Does shaving your legs make you run faster?
I am a college runner and ive noticed alot of runners shave theres legs and most of there body hair off. Does this actully make them run faster?
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Shaving for swimmers make them swim faster because the hair on your legs can slow u down and swimers need that half a second to win sometimes..Maybe it is the same with runners to.Why india is not getting more Medals?
no you will need PF Flyers. wear them and you will be able to run faster and jump higherIt makes you swim faster, so I think it should make you run faster too.
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I did a bit of research and the general answer I have discovered is that either it doesn't help you run faster, or there isn't enough evidence to prove it does. It makes sense that it might help a little bit, but not much. Lots of athletes wear bodysuits or tights to run/swim faster, so it would make sense that by removing unwanted hair from your legs that might slow you down a little bit, you would run faster. It does help to streamline the body, by giving the air as little as possible to feel resistance from. For example, someone with a bald head would run faster than someone with a head full of lovely long locks because the air would get caught in the hair and slow the person down.Less air resistance. You'll see some swimmers who do it too.
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No i don't think so.?I do not know about running but I do know that shaving as much hair off your body when swimming will make you swim faster.
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it's all about aesthetics(the look) it's easier to get in those body suits. Have you tried getting in those suits with hair? I've seen guys lose patches. plus runners are very vain and it matters when you win you have to look good, outfits for particular meets used to be planned months in advance, sometimes up to a year in advance. only training is gonna make them run faster you can all the hair or not but if you aren't fast or train well shaving isn't gonna help you.Who has the record for the highest high jump ever, please I really need this info 4 a project?
Yes, shaving legs does help with times a bit. It could make some hundredths difference. Usually though, only the really long distance or really short distance people do so.Are the Torino medals gold or gold plated?
Not really. Water is compeltely different than air. Water has more resistance, therefore shaving one's legs I guess helps more with swimming than running. With running, I think it's really stupid, only influences probably 100ths of a second, and people just do it to "feel" sleeker. The hair grows there for a reason, I'm a runner, and don't need to shave to get faster. That is what training hard is for.If you could add or remove 1 sport from the Olympics, what would it be, and why?
The theory is that shaving body hair reduces drag and therefore makes you run faster. They only gain maybe a hundredth of a second or two, but that could be enough to win the race.More Questions & Answers...