People have vague and imaginative ideas about how fast a man can run, these ideas have been pushed forward with the help of cartoons. In reality man cannot run faster than a speeding bullet), but a man can run 100 meters in 9.69 seconds, this amazing feat was achieved by Usain Bolt a Jamaican sprinter. This record can be achieved by any human only if he practices and exercises to run faster.
Every human has a limit to how fast he or she can run, by daily and regular exercises this limit can be changed, but this takes hard work, determination and time but the results are worth it. Before beginning we must know the difference between speed and agility, speed is the quickness in one direction while agility is being able to change direction along with speed. This difference has to be kept in mind while deciding what exercises one must take up.
Speed of a person can be increased by various exercises but one in particular is important for beginners. You must run an average distance of 20 meters from one point to another and walk back to the first point. This exercise stretches your muscles along with increasing the strength of your muscles. Next one must do jumping exercises which helps increasing the strength of the legs which is necessary to run faster. A well known fact is that taking long strides while running marginally improves your speed. This is because you cover more distance in the same time. An innovative way of improving you agility is by using a mini parachute tied to you while running; this trains the body to increase its speed. Using weights that can be tried to your legs also help; these weights can be bought at many Nike showrooms.
Almost all athletes want agility instead of speed, and so do most normal people because agility is used quite often in their daily lives. Agility is also developed in the same way as speed only agility has a direction. Agility can be immensely improved by running uphill and downhill in a zigzag pattern, this trains the body to cope with various scenarios and in the process increases the agility of the body. In conclusion a person must be able to increase his speed and agility in a matter of weeks and this increase will benefit the person greatly in his day to day life.
