Success in Track & Field ... and Life
Share Here is some research (which I would normally post on the Facebook Fan Page), but since it is from my old McGill backyard at the University of Montreal (otherwise known as U of M) , I feel I should give them some exposure. While our sprinters do BOTH plyometrics and conventional weight training (mix [...]
Share Last week’s article on Pietro Mennea’s Detailed Training Workouts for 200 meters brought some good discussion on super high volume, medium intensity training methods. In all fairness, I will present the final week of training prior to his 7 day taper period. I will only focus on track workouts and times, which will give [...]
Share Pietro Mennea’s 19.72 200 meter World Record was set at the 1979 World University Games in Mexico City. The WR would later become the holy grail of the 200 meters until Michael Johnson broke it (twice) in 1996. Today, that 19.72 sounds like molasses in January compared to 19.19. Pietro Mennea also won the [...]
Share When I challenged Asafa Powell to the Standing Triple Jump, I didn’t expect him to take me seriously. After all, he tore a pec muscle during testing week. Along with the Standing Long Jump, the Standing Triple is a great explosive plyometric exercise. I do this on a flat grass surface with an old [...]
Share Linford Christie is the only British man to win a gold medal in the 100 meters at all four major competitions: the Olympic Games (1992), Worlds (1993), Commonwealth (1990, 94), and European championships (1986, 90, 94) Here’s a poor quality video digitized from analog tapes. He does a variety of single leg and double [...]
Share Several years ago in the days before YouTube, there was a viral video of Ato Boldon doing a 60 inch or 1.50m box jump (approximately). Obviously, people confused this with the vertical jump or vertical leap test, but it is a good indication of explosiveness. And bravery. I am a firm believer in plyometrics, [...]
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