggest improvement doesn’t come from training harder.
It comes from finally giving attention to muscle groups you never realized were helping you run faster all along.
