Success in Track & Field ... and Life
Share Usain Bolt‘s official biography goes on sale tomorrow. For those lucky enough to live in the UK or Europe, Usain Bolt’s new book My Story: 9.58: Being the World’s Fastest Man went on sale Sept 2. UK and Europe readers, click here for the book. For those living in the rest of the world, [...]
Share What can I say about the success of David Rudisha that has not already been said? Great coaching Great planning Great teammates as training partners A great friend who is good enough to rabbit Great teammates for support and friendship Breaking the WR not once, but twice in a 6 day span shows it [...]
Share The 2010 Canadian National Sprints Conference, November 12-14, 2010 "The Development of Speed" This conference is an outstanding panel of experts that will discuss contemporary sprint training theory and practice over the course of 3 days. If you are in the Greater Toronto Area, then this is one of the “must attend” conferences of [...]
Share Last month’s article Maximum Speed Predictor for 100 meter times and Soccer Players raised several questions. One of them was how fast can a RUGBY player run the 100 meters? Well, take all those fancy Excel spreadsheets and throw them away. Get six or eight of the fastest rugby players in the world and [...]
Share POP QUIZ: How much water is the human body made up of? The human body is anywhere from 55% to 78% water depending on body size. Let’s just say 70% for argument sake. Or two-thirds. Whatever it is, the human skin has evolved to prevent desiccation to our cells. There’s a reason why we [...]
Share The elite men’s 400 meters over the past 6 years saw the rise and fall (and rise again) of Jeremy Wariner, the rise and fall of LaShawn Merritt, and the emergence of new up and comers like Jermaine Gonzales. There were some great European faces like David Gillick and the Belgium Borlee twins, but [...]
Share For those who are obsessed with Bench Press, Squat, and Deadlift numbers, then this video is up your alley. 650lbs Deadlifter Eric Cressey is giving away a free video that shows you exactly how to improve your Squat technique as well as depth. Click here to watch this free video now In short, this [...]
Share It’s mid-September and some of you are still on a training break, others are back into heavy GPP training. What the heck is GPP? In short, it’s just plain well rounded fitness. It’s a good time for athletes to be in balance with strength and coordination for all the body parts. GPP, or General [...]
Share With all the talk about Football’s 40 yard dash, Basketball’s 75 feet 3/4 court sprint, and Baseball’s 60 yard dash, let’s take a look at some obscure world record or world best SHORT racing distances. Swimming has their version of the 50 meter “splash and dash”. Here are the world records or world best [...]
Share Call me old school, but the 2011 Daegu World Championship’s new improved schedule doesn’t appeal to me. I’m referring to the swapping of the relays. The men’s 4x400m finals are on Friday, the women’s 4x400m are on Saturday, and both 4x100m finals are on Sunday, the last day. It’s obvious the IAAF is catering [...]
Share Ice baths are a favorite for elite athletes these days as it helps heal microtears in the muscles, as well as flush out by-products out of your blood vessels by vasoconstriction. The old days of sitting in a hot tub after a strenuous sport are only for recreational sports or winter sports for social [...]
Share Let’s review some simple well known facts: Glucose is a primary source of energy for the body and brain. It is a simple monosaccharide and also known as dextrose referring to D-glucose. Fructose is the primary sugar in fruit and is a simple monosaccharide. Sucrose, also known as “table sugar” or “white sugar”, is [...]
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How to Run the 100 meters – Stay in your Lane!
Share The recent performance of Christophe Lemaitre at the 2010 Decanation in his “hometown” of Annecy reminded me the 2 most important elements for racing the 100 meters: Do Not False Start Stay in Your Lane The Decanation is a unique team event where you have the 10 individual deca events. Sorry, no hammer throw [...]