Success in Track & Field ... and Life
Share Being a 400m sprinter, I know a lot about lactic acid. Actually, acidosis or the increase of hydrogen H+ ions is the proper term. Luckily, a good aerobic base and cool down after the workout will flush the lactic acid out. The better your circulation, red blood cells, and oxygen uptake, the better you [...]
Share This article may be trivia to Americans, but beneficial to the rest of the World who are not familiar with the Imperial system. You’ve seen the classic workout of 2 x 352 yards in older sprint programs like Bud Winter and other great coaches. Why the unusual distance? To use a very bad analogy, [...]
Share Nike Zoom Mawler – Mens – White/Gold/Black (Click here for previous reviews on the Nike Zoom Powercat – Superfly R2 and Adidas Powersprint 2 ) First. and foremost, the Nike Mawler is NOT an upgrade to the Monsterfly, which were made famous by Shawn Crawford in 2004. The big difference with the Monsterfly is [...]
Share Michael Khmel: The Best of British Track & Field 100M & 200M Short Sprints Drills (DVD) Michael Khmel, the Senior Performance Coach for Sprints and Relays for the UK, begins this short-sprint presentation with a maximum velocity development segment that is designed to improve quickness for the first 30 meters. He includes quickness drills [...]
Share Nike Zoom Powercat – Mens – White/Obsidian/Red I’ll discuss the Nike Zoom Powercat in this review which is basically an upgrade from the Nike Zoom Superfly R2. I’ll save the Nike “Shawn Crawford” Monsterfly and Nike Mawler for another review. The Zoom Powercat is much lighter than the Superfly R2 with the removal of [...]
Share Wayne Collett is most famous for his 1972 Olympic medal presentation “protest” where he won the silver medal behind American teammate Vince Matthews in the 400 meters. Had John Smith not been injured, we would have seen an American sweep. The IOC banned Collett and Matthews for life and with John Smith injured, that [...]
Share Next to the Olympics and World Championships, the NCAA “March Madness” Basketball Tournament is my favorite event. It’s simple… all you have to do is go 6-0 on 3 consecutive weekends to win the National Championships. So Go Hard or Go Home. It doesn’t matter if you are 27-0 or 18-12, just throw out [...]
Share 43 years ago today… John Smith of HSI once said the goal of a 100 meter performance is to ELIMINATE the Negative Acceleration Phase. Another term is deceleration. Everyone decelerates in a 100m. Even Usain Bolt decelerates, as seen in his splits, though he reaches his top speed well past 60 meters. When Carl [...]
Share The Men’s adidas Powersprint 2 will be a popular sprint spike for 2010. If you are familiar with the original adidas Powersprint, this is the next generation up. I still race in my original Black/Red Powersprint models. Just like the Demolisher series in post-2004 Athens, the Powersprint 2 were set to be released in [...]
Share This interview was held on March 2009. Interesting interview, especially when he confesses his junk food habits! If you want to read more about the effects of junk food, read the Top 10 Worst Fast Food Places List, Are French Fries Bad for You?-, and EAT THIS, NOT THAT – Book Review Q. What’s [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Jim Hiserman, author of the books Program Design Method for Sprints & Hurdle Training and Strength and Power for Maximum Speed GREATER STRENGTH = FASTER TIMES Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can be found here. Proper Cycle-Length Pattern plans for each phase of the training [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Jim Hiserman, author of the books Program Design Method for Sprints & Hurdle Training and Strength and Power for Maximum Speed GREATER STRENGTH = FASTER TIMES (Part 2) Part 1 can be found here. In order for the planning of successful training programs aimed at improvement in the [...]
Share March 8 is International Women’s Day. It is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some places like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, International Women’s Day is a national holiday! To honour this day, I will choose to write about Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) and [...]
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