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Share Ever since my ESPN radio show talk on Ergogenic Aids last fall, I’ve consulted many athletes and written numerous articles on this sensitive subject matter. Basically there are four (4) types of supplements in this category (excluding IHT… Intermittent Hypoxic Training, which I’ll save for another day). Here is a short list of legal [...]
Share I have an expression for myself and my athletes. “Do whatever you have to do to get ready for your race”. When that gun goes off, you want both muscle and nerve fibers ready to fire at 100%. So in terms of a timeline, the activity before the race is called a “warm up”. [...]
Share If you are a Clyde Hart fan, you’ll be interested in his 4 set series on Sprint Training and Relays covering 6 DVDs. I’ve seen Clyde in person at several conferences, and the room is always silent with his stories and examples when he talks about his training methods. Clyde Hart’s resume at the [...]
Share 400m hurdler Jeshua Anderson is a 3 Time NCAA Champion from Washington State University. He is also the 2011 US Outdoor Champ where he defeated Bershawn Jackson in a close 3 way finish. You can watch the race here on YouTube. On our Skype call, we talked about his past Millrose performance at 500 [...]
Share Should Decathletes run 7 miles on Sunday morning just to improve their 1500m time? Can you train both short-to-long and long-to-short at the same time? Can you train for strength AND train for endurance, for example, the STREND event? (i.e. 5 weight events followed by a 5k/3 mile run?) And don’t get me started [...]
Share DISCLAIMER: Artificial testosterone, whether creams, orals or injections, is a prohibited substance for tested athletes, including Masters athletes. This article is not to encourage you to take testosterone, but to educate you. It’s no secret men over 50 are getting testosterone injections to treat hypogonadism. The primary reasons are for increased sex drive, osteoporosis [...]
Share Click here for more information on Hip Height and Sprinting. One of the most common mistakes sprinters make is not coming high enough in the SET position. The indoor 60 meters in Lievin showed a good example on contesting the differences. There are 2 factors here. One is the height of the athlete. The [...]
Share When I updated the original Rocket Sprint Start by Bud Winter, I only covered the use of starting blocks, and to some degree, the Moye starting block. I didn’t cover the 800m (and up) crouch start, nor did I talk about football’s 3-point 40 yard dash or even baseball’s 60 yard dash. In our [...]
Share ADMIT IT! Not everyone owns an iPhone! Some people like myself are long time Blackberry users. While I have covered iPhone Apps in past articles, I’ll share the limelight and cover running Apps for Android and Blackberry users. Yes, they do exist! Runtastic Blackberry & Android Apps Like Freelap, you can’t improve what you [...]
Share WHEN: Sunday, March 4th (2pm to 6pm) WHERE: Sacramento Barbell Club, 4119 Wayside Lane, Carmichael, CA 95608 COST: $35 per athlete pre-registered by March 1st, 2012, $40 same day sign-up ELIGILITY: Athletes and coaches of all ages and ability levels. ATTIRE: Athlete’s should arrive dressed in practice attire and ready to participate in the [...]
Share According to the rules, this is a false start. Any movement in the SET position is a false start. Period. And in 2012, this is an automatic DQ. No second chances. Today, officials are using the sensors on the starting blocks to detect any pressure, and if there is pressure before 0.100 seconds, then [...]
Share Let’s face it, 55 meters is an odd distance. So when high school sprinter/football player Marvin Bracy ran 6.08 for 55 meters, a lot of people just took it as a new High School National Record. And they should! How fast is that? “Rocket” Raghib Ismail (another sprinter/football) of Notre Dame University ran 6.07 [...]
Share In Botswana where Setswana is spoken, there is a famous proverb: Poo, ga di nne pedi mo sakeng. Literally translated, it means: Two bulls can’t stay in the same corral. I know what you are thinking… “Jimson, you are drinking too much grappa! What does this have to do with Track?” But seriously folks… [...]
Share When I wrote The Rocket Sprint Start, the most popular question I received had to be the “Jamaican” toe-scrape technique on the second step. I’ll explain with some “proof” from the 2 videos below. Thanks to Stu McMillan and Dan Pfaff’s YouTube channel, we have a huge collection of high def videos to analyze. [...]
Share One of my very first Blog posts written 5 years ago was titled The Top 5 Supplements to Take (or top 3 if you are on a budget). OTC (over-the-counter) supplements for athletes come in 3 different categories: (1) for health reasons, (2) for recovery, and (3) performance. There’s a 4th category, and that’s [...]
Share Here is a drill. Hold a paper tube in your mouth with your teeth, then sprint 100 meters. After the run, inspect the paper tube. Those who had no teeth marks on the tube were considered sprinters. Those with teeth marks were simply considered runners. Thus, the main quality to sprinting is the ability [...]
Share Clyde Hart’s 200/400M Sprint Training Program Clyde Hart’s resume at the NCAA and Olympic level proves his method works for the athletes he recruits. I’ve seen Clyde in person at several conferences, and the room is always silent with his stories and examples when he talks about his training methods. This Blog has free [...]
Share This is part 4 of the article How to Run Faster… at any Age as we start going into Technical Competency and Sprinting Efficiency. Part 2 talked about the importance of coordination. Part 3 talked about Hip Height and Sprinting. I would classify training the hip flexors more of a strength endurance exercise. In [...]
Share LaShawn Merrit will be running the 500 meters at the new and improved Millrose Games. The meet will be held at the NYC Armory, which offers a fast 200m banked track, opposed to the Madison Square Garden 11 laps to the mile (145 meters) wooden boards! Can he break the world record? What is [...]
Share When I wrote about Methylhexaneamine and Supplement Contamination last fall, I didn’t expect death. Getting banned from your sport is one thing… dying trying is another! In a recent article from the NY Times (if it’s the in the NY Times, it must be true, right? heh heh), they reported the United States Army [...]
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