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Share In 2008, the IAAF New Studies in Athletics’ asked Victor Lopez, the Chairman of the IAAF Coaches Commission and a long-time friend of Hart, to get Hart to speak about the fundamentals of his approach to training 400m runners. New Studies in Athletics: What does it take to perform well in the 400m? Clyde [...]
Share When you do 200 meters in workouts, where do you start? I wrote about 400 Meter Training Workouts – the Descending 6×200 meters as well as Clyde Hart’s Split 400 meter Workout. Usually, they start across the field at the 200m start line, and finish at the regular finish line. On windy days, you [...]
Share Michael Johnson’s training for speed endurance was covered in detail very early in the blog, so I thought it would be interesting to review what he did for speed work or acceleration development. After all, we are talking about at man with a 10.09 PB for 100 meters and who ran 19.32 for 200 [...]
Share In the YouTube video below, we have Veronica Campbell-Brown training with Tyson Gay. Two world class athletes. Fast forward to the 1:20 mark and you will see VCB doing a variety of 4 drills with a sled or harness. First, who am I to argue if these drills and exercise are crap, considering the [...]
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 There are a lot of coaching experts out there who deal with sports specify. And they all charge big bucks. I simply look at any given sport and break it down to the fundamentals of training principles and sports physiology. For example, I’d rather focus on the short speed of a Soccer player than [...]
Share LaShawn Merrit and Jeremy Wariner in the 400m – The Battle of Nike and Adidas Next to the Usain Bolt – Tyson Gay anticipated match up, the LaShawn Merritt Jeremy Wariner head-to-head match up comes next. These two have been avoiding each other all year, and the meeting in Herculis Greece never materialized where [...]
Share This is Part 1 of a 2 part series. Click here for Part 2 with 10 meter splits . Honestly, I didn’t expect Usain Bolt to run sub 9.60. I felt a WR was imminent after watching his SF, and I knew his chest thumping slowdown in Beijing showed me he could run low [...]
Share Timing is everything. Can you really peak 2 or 3 times a year? More recently, Jeremy Warnier’s 2004 season come to mind with his victories at the NCAA Championships, USATF Olympic Trials, and of course, the Olympic Games. Each of these victories were personal bests, and he sure saved the best for last! Did [...]
Share Gone are the days where the 400 meters was an event for 800 meter runners who moved down in distance. Today, I am convinced the short sprinters have an advantage over the “strength” sprinters like Lee Evans and Butch Reynolds. I am referring to the successes of Quincy Watts and Michael Johnson. In MJ’s [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Jim Hiserman, author of the books Program Design Method for Sprints & Hurdle Training and Strength and Power for Maximum Speed This is a 5 part series: Part 1 – A Total Sprint-Training Program for Maximum Strength & Power, Core Strength, and Maximum Sprint Speed. Part 2 – [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Jim Hiserman, author of the books Program Design Method for Sprints & Hurdle Training and Strength and Power for Maximum Speed This is a 5 part series: Part 1 – A Total Sprint-Training Program for Maximum Strength & Power, Core Strength, and Maximum Sprint Speed. Part 2 – [...]
Share Here is a classic workout from my archives under the guidance of long time McGill coach Dennis Barrett. We called them “breakdowns” for obvious reasons: 600-500-400-300-200. Recovery is “walk what you run” to a maximum of 400m: – 600, walk 400 – 500, walk 400 – 400, walk 400 – 300, walk 300 – [...]
Share Click here for What is Speed Reserve? Part 1 – 400 meter Sprinter types The news of Usain Bolt going after the 400 WR in 2010 inspired me to write this article. What is Speed Reserve? Speed Reserve, or Anaerobic Speed Reserve (ASR), is simply the difference between your maximum speed and your maximum [...]
Share If you enjoyed my casual and candid live coaching videos of John Smith with Jon Drummond demonstrating a drills session or Clyde Hart Drill’s session, you might find this series of videos informative from YouTube. In these videos, we have Coach Stephen Francis explaining how to prepare for sprinting at a session. This was [...]
Share The latest issue of IAAF New Studies in Athletics special edition focused on the 400 meters: The 400 metres by Jurgen Schiffer The aerobic mechanism in the 400 metres – by Enrico Arcelli, Marina Mambretti, Giuseppe Cimadoro, Giampiero Alberti New Studies in Athletics Interview with Clyde Hart The IAAF New Studies in Athletics is [...]
Share Every time you hear Clyde Hart speak at a conference, he provides incredible insight as well as humour to coaching 400 meters sprinters. Sometimes you leave the room with more questions than answers. This is good, as coaching should be a discovery on what works (and what doesn’t work) for your athletes. If you [...]
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