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SpeedEndurance .com Article Summary for October 2010

Share This is a summary of all the articles for October 2010 sorted by topic. Duplicates may occur if an article has multiple categories. 400 Meters 2 Secrets to Sprinting: Forward Lean and Longer Ground Contact Why the 4×400m Relay is the Best Event Ever Coaching 2 Secrets to Sprinting: Forward Lean and Longer Ground [...]

Nike, Cristiano Ronaldo Introduce Safari Print Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II

Share Global football star Cristiano Ronaldo today with Nike launched the CR Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II boot. Inspired by Ronaldo’s lightning speed and effortless style off the pitch, the CR Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II combines high-performance innovation and heritage of the Nike Safari print. Nike originally introduced the print on the Air Safari running shoe [...]

Renaming High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) as “Corn Sugar”

Share The consumers against HFCS may have won the battle, but they haven’t won the war. Due to increasing concerns and bad press about high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has resulted in losing credibility and in effect, losing sales.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently reported an 11% drop in consumer demand for HFCS. So [...]

PODCAST – Dan O’Brien

Share When I hear and see the name “Dan O’Brien”, the one word that comes to mind is “attitude”. “Character” is a close second. There are several posts on “Attitude” on this Blog, including Attitude is Everything where attitude = 100% and Attitude: the Difference Maker from the 2007 USATF National Podium Education Project In [...]

2 Secrets to Sprinting: Forward Lean and Longer Ground Contact

Share There’s a reason why the October Issue of Men’s Health is pictured on the left.  (Thanks to Divinio A. for pointing it out) Here is a snippet of the article on page 36 referring to Leaning Power: "Dig, dig, dig!" may not be the best advice to shout at a sprinter. A recent German [...]

Trigger Point Therapy and Self-Myofascial Release, Part 3

Share This is Part 3 of a multi-part series.  Click here for Part 1, and click here for Part 2. If you liked the 7 Squats Tip video by Eric Cressey last month, you’ll like love his simple demonstration on how to use a foam roller and tennis ball. By now, if you are following [...]

2010 USATF National Podium Education Project – December 1

Share When: Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 8:00am- 6:15pm prior to the start of the USATF Annual Meeting, December 1-5. Where: Virginia Beach, Virginia What is it: The Podium Education Project, PEP, is an annual High Performance Coaches Symposium which brings elite coaches and sport scientists together to review, and present some of the most cutting [...]

Trigger Point Therapy and Self-Myofascial Release, Part 2

Share This is Part 2 of a multi-part series.  Click here for Part 1. Here is another resource for you, and best of all, it’s free.  It’s called Self-Myofascial Release: Purpose, Methods, and Techniques by Mike Robertson. If you look at the cover of the ebook, you will notice 3 objects, and these are the [...]

Trigger Point Therapy and Self-Myofascial Release, Part 1

Share . This is Part 1 of a multi-part series. If you wonder why a big portion of this Blog is dedicated to recovery and regeneration, it is because I believe it is the next important element next to training, especially for Masters athletes.   Sure, nutrition and supplements are also important, but overtraining without proper [...]

Barefoot Running

Share This article is guest blogged by Chris Serbiak of ExplosiveLegs.com There is a new phenomenon in distance running-barefoot running. These barefoot runners run all their distance runs barefoot or with Five Finger shoes. The Five Finger shoes are as close to barefoot as you can get, they fit your foot like a glove and [...]

The Pre-Game Meal for Athletes

Share This article isn’t rocket science, but I feel I should address this every year to sprinters as well as distance runners: Practice your pre-game meal all year ‘round with your pre-workout meal. Don’t try something new before a big meet. Makes sense, right? Here are my 3 tips in the pre-game meal: The closer [...]

Why the 4x400m Relay is the Best Event Ever

Share I’ll summarize it in one sentence: Host Nation India wins Gold Medal 4x400m women’s relay at the 2010 Commonwealth Games That headline is enough to spark a few readers. That’s why the 4×400 meter relay should be kept as the final event of the program (aside from the marathon, which is not technically a [...]

Reiti 100 meters – The Best Race of the Year?

Share Lerone Clark of Jamaica, the runner up the the 100 yard race in Ostrava, won the 100 meters at the Commonwealth Games in 10.12.  YouTube video here. So now with the Commonwealth Games behind us, we can now reflect on the 2010 season. People talk about how great the Rieti track is for 800 [...]

BCAA? Long Life Secrets Part 2

Share Part 1 of Long Life Secrets can be found here. I’ve long advocated that BCAA can be beneficial in long workouts.  The downside is they are expensive and they taste like crap. In a study from the University of Milan in Italy, they demonstrated how amino acids, specifically Leucine, Isoleucine and Valine, given to [...]

Long Life Secrets, Part 1

Share In my never ending series on good health and peak performance, here is a quick summary of tips to long life, healthy living, and overall well being. In no particular order… Genetics Having parents and grandparents into their 80’s and 90’s help! Sleep I really should listen to my own advice!  There’s enough research [...]

The Soccer (Football) 30 meter Sprint Test

Share So you want to be a Soccer Player?  So you want to be a Football Player? I’m sure if Bud Winter was alive, he would have written a book on this. This article is a spin off on the series of 40 yard dash for American football where 40 Yard dash times are used [...]

6 World Records in 45 Minutes

Share Everyone remembers Jesse Owens. Other than 4 Gold medals at the same Olympics (and putting Hitler to shame), his next claim to fame was 4 or 6 world records in 45 minutes on May 25, 1935. In actual fact, Owens set 3 WR, tied 1, and given the metric equivalents for 2, making a [...]

Brooks Running Shoe Contest with SAC Technology

Share If you enjoyed the last contest, then you will like this one.  This time we are giving away a pair of Brooks running shoes courtesy from the good folks at Brooks and Team BILBO.   “BILBO” stands for Brooks Innovation Laboratory for Biomechanical Observation. Unlike other fixed prizes, YOU get to pick the size, color, [...]

The 4 Minute Workout

Share The weight loss industry is worth billions of dollars because everyone wants a short cut to losing weight and getting six pack abs.  Everything from workout programs, gadgets and weight loss pills.  Incredible. Frankly, if you are ever going to lose weight fast, you’ll need to get people out of their “comfort zone”.   More [...]

Carl Lewis: First 3 Steps out of the Blocks

Share “The Start” has always been a fan favorite for discussion. Everyone worries about the start to shave a few tenths of a second, when they could work on speed endurance and shave a few seconds, especially in a 200m. Then again, a good start sets you up for all phases of the race.  So [...]

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