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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 Dwayne Miller: World Class 400M Dash (DVD) If you attend the USATF Olympic Trials, they hold a fantastic SuperClinic series on the “rest day break” every year since 1992. The 2012 SuperClinic will be on Tuesday 26 June at the Boulevard Grill on the south end of Franklin, 5 blocks from Hayward Field. The [...]
Share The good folks at the Canadian Athletics Coaching Centre (CACC) have once again provided some stellar content. Even though Derek Evely and Kevin Tyler have left for the UK, the CACC continues to be a great source of information. Highly recommended with a mixture of free content, as well as paid premium content such [...]
Share This is Part 2 of my Lake Tahoe Marathon experience. Click here for Part 1. Dick Beardsley was a guest speaker at the 2011 Lake Tahoe Marathon He is famous for the race he didn’t win. If you don’t know who Dick Beardsley is, read Duel in the Sun by John Brant. True, he [...]
Share In almost 4 years of blogging, this site has numerous articles on the training and accomplishments of Bud Winter and Speed City. Athletes profiled include Lee Evans, Tommie Smith and John Carlos. And I know I am leaving out a lot. Now it’s time to take a closer look, and we’re talking beyond Track [...]
Share Obinna Metu is a Business Management undergraduate student at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. His personal best time for 100 meters is 10.16 seconds set in 2008. Unlike a majority of talented African runners, and especially sprinters, Obinna Metu elected to stay home and not go to the NCAA. In 2007, G4S launched an [...]
Share Jack LaLanne died yesterday at the age of 96. Before there was Arnold, or Charles Atlas, there was Jack LaLanne. He opened up the first modern health club in Oakland, California in 1936. It had a gym, juice bar and health food store. And this was during the Great Depression! Even on his TV [...]
Share . Frans Bosch is a professor of biomechanics and motor learning at Fontys University for Applied Science in Holland. He is the co-author of “Running: Biomechanics and Exercise Physiology in Practice”, which is widely regarded as one of the top sprinting resources for coaches worldwide. A painter and anatomical illustrator, Bosch has a unique [...]
Share Ralph Mann is everywhere. He was in London at the European Sprinting & Hurdling Conference, then he was at the 2010 USATF National Podium Education Project in Virginia Beach. He’s also famous for his Sprinting & Hurdling book (which I have referenced several times on this Blog), which you can obtain by emailing Curtis [...]
Share I have been moonlighting on another job which explains the infrequent posting here on Speedendurance. I pride on the fact that ALL the information on this site is free, with no monthly membership fees. That being said, I do have to earn a living, and that’s where I am a Technology Consultant on the [...]
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 [...]
Share When it comes to injuries for world class sprinters, the most frequent are hamstring pulls and knee problems. Add Achilles tendon problems to Masters folks. But in the world of the average layman, and sedentary slouch, you can add lower back problems, coupled with belly fat. If you read my last article on core [...]
Share . Lance Brauman: 16 Speed and Power Drills for Sprints (DVD) Lance Brauman: 30 Speed and Power Drills for the Hurdles (DVD) If you liked the previous article or DVD on Lance Brauman, you’ll like this one. This recording took place at the USATF Conference in Dec 2009 in Orlando. I like his overall [...]
Share Jared Deacon is currently the UKA Development Coach for Sprints and Hurdles at Loughborough High Performance Centre. I never met Jared, but hopefully I will soon when I go visit fellow Canuck Derek Evely who is the Director at the same venue. Like several well known coaches, he was an athlete first with a [...]
Share If you enjoyed last week’s article on the Power Bar vs the Candy bar report (415kb PDF file) from the Sports Nutrition Blueprint, then you’ll enjoy this podcast. Jeff Cavaliere is one of the premier fitness experts and physical therapists in the country. Having spent the last 3 years as the head physical therapist [...]
Share Last year, Tasha Danvers interviewed Tyree Washington on her radio show. Great Britain’s Natasha “Tasha” Danvers is the Olympic bronze medalist from the 400m Hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It’s a long interview, almost 90 minutes long (you may want to fast forward the first four minutes). Tyree Washington has a special place [...]
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 I am in San Francisco for a Technology conference and I had the pleasure to attend a one hour live session with Gen. Colin Powell (ret). 19,000 attendees for the conference and only 8000 seats. I was one of the lucky ones. Who the heck is Colin Powell? Colin Powell needs no introduction. He [...]
Share Dwayne Miller: World Class 400M Dash (DVD) From the mailbag: Jimson, You’ve covered a lot of great 400m coaches on your website like Clyde Hart, Bud Winter and Stan Dowell. How about LaShawn Merritt’s coach? What kind of training philosophy does he have? Long to Short or Short to Long? First of all, Dwayne [...]
Share If you enjoyed Vince Anderson’s Sprint Acceleration and Maximum Velocity article, you are sure to enjoy this podcast. Vince Anderson, the assistant coach at Texas A&M University, is a world class sprint, hurdle and relay coach. He has coached a number of athletes to NCAA and US national titles, including Leonard Scott, Jabari Greer, [...]
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