Success in Track & Field ... and Life
Share This is Part 4 of the weekly “Friday Five” series where I ask 5 tough questions to world class elite coaches. Week 1 was with renowned jumps coach Boo Schexnayder. Week 2 had Dr. Mike Stone of the USOC and NBA and Week 3 was performance specialist Henk Kraaijenhof. Dan Pfaff is the Director [...]
Share This is Part 3 of the weekly “Friday Five” series where I ask 5 tough questions to world class elite coaches. Week 1 was with renowned jumps coach Boo Schexnayder. Week 2 had Dr. Mike Stone of the USOC and NBA. Henk Kraaijenhof coaching credentials include Nelli Cooman, Melene Ottey, Troy Douglas and Tennis [...]
Share This is Part 4 of the series on Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS). Part 1 was Electrical Muscle Stimulation Benefits with Derek Hansen writing Part 2 with a Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) Research Review. Part 3 is How to Use Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) with Training with uncut, unedited “reality TV” videos. One of my [...]
Share Last fall, I had the chance to try REgel, the magic recovery gel that we used at the Lake Tahoe Triple Marathon & Ultramarathon. Well, it’s finally available to the public on Amazon or directly from the website at http://re-gel.com/ Speedendurance.com readers can get $2.00 off by using the coupon code SPEEDEND and expires [...]
Share This is part 1 of the weekly “Friday Five” series where I ask 5 tough questions to world class elite coaches. Irving "Boo" Schexnayder is regarded internationally as one of the leading authorities in training design, especially in the Jump events. He coached triple jumper Walter Davis, long jumper John Moffitt, and 19 NCAA [...]
Share Anybody within a 1 hour drive or flight to Boston should really consider making this conference a priority. The Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group (BSMPG) is proud to announce May 19-20, 2012 as the selected date for Sports Medicine and Strength professionals for another monster conference! Like last year, this seminar will be [...]
Share This article is Guest Blogged by Mike Boyle of Functional Strength Coach 4. I wrote this a while ago but finished it yesterday after getting three different versions of “Stop Rolling Your IT band”. As is always the case in life an on the internet, someone has to decide to take the other side [...]
Share Sprint swimming is like the 200 or 400 meters. The 50m freestyle sprint has the same energy cost of a 200m Track & Field sprint. Same with 100m swim and 400m run. Derek Hansen wrote a great research review based on the February 2012 issue of the NSCA’s Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. [...]
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 This article is guest blogged by Amol Saxena, a Podiatrist at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation near Stanford. Visit Dr. Saxena’s website at www.amolsaxena.com Navicular stress fractures by Amol Saxena, DPM Until recently, little has been known about these injuries. Unfortunately they often get mis-diagnosed as arch pain, plantar fasciitis and various strains, or [...]
Share I lose so many of my good athletes to soccer. Conversely, I get a lot of “washed up” soccer players at age 17 who didn’t make the cut professionally (or amateur leagues). It’s a cruel world out there, what can I say? If you are interested in becoming a professional soccer player in Europe [...]
Share When someone takes a good thing too far, it gives it a bad rap. I am talking about Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS), also known as Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES), or simply “electromyostimulation”. This should not be confused with TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator) which is common in the use of electric current for pain [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by FitnessHealthZone.com Kids do it all the time, but equally athletes, boxers, and wrestlers do it. Jumping rope or skipping as it is also known, is not just kid’s play and athletes, fitness experts and regular adults have found that a jump rope workout can be a very effective [...]
Share If you read the series on the Lake Tahoe Triple Marathon & Ultramarathon Part 1, you are probably wondering about the magic recovery gel that we used. This gel is not commercially available, so it doesn’t even have a name to it. I will let the creator tell his story below. The original idea [...]
Share This blog is primarily about Sprinting and Track & Field, but I am going to share you my experience as a coach and crew member for the Lake Tahoe Triple Marathon this past weekend. The Lake Tahoe Triple Marathon is technically not an Ultramarathon, as the definition of an Ultra is anything over 26.2 [...]
Share Part 1 started with the article Hamstring Injuries, the Iliopsoas and Imbalances. Part 2 was titled Controversial Hamstring Workout for Rehab (Part 2). Part 3 was titled More on Stretching and Movement (Part 3) So this is Part 4 of Part ?… Thoughts of Lyle McDonald somehow come to mind… You know that silly [...]
Share Based on popular demand, I am going to elaborate more on the following stretches from the article Stretching: More on Static, Dynamic, Active Isolated and Resistance and to some extent Dynamic Warm Up vs. Static Stretching Controversy. To a certain extant, these stretches are beneficial for those suffering from Achilles tendonitis. But first of [...]
Share This is Part 2 of a multi-part series. Part 1 was Delaying Physical and Mental Fatigue with Phenylalanines & Tyrosine. So, what the heck is Quercetin? This is not be be confused with my Italian correspondent Roberto Quercetani who wrote the book World History of the One Lap Race (1850-2004) (which I highly recommend [...]
Share This Part 5 of a multi-part series. A quick recap: Part 1 talked about the injury cycle and the 4 stages of diagnosing your injury. Part 2 explained why regular strength training does not work, and why you need to do heavy load eccentric contractions. Part 2 video showed the Heel Drop exercise. Part [...]
Share This Part 4 of a multi-part series. Part 1 talked about the injury cycle and the 4 stages of diagnosing your injury. Part 2 explained why regular strength training does not work, and why you need to do heavy load eccentric contractions. Part 2 video showed the Heel Drop exercise. Part 3 video showed [...]
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